Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
paperback. What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations. Editor(s): Maes, Hans. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; HPN; HPQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349821
- ISBN
- 9781349349821
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€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Paperback. This examination of stem cell biology from a philosophy of science perspective clarifies the field's central concept, the stem cell, as well as its aims, methods, models, explanations and evidential challenges. Relations to systems biology and clinical medicine are also discussed. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HPX; MBGR; PDA; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349852
- ISBN
- 9781349349852
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€ 63.71
€ 63.71
The Problem of Animal Pain. A Theodicy for All Creatures Great and Sma...
Dougherty, T.. Ed(S): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielen...
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. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349349951
- ISBN
- 9781349349951
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€ 142.19
€ 142.19
Paperback. Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JMR; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349975
- ISBN
- 9781349349975
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€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Paperback. In this book the author critiques traditional obligation-based moral theories and develops instead an account of a virtue-based approach within contemporary nursing practice. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353163
- ISBN
- 9781349353163
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€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Paperback. Mainstream discussions of ethics oftensearch for a problem-solving theory or explore ontological status. This book argues instead that the proper starting point should be the words and deeds of ordinary people in ordinary disagreements - the ethical concepts in play can only derive full meaning within the context of ordinary human lives." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353187
- ISBN
- 9781349353187
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€ 62.96
€ 62.96
Paperback. The book brings together for the first time John Addington Symonds' key writings on homosexuality, and the entire correspondence between Symonds and Havelock Ellis on the project of Sexual Inversion. The source edition contains a critical introduction to the sources. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPQ; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355112
- ISBN
- 9781349355112
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. These previously unpublished essays present the newest developments in the thought of philosophers working on action and its explanation, focusing on a wide range of interlocking issues relating to agency, deliberation, motivation, mental causation, teleology, interpretive explanation and the ontology of actions and their reasons. Editor(s): Sandis, Constantine. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 561.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356683
- ISBN
- 9781349356683
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€ 122.68
€ 122.68
Paperback. Going beyond the controversy surrounding personhood in non-philosophical contexts, this book defends the need for a credible philosophical conception of the person. Engaging with John Locke, Derek Parfit and P.F. Strawson, the authors develop an original philosophical anthropology based on the work of Charles Hartshorne and A.N. Whitehead. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356706
- ISBN
- 9781349356706
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€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of contemporary arguments for objectivity in ethics. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358236
- ISBN
- 9781349358236
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€ 62.80
€ 62.80
Paperback. A collection of essays by leading philosophers on the work of John Cottingham, focussing on his work in moral philosophy, discussing themes from his contributions to the debate on partiality and impartiality, the role of the emotions in the good life and the meaning of the worthwhile life. Including a 'replies' chapter by John Cottingham. Editor(s): Athanassoulis, N; Vice, S. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358250
- ISBN
- 9781349358250
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€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Paperback. War is always defined in relation to something else: peace, society, civilisation, friendship or love. What is the relationship between war and its 'other'? Are they opposites or versions of one another? This book surveys four hundred years of thinking about the definition of war, from Hobbes and Clausewitz to Badiou and i ek." Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; HBW; HPQ; HPS; JFCX; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359073
- ISBN
- 9781349359073
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€ 62.66
€ 62.66
Paperback. Engaging with current research in the philosophy of emotions, both analytic and continental, the author argues that reductionist accounts of emotions leave us in a state of poverty regarding our understanding of our world and of ourselves. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360284
- ISBN
- 9781349360284
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€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Paperback. "By explicitly addressing moral knowledge from a particularists perspective, this book can engage with an established and vibrant area of moral philosophy whilst making a distinctive and productive contribution to a relatively neglected dimension of it"-- Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362691
- ISBN
- 9781349362691
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€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental questions in contemporary analytic metaphysics: Could there have been nothing at all? No physical universe, no people, no living beings, no planets, no atoms, no matter, no energy - nothing? Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364763
- ISBN
- 9781349364763
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€ 62.83
€ 62.83
Paperback. This book focuses on the relationship between literary culture, power, society and war. It assesses the critical importance of Michel Foucault's lecture series Society Must Be Defended for contemporary debates about war and terror in literary and cultural studies, as well as social and political thought. Editor(s): Morton, S.; Bygrave, Stephen. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349365180
- ISBN
- 9781349365180
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€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Paperback. An assessment of some ethical implications of increasing life spans. Taking as a starting point the idea that to increase longevity is a form of medical enhancement, it examines the value of living longer; the means for extending life spans; the consequences of greater longevity for the fair distribution of resources and healthcare in particular. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; MFKC; PSA; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366750
- ISBN
- 9781349366750
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€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Paperback. "John Stuart Mill was one of the most important figures in political philosophy but little has been published on his ideas on justice. This impressive collection by renowned Mill scholars addresses this gap in Mill studies and theories of justice"-- Editor(s): Kahn, L. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366811
- ISBN
- 9781349366811
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€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. This bookexplores the experiences of pregnant teenagers, their partners, and midwives, from pregnancy realisation through the early years of motherhood.It examines changing attitudes to female sexuality and moral discourses on adolescent subjectivity especially as these pertain to teenage motherhood." Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367849
- ISBN
- 9781349367849
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€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback. An account of the nature and value of the family within a liberal society. It defines 'family', and assesses the right to have a family, whether the family promotes injustice, and what future there is for the family in the face of significant changes. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368525
- ISBN
- 9781349368525
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01