Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Can we have objective knowledge of right and wrong, of how we should live and what there is reason to do? Can it be anything but luck when our beliefs are true? Kieran Setiya confronts these questions in their most compelling and articulate forms, and argues that if there is objective ethical knowledge, human nature is its source. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709619
- ISBN
- 9780198709619
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Condition: New
€ 58.25
€ 58.25
paperback. An account of the competing schools of thought in international theory. It examines mainstream approaches in international relations and applied ethics, and introduces the central debates. It also draws conclusions for transcending the theoretical deadlock in international relations. Series: Sage Politics Texts Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761955160
- ISBN
- 9780761955160
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Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Editor(s): King, Nancy M. P. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406050
- ISBN
- 9780878406050
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Condition: New
€ 74.73
€ 74.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Petrus, Klaus; Wild, Markus. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLM; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837624625
- ISBN
- 9783837624625
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€ 65.96€ 51.25
€ 65.96
€ 51.25
Paperback. The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics illuminates Aristotle's ethics for both academics and students new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars. * The structure of the book mirrors the organization of the Nichomachean Ethics itself. Editor(s): Kraut, Richard. Series: Blackwell Guides to Great Works S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120210
- ISBN
- 9781405120210
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.85
€ 40.99
€ 40.85
Hardcover. The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics illuminates Aristotle's ethics for both academics and students new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars. * The structure of the book mirrors the organization of the Nichomachean Ethics itself. Editor(s): Kraut, Richard. Series: Blackwell Guides to Great Works S. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 868.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120203
- ISBN
- 9781405120203
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Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Hardback. This examination of Simone de Beauvoir's form of existentialism pays special attention to her work, "The Ethics of Ambiguity", in which de Beauvoir draws from many thinkers in the continental tradition to argue that one's own freedom is intertwined with that of others. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694420
- ISBN
- 9780812694420
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.24
€ 46.99
€ 38.24
Paperback. Lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves. This work explores the causes of altruism and the differences between altruists and other people. It demonstrates how social theories may begin to account for altruism and debunks the notions of scientific inevitability. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058474
- ISBN
- 9780691058474
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Condition: New
€ 53.02€ 42.10
€ 53.02
€ 42.10
Paperback. Series: Open Media Pamphlet S. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 171 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583224205
- ISBN
- 9781583224205
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Condition: New
€ 8.35
€ 8.35
Hardback. Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics develops an account of non-normative ethics that can be used to think about filmmaking and viewing, using two philosopher - Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, and the work of filmmaker Claire Denis. It offers new readings of Denis' films, situating them within larger feminist, postcolonial and queer debates. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403276
- ISBN
- 9781474403276
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Condition: New
€ 111.92€ 103.24
€ 111.92
€ 103.24
Provides an introduction to theories of the good life by exploring the strengths and weakness of six simple statements of what a good life should be. Drawing on classic Chinese, Indian, Greek and Roman sources, this work considers the various ways in which one might think about the values that are worth aiming for. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207837
- ISBN
- 9780872207837
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€ 50.99€ 36.73
€ 50.99
€ 36.73
Paperback. Challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. This work revives the ancient philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, which dates back to the Cynics of the 4th century, as a means of understanding the complex world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027814
- ISBN
- 9780141027814
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Some moral theorists hold that the realm of morality must be autonomous of the sciences; others maintain that science undermines the authority of moral reasons. This book elaborates a vision of naturalism that resists both temptations. It also traces an intellectual genealogy of the burgeoning discipline of 'experimental philosophy'. Series: Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034570
- ISBN
- 9780674034570
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.46
€ 27.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. Takes both the claims of individuality - the task of making a life - and the claims of identity, these large and often abstract social categories through which we define ourselves. Adopting a interdisciplinary perspective, this book aims at the cliches and received ideas amid which talk of identity so often founders. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130286
- ISBN
- 9780691130286
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. "[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist..Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."-The New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340525
- ISBN
- 9780393340525
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. "A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age."-Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393329339
- ISBN
- 9780393329339
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.10
€ 18.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Nykanen, Hannes; Riis, Ole; Zeller, Jorg. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Aalborg University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771121162
- ISBN
- 9788771121162
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Katz, Leonard D. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; JM; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845072
- ISBN
- 9780907845072
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Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
Hardcover. The author presents a general theory of justice which makes full use of the Jewish sources, bringing them into a philosophical dialogue with the leading ethical and political texts of the Western tradition. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSR1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780300049435
- ISBN
- 9780300049435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.26€ 48.62
€ 61.26
€ 48.62