Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. Deals with classical issues in the philosophy of music, including metaphysics and ontology. This book argues that music is not a hieroglyph, nor a language or sign system. It argues that music is 'ineffable', because it cannot be pinned down, and has a capacity to engender limitless resonance in several domains. Translator(s): Abbate, Carolyn. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090474
- ISBN
- 9780691090474
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Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.81
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Hardcover. Explores pressing issues in the philosophy of personal identity and moral psychology. This title engages with a range of questions about narrative selfhood and demonstrates authors discussions across a range of traditions. It explores contemporary problems of self, time, narrative and death. Editor(s): Lippitt, John; Stokes, Patrick. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694433
- ISBN
- 9780748694433
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Condition: New
€ 125.42€ 120.45
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Paperback. Katherine Hawley explores the key ideas about trust in this Very Short Introduction. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, psychology, and evolutionary biology, she emphasizes the nature and importance of trusting and being trusted, from our intimate bonds with significant others to our relationship with the state. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Two black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199697342
- ISBN
- 9780199697342
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
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Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388. Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship. 232 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142342
- ISBN
- 9780231142342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.17
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Hardback. One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, the author dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. With wit and subversive energy, he demands that the individual impose their own 'will to power' upon the world. This book demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 120 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395838
- ISBN
- 9780141395838
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.84
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Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRAB; HRAM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 283 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169972
- ISBN
- 9780691169972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.91
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Hardcover. At the time of his death in 2005, French philosopher Paul Ricoeur was regarded as one of the great thinkers of his generation. This work continues and expands on the work Ricoeur began with his "little ethics" in "Oneself as Another" and "The Just". It is also suitable for understanding the development of Ricoeur's thought in his final years. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226713458
- ISBN
- 9780226713458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.65
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144872
- ISBN
- 9780231144872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
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€ 27.67
Finding Consciousness: The Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law of Severe Bra...
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.)
Hardback. The prominent contributors provide background information, survey the issues and positions, and take controversial stands from a wide variety of perspectives, including neuroscience and neurology, law and policy, and philosophy and ethics. Editor(s): Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNTM; MJN; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190280307
- ISBN
- 9780190280307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.40
€ 141.40
Paperback. Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141009544
- ISBN
- 9780141009544
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173733
- ISBN
- 9780691173733
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found in the Sovereignty of Good. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253994
- ISBN
- 9780415253994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 684 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970557
- ISBN
- 9780865970557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
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€ 33.77
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Paperback. People are challenged with ethical questions on a daily basis and students often wrestle with such questions as part of an introductory philosophy or ethics course. Whether or not they know Aristotle from Hume, readers of Ethics For Dummies can quickly become comfortable with the centuries-old study of ethical philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470591710
- ISBN
- 9780470591710
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.46
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Paperback. Adopting a historical approach to moral philosophy, this text introduces the thoughts of some of the major ethical philosophers of the past. It treats each as a coherent and comprehensive ethical theory, presented as an attempt to surmount some of the deficiencies of its predecessors. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198752165
- ISBN
- 9780198752165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.51
€ 56.51
Paperback. Jeff McMahan urges us to reject the view, dominant throughout history, that mere participation in an unjust war is not wrong. He argues powerfully that combatants who fight for an unjust cause are acting wrongly and are themselves morally responsible for their actions. We must rethink our attitudes to the moral role of the individual in war. Series: Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199603572
- ISBN
- 9780199603572
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.38
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Hardcover. Tort law recognizes the many ways one person wrongs another. Arthur Ripstein brings coherence to torts' diversity in a philosophically grounded, analytically powerful theory. He shows that all torts violate the basic moral idea that each person is in charge of his or her own person and property, and never in charge of another's person or property. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659803
- ISBN
- 9780674659803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.47€ 52.77
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Paperback. This is an expanded edition of James Ellington's translation of Kant's essay, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences. Translator(s): Ellington, James W. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Number of pages
- 78
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201668
- ISBN
- 9780872201668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
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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
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81