Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198238805
- ISBN
- 9780198238805
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Condition: New
€ 83.54
€ 83.54
paperback. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; PDA; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780190603816
- ISBN
- 9780190603816
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Vayrynen argues that thick concepts - such as lewd and rude, selfish and cruel, courageous and kind - are evaluative only as a matter of pragmatics. If thick concepts are not inherently evaluative in meaning, they cannot have the deep and distinctive significance they are often given in moral philosophy. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262174
- ISBN
- 9780190262174
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
hardcover. Using deconstruction, this book approaches contemporary problems raised by technologies of life and death from cloning to capital punishment; and thereby, provides new insights into current debates from a perspective outside of mainstream philosophy with its assumptions of individual and political sovereignty. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251087
- ISBN
- 9780823251087
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Condition: New
€ 106.88
€ 106.88
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
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Condition: New
€ 74.60
€ 74.60
Paperback. The first major study of the philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), not only a friend and student of Wittgenstein's but also in her own right one of the most important philosophers of recent times.Teichmann presents a unified overview of her substantial oeuvre, in particular bringing out the interconnections among her ideas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199603350
- ISBN
- 9780199603350
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Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
paperback. Includes essays that explore mandates for humanitarian action in religious traditions, and codes of conduct for the media, military, medicine, and the academy in relief efforts. This book explores threats to human welfare from terrorism and gender exploitation and assess international law, and the media. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 714.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823222889
- ISBN
- 9780823222889
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
paperback. This collection of essays examine the of norms and social practices in epistemology and in moral and social philosophy. The contributors examine the issue across a range of subjects, including logic, education, foundations of morality, philosophy of law, and the pragmatic character of reason. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218196
- ISBN
- 9780823218196
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.38
€ 45.99
€ 45.38
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145084
- ISBN
- 9780231145084
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€ 98.11€ 74.64
€ 98.11
€ 74.64
Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199985142
- ISBN
- 9780199985142
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Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198268970
- ISBN
- 9780198268970
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Condition: New
€ 160.56
€ 160.56
paperback. Uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. This book also uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217959
- ISBN
- 9780803217959
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.63
€ 20.99
€ 20.63
Hardcover. "The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called 'the Philosopher'. This title presents a translation of the Ethics. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C.; Collins, Susan D. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026749
- ISBN
- 9780226026749
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.76
€ 49.99
€ 38.76
hardcover. The need for questioning the ways in which technology is used in sports is the subject of this volume. Much of the focus is on the ethical implications of allowing genetic manipulation of human beings and the impact this could have on sport in general. Editor(s): Maih, A.; Eassom, Simon Bruce. Series: Research in Philosophy & Technology. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; PSX; TCBG; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308804
- ISBN
- 9780762308804
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Condition: New
€ 141.04
€ 141.04
Hardback. A collection of essays that locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. It includes a companion collection on Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055605
- ISBN
- 9780674055605
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Condition: New
€ 53.67€ 49.32
€ 53.67
€ 49.32
Paperback. This complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon's belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to provide the means for united action. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038038
- ISBN
- 9780268038038
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.51
€ 30.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. An analysis of the definition of courage and the "mystery of bravery". This book utilizes soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyze the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008267
- ISBN
- 9780674008267
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.55
€ 41.99
€ 34.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Gardiner, Stephen M. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489686
- ISBN
- 9780801489686
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.76
€ 36.99
€ 33.76
hardcover. Contends that Josiah Royce bequeathed to philosophy a novel idealism based on an ethico-religious insight. This title examines how Royce's ethico-religious insight could be strengthened by incorporating the philosophical theology of Dr Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, and Emmanuel Levinas' ethical metaphysics. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823230549
- ISBN
- 9780823230549
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Condition: New
€ 103.08
€ 103.08
hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718653
- ISBN
- 9780804718653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.10
€ 86.10