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Ethics & moral philosophy

Paperback. Shows how the philosophical resources of the eighteenth-century Englightenment can help us to construct a politics that does not repeat the mistakes of Marxism or succumb to the temptation of a cynicism that masquerade as realism. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526278
ISBN
9780099526278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168500
ISBN
9780691168500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JKVP; JP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349378166
ISBN
9781349378166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. In this fascinating and important history of public confession in modern America, Bauer explains why and how a type of confession that first arose among 19th-century evangelicals has today become the required form for any successful public admission of wrongdoing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170824
ISBN
9780691170824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

paperback. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love - and it is these actions that give meaning to our lives. This title states that this kind of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good life. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691154503
ISBN
9780691154503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 19.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAK; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642248993
ISBN
9783642248993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99

Paperback. This book provides students with a toolbox for the study of the ethics of technology, exploring the methods available for ethical assessments of technologies and their social introduction. Editor(s): Hansson, Sven Ove. Series: Philosophy, Technology and Society. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783486588
ISBN
9781783486588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.12

Hardcover. When is it morally acceptable to expose others to risk? Most moral philosophers have had very little to say in answer to that question, but here is a moral philosopher who puts it at the centre of his investigations. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137333643
ISBN
9781137333643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.03

paperback. When is it morally acceptable to expose others to risk? Most moral philosophers have had very little to say in answer to that question, but here is a moral philosopher who puts it at the centre of his investigations. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462315
ISBN
9781349462315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.38

Paperback. A collection of papers from the Ninth European Conference on the Philosophy of Religion held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark in August 1992. The theme of the conference was theism and its modern alternatives. Is philosophical theism an adequate response to religious theism? Editor(s): Andersen, Svend. Series: Acta Jutlandica Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772884820
ISBN
9788772884820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Hardback. With special emphasis on Foucault's many recently published lecture series this book provides an updated, comprehensive presentation of his most important diagnoses, his many ground-breaking analytical concepts as well as a systematic account of his unique conception of philosophy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 5 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137351012
ISBN
9781137351012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333443842
ISBN
9780333443842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.45

Hardback. T. Byram Karasu, M.D. reflects on loving, working, living, dying, and everything else-his philosophy of life expressed in microstyle. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442216884
ISBN
9781442216884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.95

Paperback. "Just how bad is television? Drawing on a range of theoretical sources including Husserl Lacan, Lefebvre, Sartre, Schutz and Adam Smith, this book takes a phenomenological approach to the small screen to offer an original sociological approach to television and its contribution to moral culture of late modern societies"-- Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPQ; JFCX; JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313624
ISBN
9781349313624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349443772
ISBN
9781349443772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048182619
ISBN
9789048182619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.02

Paperback. How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004238
ISBN
9780674004238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.13

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-195) and index. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JKSN; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323265
ISBN
9781349323265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. An examination of the philosophical issues surrounding prudential value: what it is for something to be good for a person; and well-being: what it is for someone's life to go well. It critically analyses competing approaches, and proposes a new subjective account that addresses key weaknesses of existing theories. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330218
ISBN
9781349330218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. Liberal defences of nationalism have largely neglected the fact that nationalism is primarily about land. This book examines the generic types of territorial claims customarily put forward by national groups as justification for their territorial demands. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2nd ed. 2009
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402095405
ISBN
9781402095405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.22

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