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Ethics & moral philosophy

Hardback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5753 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346661
ISBN
9780822346661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347255
ISBN
9780822347255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Analyzes trust as a fundamental issue of social relationships. This book asks whether trust - which critics identify as essential in creating a cohesive society - can continue to serve this role. It shows that trust is losing its unifying power because the individual, is being reduced to a sum of group identities and an abstract matrix of rules. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050201
ISBN
9780691050201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardcover. How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Editor(s): Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219403
ISBN
9780230219403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.68

Paperback. Uncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220145
ISBN
9780631220145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

Hardcover. Animal suffering constitutes perhaps the greatest challenge to rational belief in the existence of God. Considerations that render human suffering theologically intelligible seem inapplicable to animal suffering. In this book, Dougherty defends radical possibilities for animal afterlife that allow a soul-making theodicy to apply to their case. Series Editor(s): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielenberg, Erik J. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368484
ISBN
9780230368484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.68

paperback. Animal suffering constitutes perhaps the greatest challenge to rational belief in the existence of God. Considerations that render human suffering theologically intelligible seem inapplicable to animal suffering. In this book, Dougherty defends radical possibilities for animal afterlife that allow a soul-making theodicy to apply to their case. Editor(s): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielenberg, Erik J. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349349951
ISBN
9781349349951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.48

Paperback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137433091
ISBN
9781137433091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. This book describes an emotional territory, which forms the individual's own sphere of action and experience. This develops in the course of evolution in pace with the individual's conditions of life, brought about by challenges in the natural and social environment. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048176908
ISBN
9789048176908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 475 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973817
ISBN
9780865973817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 475 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973800
ISBN
9780865973800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1136 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966334
ISBN
9780913966334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.15

Hardback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692644
ISBN
9780847692644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.32

Paperback. A host of ethical questions has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies. This text helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers to find answers to these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234920
ISBN
9780631234920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardcover. A host of ethical questions has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies. This text helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers to find answers to these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234913
ISBN
9780631234913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.26

Paperback. This book examines the historical development of global ethics in practice since WWII, looking at its philosophical and historical significance, and the contemporary challenges it faces. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474407052
ISBN
9781474407052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Includes readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue, and five essays from contemporary thinkers that apply virtue theories to the resolution of practical moral problems. This book provides an introduction to the history of virtue theory, highlights the distinctive aspects, and suggests further readings. Editor(s): Welchman, Jennifer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208100
ISBN
9780872208100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.34
€ 51.33

Paperback. Presents an anthology to cover the virtue ethics component of an ethics course, either in conjunction with one of the larger ethics texts, as the centrepiece of a course devoted to virtue theory, or as a component of an introductory course that includes a section on ethics. Editor(s): Welchman, Jennifer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208094
ISBN
9780872208094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

hardcover. Cragg combines the findings of contemporary studies, reports and papers focusing on crime, punishment and penal practice with philosophical argument and thereby constructs a radical theory of restorative justice. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415041492
ISBN
9780415041492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

paperback. William Simon, a legal theorist with experience in practice, here argues that the profession's standard approach to questions of legal ethics is incoherent and implausible, insisting the critical weakness is the style of judgment. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674002753
ISBN
9780674002753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

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