Ethics & moral philosophy
Results 1021 - 1040 of 1556
Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Here, George Kateb asks what human dignity is and why it matters for the claim to rights. He proposes that dignity is an 'existential' value that pertains to the identity of a person as a human being. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284173
- ISBN
- 9780674284173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.02
€ 36.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. A collection that helps readers gain an understanding of the history of cloning in agriculture and animal science, the various biological procedures that are encompassed by the term 'cloning', and the considerations that should inform discussions about public policy matters related to both the cloning research and to human cloning itself. Editor(s): MacKinnon, Barbara. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070587
- ISBN
- 9780252070587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
€ 29.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. Presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. This title contends that hoping for an outcome means treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual capacities. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151526
- ISBN
- 9780691151526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.13€ 39.85
€ 50.13
€ 39.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171395
- ISBN
- 9780691171395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.47
€ 30.99
€ 22.47
paperback. Uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. This book also uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217959
- ISBN
- 9780803217959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442217638
- ISBN
- 9781442217638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.17
€ 46.17
Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442217621
- ISBN
- 9781442217621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Hardcover. Knowing how to be good is immensely important. The same goes for knowing how to make others be good-otherwise known as 'moral enhancement'. John Harris explores the many varied approaches to moral enhancement, from setting a good example to imbibing mood-altering substances, and asks whether and to what extent moral enhancement is possible. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707592
- ISBN
- 9780198707592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.52
€ 79.52
Hardcover. Nonetheless philosophers have long sought a single, overriding ideal that should guide everyone, always, everywhere, and after centuries of debate we're no closer to an answer. This book argues that ideal theories are abstractions from the realities of everyday life and its problems. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155654
- ISBN
- 9780226155654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.48€ 79.50
€ 95.48
€ 79.50
Paperback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511514
- ISBN
- 9780742511514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Hardback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511507
- ISBN
- 9780742511507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.20
€ 188.20
Paperback. Unearthing a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom that cuts to the core of what it means to be human, this book It will challenge you to think about the way you treat others, the decisions you make in pursuit of happiness, and your place in the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Portfolio Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241003206
- ISBN
- 9780241003206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.82
€ 16.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647415
- ISBN
- 9780816647415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.55
€ 29.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Focusing on basics--including those critical thinking skills that make philosophical ethics possible--"Hornbook Ethics" aims to help students understand, analyze, and evaluate both philosophical work in ethics and real-life ethical problems. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624663727
- ISBN
- 9781624663727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.40
€ 18.99
€ 15.40
Hardback. Focusing on basics--including those critical thinking skills that make philosophical ethics possible--"Hornbook Ethics" aims to help students understand, analyze, and evaluate both philosophical work in ethics and real-life ethical problems. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624663734
- ISBN
- 9781624663734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.74
€ 53.99
€ 38.74
Paperback. For Aristotle being hopeful was part of a well-lived life, a virtue. For Aquinas it was a fundamentally theological virtue and for Kant a basic moral motivation. Drawing on everyday examples as well as discussion of hope in the arenas of medicine, politics and religion, this title shows how hopefulness in not the same as hope. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218. Series: Art of Living. 176 pages. For Aristotle being hopeful was part of a well-lived life, a virtue. For Aquinas it was a fundamentally theological virtue and for Kant a basic moral motivation. Drawing on everyday examples as well as discussion of hope in the arenas of medicine, politics and religion, this title shows how hopefulness in not the same as hope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight: 218.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652600
- ISBN
- 9781844652600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.47
€ 50.99
€ 48.47
Hardback. Explores the controversial relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, and identifies the ethical tensions and controversies. This title proposes many reforms both for medicine's own professional integrity and for effective public regulation of the industry. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KNDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552180
- ISBN
- 9780742552180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.00€ 40.52
€ 43.00
€ 40.52
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199374472
- ISBN
- 9780199374472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.36
€ 80.36
Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139807
- ISBN
- 9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.13€ 39.91
€ 50.13
€ 39.91
Hardback. In this highly-readable volume, Portmann traces changing conceptions of sin though history and analyzes the role that sin, and our understanding of it, plays in today's society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742558137
- ISBN
- 9780742558137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.44
€ 29.99
€ 26.44