Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. Illustrated with cases from medicine, psychiatry, and law, this volume examines the common moral ground that links these usually separate domains, and relates forensic ethics to larger concepts of morality and justice. It analyzes ethical dilemmas expert witnesses commonly encounter in the courtroom. Editor(s): Szanton, Andrew. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387353807
- ISBN
- 9780387353807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.62
€ 125.62
Hardcover. This work presents Kant as a vital revolutionary thinker, showing that his Practical Philosophy has been marred by views that it is formalist and centred on categorical imperative. Discussing his commitment to the notion of rational religion and his treatment of evil, this important study provides a vivid account of Kant's concerns. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993996
- ISBN
- 9780333993996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
Hardcover. This text argues that sympathy, understood as an immediate and unthinking response to another's suffering, plays a constitutive role in our conception of what it is to be human, and specifically in that conception of human life on which anything we might call a moral life depends. Series: Swansea Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987940
- ISBN
- 9780333987940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Hardback. Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972373
- ISBN
- 9780333972373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.35
€ 121.35
Hardback. Can institutions bear moral responsibilities and be ascribed blame in a way that is not reducible to their constitutive members? Focusing on such topics as Kosovo and Rwanda, this book examines the position of the UN, NATO and other organisations. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971291
- ISBN
- 9780333971291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardcover. The last century saw two great revolutions in genetics; the development of classic Medelian theory and the discovery and investigation of DNA. Each of these generated its own distinctive technology, which are explored within this study of the philosophy of technology. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964583
- ISBN
- 9780333964583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.08
€ 122.08
Paperback. Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify its role. This book rejects the view that ethics are only of limited or provisional validity. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333913093
- ISBN
- 9780333913093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.33
€ 100.33
Hardcover. This work investigates the significance of love in moral and political philosophy. It argues for a re-interpretation of both enlightenment and feminist thinking, and shows how the former often takes love as central, while the latter draws our attention to human vulnerability and neediness. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802694
- ISBN
- 9780333802694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardback. Explores one dimension of the value-knowledge system needed in any movement towards humane governance for the planet: the ecological sustainability and integrity of the Earth's environment. Contributors explore various ethical issues that must inform future global regulation of the environment. Editor(s): Gleeson, Brendan; Low, Assoc Prof Nicholas. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; RNB; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793725
- ISBN
- 9780333793725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Hardcover. This book addresses the controversy over abortion. Covering interesting topics, including the claim that certain items (paintings, people) have 'intrinsic value' and should not be destroyed; the thought that young human beings do not have a good of their own; and the question whether the objection to murder turns on the violation of right to life. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760185
- ISBN
- 9780333760185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.01
€ 65.01
Hardcover. This text considers the ethical credentials of the US in branding various countries "pariah states", and describes the background to the Iraq question. A detailed chronology of 1997-98 US/Iraq weapons inspections, and a profile of the subsequent UN/Iraqi settlement and its aftermath is given. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HPQ; JPA; JPS; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741146
- ISBN
- 9780333741146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardback. This work examines ethical problems raised by a number of key 20th century theoretical and fictional texts by authors such as Levinas, Sartre, Beauvoir, Yourcenar, Duras and Genet. It argues that even ethical texts frequently depict conflict as an insurmountable aspect of human relations. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733714
- ISBN
- 9780333733714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
Hardcover. The moral justification for government is, that it is needed to promote the community's interest. What is that interest an interest in? Can democracy enable dissatisfaction with their reconciliation to be lived with? These are some of the questions with which this book is concerned. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714430
- ISBN
- 9780333714430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardback. A study of the main ethical and political arguments on intervention and a critical evaluation of recent publications on the ethics of intervention. Includes discussion on international institutions, humanitarian considerations, philosophical arguments and the role of public opinion and the media. Aimed at students in political fields. Editor(s): Williamson, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692004
- ISBN
- 9780333692004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. The editors explore Kierkegaard's continuing relevance to political and social issues. These essays bring out the complex nature of his engagements with questions of selfhood and society. What he has to say about love, church, politics and justice is shown to test the limits of what we take for granted in the modern and post-modern world. Editor(s): Pattison, Professor George; Shakespeare, Dr. Steven. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682432
- ISBN
- 9780333682432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.24
€ 185.24
Hardback. A critical perspective on the foundations of economic theory showing the importance of ethical considerations and focusing in particular on altruism, cooperation and equity. Throughout the book the nature of "homo economicus" is contrasted with that of "homo ethicus". Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333673669
- ISBN
- 9780333673669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.31
€ 184.31
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Hardback. This book is a study of the ethics of war, focusing on the moral dilemmas of resistance and collaboration in Nazi occupied Europe, including a detailed examination of Jewish resistance. It presents a guide to the ethical choices that confronted people in response to the German doctrine of collective responsibility. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333656020
- ISBN
- 9780333656020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.51
€ 64.51
Hardcover. This title examines Deleuze's philosophical assessment of Spinoza and appraises his arguments concerning the absolute, the philosophy of mind, epistemology and moral and political philosophy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634677
- ISBN
- 9780333634677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.52
€ 122.52
Hardback. When great evil is done to human beings, we may feel that something absolute has been violated. Can that sense be expressed without religious concepts? This is one of the central questions discussed by philosophers of religion and moral philosophers in this collection. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Series: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620663
- ISBN
- 9780333620663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.66
€ 185.66