Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. In a fresh look at the age-old question of nature's law versus individual choice, Machan offers an insightful discussion of human initiative as a basic feature of our personal and community lives and its implications for personal relations, politics, criminal law, social work, and public policy." Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817997625
- ISBN
- 9780817997625
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Condition: New
€ 24.13
€ 24.13
Hardback. Alice Crary offers a transformative account of moral thought about human beings and animals. Instead of assuming that the world places no demands on our moral imagination, she underscores the urgency of treating the exercise of moral imagination as necessary for arriving at an adequate world-guided understanding of human beings and animals. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967816
- ISBN
- 9780674967816
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Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
paperback. This collection of texts casts a light on both the historical sources and the contemporary issues of ethics. The essays address the problems, pretensions, and positive potentialities of modern ethical practices. Editor(s): Thompson, Norma. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697458
- ISBN
- 9780847697458
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Condition: New
€ 61.45
€ 61.45
Paperback. The appetite for knowledge - wanting to know things - is very strong in humans. This book treats some of its complications, deformations, beauties, and intensities. It offers an account of knowledge in terms of intimacy: to know something is to become intimate with it according to its kind. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216867
- ISBN
- 9780813216867
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Condition: New
€ 31.65
€ 31.65
Paperback.
In this important new book, the leading philosopherFrancois Laruelle examines the role of intellectuals in oursocieties today, specifically with regards to criminal justice. Heargues that, rather than concerning themselves with abstractphilosophical notions like justice, truth and violence,intellectuals should focus on the human victims. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745668413
- ISBN
- 9780745668413
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Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
Paperback. Julia Annas offers a new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas. She argues that exercising a virtue involves practical reasoning of the kind we find in someone exercising an everyday practical skill, such as farming, building, or playing the piano. This helps us to see virtue as part of an agent's happiness or flourishing. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199228775
- ISBN
- 9780199228775
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Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Georg Olms Verlag AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783487150055
- ISBN
- 9783487150055
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Condition: New
€ 65.39€ 60.19
€ 65.39
€ 60.19
Paperback. Comprises of essays previously published in "Philosophy & Public Affairs" and also an extended excerpt from Michael Walzer's "Just and Unjust Wars". Editor(s): Beitz, Charles R. Series: Philosophy & Public Affairs Readers. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691022345
- ISBN
- 9780691022345
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Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 41.35
€ 52.56
€ 41.35
paperback. An account of the competing schools of thought in international theory. It examines mainstream approaches in international relations and applied ethics, and introduces the central debates. It also draws conclusions for transcending the theoretical deadlock in international relations. Series: Sage Politics Texts Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761955160
- ISBN
- 9780761955160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.60
€ 74.60
Paperback. Provides an investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. This book also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences. Editor(s): Mapel, David R.; Nardin, Terry. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA; LAB; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049724
- ISBN
- 9780691049724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 46.06
€ 58.40
€ 46.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, x, 296 p. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226527963
- ISBN
- 9780226527963
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.29
€ 51.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 221 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167772
- ISBN
- 9780231167772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167765
- ISBN
- 9780231167765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78€ 78.42
€ 102.78
€ 78.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474226264
- ISBN
- 9781474226264
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Intractable Disputes about the Natural Law: Alasdair MacIntyre and Cri...
Lawrence S. Cunningham (Ed.)
Paperback. Both as cardinal and as Pope Benedict XVI, one of Josef Ratzinger's consistent concerns has been the foundational moral imperatives of the natural law. This title provides an essay on the foundational problem of moral disagreements concerning natural law. It is suitable for ethicists, moral theologians, and scholars of moral philosophy. Editor(s): Cunningham, Lawrence S. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268023003
- ISBN
- 9780268023003
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. aeo Wide coverage and introduction to the main issues and arguments of applied ethics. aeo Each chapter specially commissioned to introduce newcomers. aeo Comprehensive notes and reading guides. Editor(s): Almond, Brenda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193913
- ISBN
- 9780631193913
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Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Paperback. Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848313026
- ISBN
- 9781848313026
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.95
€ 10.99
€ 8.95
Paperback. Addresses such questions as: What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is "identity" now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalisms and competing fundamentalisms? And how do we define "rights", self-interest and civic duties? Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848310087
- ISBN
- 9781848310087
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Dell'Olio, Andrew; Simon, Caroline J. Series: Elements of Philosophy. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 867.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742563568
- ISBN
- 9780742563568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.91
€ 186.91
Paperback. Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141009544
- ISBN
- 9780141009544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65