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Ethics & moral philosophy

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Ethics & moral philosophy

This book includes the latest revisions of the authors' influential analyses of some significant concepts in medicine, such as death, disease, paternalism, euthanasia and valid consent. It presents a useful and systemic method for dealing with the moral problems and disputes, but also allows for some unresolvable disagreement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 683.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195159066
ISBN
9780195159066
Condition: New

€ 96.15

Hardcover. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690599
ISBN
9780745690599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardback. Editor(s): Macpherson, Cheryl. Series: Public Health Ethics Analysis. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 274 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319261652
ISBN
9783319261652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Janich, P; Gutmann, M; Priess, K. Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JF; THR; TJK; UBJ; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642627170
ISBN
9783642627170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Dodds, Susan; Ankeny, Rachel A. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319322391
ISBN
9783319322391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Edition
As stated, 14th printing dated 1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226803418
ISBN
9780226803418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349258109
ISBN
9781349258109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Mikkola, Mari. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPQ; HPS; JFFK; JFMP; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190257903
ISBN
9780190257903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Paperback. Argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. This modern-day polemic outlines those ethics that the Dalai Lama believes should be central to our lives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846043109
ISBN
9781846043109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Offers a critical examination of political liberalism, the approach to liberal political theory advanced most forcefully in the later work of John Rawls. This work suggests that a post-secular ethics is a more appropriate response to moral diversity than restricting and managing the presence of religion and other moral perspectives in public life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
First Edition, 1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268026004
ISBN
9780268026004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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

Hardcover. Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?' Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137263407
ISBN
9781137263407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?' Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPQ; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349999866
ISBN
9781349999866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Paperback. Explores the implications of our animal origins and posthuman futures for our understanding of our humanity and our relations with other species. This title investigates what it means to call ourselves human beings in relation to both our distant past and our possible futures as a species. Editor(s): Molloy, Dr. Claire; Shakespeare, Steven; Blake, Charlie. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390. From Animality to Transhumanism. 224 pages, 10 bw illustrations. Editor(s): Molloy, Dr. Claire; Shakespeare, Steven; Blake, Charlie. Explores the implications of our animal origins and posthuman futures for our understanding of our humanity and our relations with other species. This title investigates what it means to call ourselves human beings in relation to both our distant past and our possible futures as a species. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441150110
ISBN
9781441150110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.38

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

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141395838
ISBN
9780141395838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.13

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
€ 38.20

Paperback. A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154. The Divided Spirit of Humanity. 240 pages. A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672544
ISBN
9781847672544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Bigger's larger goal is to align the primacy of the Good in Plato and Christian Neoplatonism with the creator God of Genesis and the God of love in the New Testament. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823223503
ISBN
9780823223503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

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

€ 32.54

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