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Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Ancient Christians invoked sin to account for an astonishing range of things, from the death of God's son to the politics of the Roman Empire that worshipped him. This book tells the story of early Christian concepts of sin, exploring the ways that sin came to shape ideas about God no less than about humanity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New in Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160900
- ISBN
- 9780691160900
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.08
€ 23.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics. Editor(s): Annas, Julia. Translator(s): Woolf, Raphael. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. 196 pages. Editor(s): Annas, Julia. An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 9. Weight: 324. Translator(s): Woolf, Raphael.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669016
- ISBN
- 9780521669016
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Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. This remarkable book is the first attempt to establish a theory of knowledge based on the model of virtue theory in ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Recent Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521578264
- ISBN
- 9780521578264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. At the end of a century whose catastrophic violence has irreparably damaged the human capacity for hope, our knowledge of the origins of life has so deepened that we can create life artificially. In this book the author seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002136
- ISBN
- 9780571206421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Series: Basic Bioethics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262525299
- ISBN
- 9780262525299
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
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
Paperback. 'The book everyone needs to read' JEANETTE WINTERSON, The Times Series: Canons. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782116288
- ISBN
- 9781782116288
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.79
€ 11.99
€ 9.79
Paperback. One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621548
- ISBN
- 9780745621548
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Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617916
- ISBN
- 9780745617916
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Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. "Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacre." Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAM2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776905
- ISBN
- 9780804776905
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Examining tragedy as one of the highest forms of human expression for both the ancients and the moderns, this book presents what Greek tragedy and German philosophy reveal about the meaning of art for ethical life. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214430
- ISBN
- 9780253214430
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Hardback. Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, this title demonstrates how social cues have a powerful role in triggering unselfish behavior. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139951
- ISBN
- 9780691139951
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.99
€ 30.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Argues that 'nobility of spirit' is the quintessence of a civilized world. This book identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own times; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158533
- ISBN
- 9780300158533
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.79
€ 15.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264610
- ISBN
- 9781853264610
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Condition: New
€ 7.13
€ 7.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226421049
- ISBN
- 9780226421049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.50
€ 21.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, the author dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. With wit and subversive energy, he demands that the individual impose their own 'will to power' upon the world. This book demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 120 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395838
- ISBN
- 9780141395838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.13
€ 19.99
€ 14.13
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. Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? This book presents a moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143613
- ISBN
- 9780691143613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.97
€ 13.99
€ 13.97
Paperback. In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347791
- ISBN
- 9780393347791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. This introduction to professional ethics for social workers recognizes that social work is largely state-sponsored. Traditional values and rules are explained, followed by a concept of social work and its relationship to the state. A new approach to practice ethics is developed. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333719343
- ISBN
- 9780333719343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.01
€ 60.01