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Ethics & moral philosophy

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Ethics & moral philosophy

Hardcover. The Trolley Problem is an ethical thought experiment dreamed up in 1967 by British philosopher Philippa Foot, and further developed by American thinker Judith Jarvis Thomson in the '70s. Since then, philosophers have devised a variety of iterations of the problem. This book explores these through the lens of a trial in the court of public opinion. Num Pages: 112 pages, black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761175131
ISBN
9780761175131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. This work demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. It promotes a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the world. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449235
ISBN
9780140449235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome; Duckert, Lowell. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFCD; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693092
ISBN
9780816693092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.62

Paperback. Bernard Williams's remarkable essay on morality confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
113
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107604766
ISBN
9781107604766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.87

Paperback.

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662756
ISBN
9780745662756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99

Paperback. Series: Philosophy in Action. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190664046
ISBN
9780190664046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.25

Paperback. From the ethicist the New Yorker calls "the most influential living philosopher," a new way of thinking about living ethically Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219869
ISBN
9780300219869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. Most of us want to make a difference. We donate to charity, buy Fairtrade coffee, or try to cut down on our carbon emissions. Rarely do we know if we're really helping. Confronting this problem, the author shows how, through simple actions, you can improve thousands of lives - including your own. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783350513
ISBN
9781783350513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Do animals have moral rights? If so what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand their welfare? After addressing these questions, DeGrazia explores their implications in contexts such as food consumption, zoos, and research. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 Halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192853608
ISBN
9780192853608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Multiple-component retail product. This is a major work in moral philosophy, the long-awaited follow-up to Parfit's 1984 classic Reasons and Persons, a landmark of twentieth-century philosophy. Parfit now presents a powerful new treatment of reasons and a critical examination of the most prominent systematic moral theories, leading to his own ground-breaking conclusion. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 1440 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 109. Weight in Grams: 2378.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265923
ISBN
9780199265923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.66

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. In a new English translation by Christopher Rowe, this great classic of moral philosophy by Aristotle is accompanied here by an extended introduction and detailed line-by-line commentary by Sarah Broadie. Assuming no knowledge of Greek, her approach should prove useful for students reading the text for the first time. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 480 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
478
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752714
ISBN
9780198752714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.07

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

€ 56.66

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.90

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
€ 17.65

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728795
ISBN
9780198728795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206281
ISBN
9780872206281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.64

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