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Ethics & moral philosophy

Paperback. What is right? What is wrong? How do we decide? To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development. This title presents an insightful history of moral philosophy in the West, from the Greeks to contemporary times. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415287494
ISBN
9780415287494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

hardcover. Alasdair MacIntyre explores the philosophical, political, and moral issues encountered in understanding what the virtues require in contemporary social contexts. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107176454
ISBN
9781107176454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.27

Paperback. Examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, offering a tentative proposal for its recovery. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035044
ISBN
9780268035044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Migration in the Age of Genocide Series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HPQ; JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319218489
ISBN
9783319218489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA; HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230276611
ISBN
9780230276611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. Chapters end with open-ended review questions. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415790314
ISBN
9780415790314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Parkis, Albert G. Num Pages: 157 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594545368
ISBN
9781594545368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.48
€ 64.47

Paperback. This work is a broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195171471
ISBN
9780195171471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.21

Hardcover. What is the appropriate criterion to use for distributive justice? Is it efficiency, need, contribution, entitlement, equality, effort, or ability? This book maintains that far from being rival principles of distributive justice, efficiency and need satisfaction are, in fact, complementary norms in our emerging knowledge economy. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600898
ISBN
9780230600898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JWA; JWM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137523600
ISBN
9781137523600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.52

Paperback. The Scandal of White Complicity and US Hyper-incarceration is a groundbreaking exploration of the moral role of white people in the disproportionate incarceration of African-Americans and Latinos in the United States. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349433995
ISBN
9781349433995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Determining which moral principles should guide political action is a vexing question in political theory. This book argues that John Locke's potential contribution to this debate - what Tuckness terms the 'legislative point of view' - has long been obscured by overemphasis on his doctrine of consent. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095042
ISBN
9780691095042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Broadie, Alexander. Num Pages: illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974548
ISBN
9780865974548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.90

Hardcover. Alexander George s lucid interpretation of Hume s Of Miracles provides fresh insights into this provocative text, explaining the concepts and claims involved. He also shows why Hume s argument fails to engage with committed religious thought and why philosophical argumentation so often proves ineffective in shaking people s deeply held beliefs." Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289246
ISBN
9780674289246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. This new edition of Alexander Miller s highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G.E. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646596
ISBN
9780745646596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.36

Hardback. This new edition of Alexander Miller s highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G.E. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646589
ISBN
9780745646589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAM; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048158898
ISBN
9789048158898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.08

Paperback. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698646
ISBN
9780816698646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.62

Emphasising on human goods such as life, health, friendship, and knowledge and the wrongness of intentionally turning against them, the book provides a valuable approach to controversial bioethical questions at the beginning and end of life. Its approach contrasts with that of the dominant bioethical theories of utilitarianism and principlism. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162716
ISBN
9781626162716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.47

Paperback. Drawing on misinterpreted lines of thought in the writings of Wittgenstein and J L Austin, this title argues that language is an inherently moral acquisition and that any stretch of thought, without regard to whether it uses moral concepts, may express the moral outlook encoded in a person's modes of speech. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034617
ISBN
9780674034617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.13

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