Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Examines the structure, intention, and originality of K E Logstrup's ethics as a whole. This collection of essays is a companion to "Beyond the Ethical Demand", as well as to "The Ethical Demand". It also examines Logstrup's crucial concept of the "sovereign expressions of life" and his view of moral principles as a substitute for ethics. Editor(s): Andersen, Svend; Niekerk, Kees van Kooten. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020316
- ISBN
- 9780268020316
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884820
- ISBN
- 9788772884820
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Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
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
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Condition: New
€ 187.74
€ 187.74
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333443842
- ISBN
- 9780333443842
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Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
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
€ 40.67
€ 40.67
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
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Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
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
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
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
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Condition: New
€ 183.90
€ 183.90
Hardback. Cutting across social science and the humanities, this book develops the ontological implications of the thesis of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology: that all social order necessarily betrays conflicting underlying principles. It also mounts a study of the ontology of self and other in relation to dualism, as well as non-dualism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452247
- ISBN
- 9781845452247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.16
€ 164.16
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.81
€ 38.99
€ 32.81
Hardback. Is what we have reason to do a matter of fact? If so, what kind of truth is involved, how can we know it, and how do reasons motivate and explain action? In this concise and lucid book T. M. Scanlon offers answers, with a qualified defense of normative cognitivism-the view that there are normative truths about reasons for action. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678488
- ISBN
- 9780199678488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
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
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Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
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
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Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
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.
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- 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
€ 125.66
€ 125.66
Hardback. Drawing on research in anthropology, psychology, and a host of other disciplines, this book argues that cross-cultural variation raises serious problems for theories that propose universally applicable conditions for moral responsibility. It develops a way of thinking about responsibility that takes cultural diversity into account. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139937
- ISBN
- 9780691139937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 42.04
€ 53.10
€ 42.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319365954
- ISBN
- 9783319365954
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Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Paperback. World War II tore apart an unprecedented number of families. This is the heartbreaking story of the humanitarian organizations, governments, and refugees that tried to rehabilitate Europe's lost children from the trauma of war, and in the process shaped Cold War ideology, ideals of democracy and human rights, and modern visions of the family. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HPQ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425064
- ISBN
- 9780674425064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286260
- ISBN
- 9781137286260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449255
- ISBN
- 9781349449255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.40
€ 62.40
Paperback. Argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity - as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation - and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor. This title offers an original meditation on the necessity of imagination to moral and aesthetic life. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154466
- ISBN
- 9780691154466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.22
€ 29.99
€ 22.22