Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. Western philosophy's traditional assessment of the nature and value of humor has not been kind, as the standard theories made humor look antisocial, irrational, and foolish. It wasn't until well into the 20th century that humor gained even a semblance of respect. Comic Relief goes a great way in ameliorating this injustice. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196123
- ISBN
- 9781405196123
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Condition: New
€ 36.53
€ 36.53
Paperback. Suitable for students, this is a short, accessible introduction to moral rules and reasoning and should find course use in introductory classes in ethics, applied ethics, and moral theory. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 179 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 211.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195314212
- ISBN
- 9780195314212
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€ 49.51
€ 49.51
Paperback. Written at the height of the Cold War, the author argues that the only way to end the threat of nuclear war is to end war itself. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415487344
- ISBN
- 9780415487344
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Groom, S. Alyssa. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474497
- ISBN
- 9781611474497
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Condition: New
€ 120.77
€ 120.77
Hardcover. Immanuel Kants moral philosophy has often been criticized for ignoring Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813219523
- ISBN
- 9780813219523
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Condition: New
€ 80.06
€ 80.06
Paperback. Companion Animal Ethics explores the important ethical questions and problems that arise as a result of humans keeping animals as companions. Series: UFAW Animal Welfare. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118376690
- ISBN
- 9781118376690
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.93
€ 51.99
€ 50.93
Hardcover. Applied or practical ethics is a major growth area in philosophy today, and a good many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. This volume attempts to give an account of a great many of these issues. Editor(s): Frey, R. G.; Wellman, Christopher. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 720 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865946
- ISBN
- 9781557865946
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Condition: New
€ 209.06
€ 209.06
Paperback. Responding to the growing importance of the values education movement and the need for institutional guidance in the planning and implementation of values programs, this book offers a practical and conceptual model. It clarifies and describes the development, research, and fine-tuning skills required to create this evolving, operational process. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631538
- ISBN
- 9780815631538
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Condition: New
€ 33.17
€ 33.17
Paperback. A theoretically informed study of five major pro- and anti-apartheid intellectuals, showing the inevitability of complex and compromised positions, and the impossibility of pure ones. Series: Philosophy & postcoloniality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HPQ; JFCX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329985
- ISBN
- 9780822329985
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Bynum, Terrell Ward; Rogerson, Simon. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; UBJ; UBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855548459
- ISBN
- 9781855548459
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.75
€ 43.99
€ 42.75
Paperback. Examines the structure, intention, and originality of K E Logstrup's ethics as a whole. This collection of essays is a companion to "Beyond the Ethical Demand", as well as to "The Ethical Demand". It also examines Logstrup's crucial concept of the "sovereign expressions of life" and his view of moral principles as a substitute for ethics. Editor(s): Andersen, Svend; Niekerk, Kees van Kooten. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020316
- ISBN
- 9780268020316
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283982
- ISBN
- 9780226283982
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€ 93.44€ 77.34
€ 93.44
€ 77.34
Paperback. What is the good life? Posing this question today would likely elicit very different answers. But for Aristotle these two ideas - doing good and doing well - were one and the same and could be realized in a single life. The author draws a conclusion from Aristotle's works, and studying this conception of the good life relates to ideas of morality. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226270197
- ISBN
- 9780226270197
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932589443
- ISBN
- 9781932589443
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Condition: New
€ 36.79
€ 36.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474285872
- ISBN
- 9781474285872
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Condition: New
€ 140.15€ 125.03
€ 140.15
€ 125.03
paperback. On Friday, October 7, 1988, the rescue operation of three young gray whales trapped in ice off the Arctic coast, cost more than a million dollars. Using the story as a touchstone for critical comparison, the author explores three major traditions of environmental philosophy: extensionism, ecofeminism's 'care' ethic, and Heideggerian Phenomenology. Illustrator(s): Mason, Charles. Series: Environmental Ethics, Values, & Policy. Num Pages: 210 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396165
- ISBN
- 9781566396165
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
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Paperback. In a postmodern world characterized by cultural relativism, what does it mean to make an ethical decision? What is the link between doing good and being good? The author outlines a new kind of individual ethics - one rooted in values of self-worth, responsiveness to others that takes a middle ground between the universalism and relativism. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966405927
- ISBN
- 9780966405927
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Where does our conscience come from, and how reliable is it? Exploring its deep historical roots, Paul Strohm considers what conscience has meant to successive generations. Using examples from popular culture and contemporary politics he demonstrates that conscience is as important today as it has ever been. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, c. 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 109 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569694
- ISBN
- 9780199569694
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Hardback. David Bosworth cuts through all the noise of today s political dysfunction and cultural wars to sound the deeper causes of our discontent. He explores the ways in which Americans are affected by the irreversible forces set loose by technology s drastic revision of our everyday lives." Series Editor(s): Corey, Stephen. Series: Georgia Review Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820350653
- ISBN
- 9780820350653
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.15
€ 31.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Consequentialism is a major approach to normative ethical theory, which considers the production of good and prevention of bad consequences the touchstone of the moral evaluation. This work brings together both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this position. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231080
- ISBN
- 9780631231080
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Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50