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Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardcover. This title argues that vengeance has fallen into disrepute without being seriously examined with respect to its real moral value. It investigates the use of vengeance themes in literature and popular culture, from the "Iliad" and "Hamlet" to film Westerns such as Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven". Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610761
- ISBN
- 9780700610761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.73
€ 87.73
Hardback. The Weight of Things explores the hard questions of our daily lives, examining both classic and contemporary accounts of what it means to lead 'the good life'. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160773
- ISBN
- 9781405160773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.40
€ 96.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155081
- ISBN
- 9780691155081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137377
- ISBN
- 9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback. Tackles various perspectives on debates about distinctly Christian ethics. This title argues that we need to reframe the arena in which moral questions are asked. It engages a range of positions, exploring modern issues such as moral and cultural relativism, globalization, problems of consumption and violence, and religious pluralism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113458
- ISBN
- 9781405113458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Nykanen, Hannes; Riis, Ole; Zeller, Jorg. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Aalborg University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771121162
- ISBN
- 9788771121162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. At home with both economic theory and political philosophy, John Roemer has written a book that critiques economists' conceptions of justice from a philosophical perspective and philosophical theories of distributive justice from an economic one. Num Pages: 352 pages, A number of line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JP; KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674879201
- ISBN
- 9780674879201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 48.67
€ 52.22
€ 48.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415999472
- ISBN
- 9780415999472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Revising and extending the arguments he put forth in "Spheres of Justice", the author frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; J; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268018979
- ISBN
- 9780268018979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204270
- ISBN
- 9780872204270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.56
€ 53.46
€ 42.56
Paperback. Argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity - as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation - and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor. This title offers an original meditation on the necessity of imagination to moral and aesthetic life. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154466
- ISBN
- 9780691154466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. This is Ethics presents an accessible and engaging introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary moral philosophy. It reveals the intimate connection between timeless philosophical problems about right and wrong while offering timely insights on everyday practical concerns. . Series: This is Philosophy. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118479858
- ISBN
- 9781118479858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. This collection reconstructs Thomas Reid's philosophy of practical ethics from his lecture manuscripts and papers dating from his tenure as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow from 1764. Editor(s): Haakonssen, Knud. Series: The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid. Num Pages: 480 pages, None. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 42. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617098
- ISBN
- 9780748617098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.64€ 226.14
€ 237.64
€ 226.14
Paperback. This volume brings three forms - Kantian ethics, consequentialism and virtue ethics - of ethical theory into critical relationship, and it does so in terms that should engage current philosophical debate and yet be clear enough for undergraduates. Series: Great Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194354
- ISBN
- 9780631194354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardback. * No other recent book involves a debate among leading proponents of the main forms of contemporary ethical theory* Presents the material in terms that engage current philosophical debate clear enough for undergraduate students. . Series: Great Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194347
- ISBN
- 9780631194347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.90
€ 150.90
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
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Paperback. * An ideal introduction to the emerging field of Toleration, a critical topic in political philosophy * Written in a lively prose style, ideal for classroom use. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655574
- ISBN
- 9780745655574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardback. * An ideal introduction to the emerging field of Toleration, a critical topic in political philosophy * Written in a lively prose style, ideal for classroom use. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655567
- ISBN
- 9780745655567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
paperback. How does it feel to get caught in a violent storm in the high Alps? What does a visitor think while ascending the sacred way in Delphi? How does a rock garden in Kyoto challenge one's sense of self? This book invites readers to open their imaginations to the power of evocative places. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 figures, 39 color photos. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218711
- ISBN
- 9780253218711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226266329
- ISBN
- 9780226266329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.28€ 45.34
€ 52.28
€ 45.34