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Ethics & moral philosophy

The Power of Ideals examines the lives and work of six 20th century moral leaders who pursued moral causes ranging from world peace to social justice and human rights, and uses these six cases to show how people can make choices guided by their moral ideals rather than by base emotion or social pressures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199357741
ISBN
9780199357741
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.76

Paperback. A leading philosopher shows how the story of Ajax and Odysseus sheds new light on the contentious issue of disproportionate rewards in contemporary American society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199356881
ISBN
9780199356881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.15

This is the first full historical study of a key strand in the development of modern moral philosophy. The subject is a school of British ethical theorists from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, including Sidgwick and Moore. Hurka shows what these philosophers thought, how they influenced each other, and how their ideas changed through time. Series: The Oxford History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199233625
ISBN
9780199233625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.39

Paperback. Producing and rearing children are immensely important human activities. This collection offers new and original essays by leading philosophers on some of the main ethical issues raised by these activities. A clear introduction provides an overview of the current debates in this area while individual chapters focus on specific points. Editor(s): Archard, David; Benatar, David. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748151
ISBN
9780198748151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.24

Hardcover. This volume seeks to make normative theorising on climate justice more relevant and applicable to political realities and public policy. Editor(s): Heyward, Clare; Roser, Dominic. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPQB; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744047
ISBN
9780198744047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.42

Hardcover. Brian Hedden defends a radical view about rationality, personal identity, and time. He argues that what it is rational to do should not depend on your past beliefs or actions, which are not part of your current perspective on the world. His impersonal approach holds that what rationality demands of you is solely determined by your evidence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198732594
ISBN
9780198732594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

Hardcover. What, if anything, is religious or spiritual delusion? What does religious delusion reveal about the difference between good and bad spirituality? The Abraham Dilemma: A Divine Delusion is the first book written by a philosopher on the topic of religious delusion - on the disorder's causes, contents, consequences, diagnosis and treatment Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; HRAB; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728658
ISBN
9780198728658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.75

Hardcover. Ernest Sosa extends his distinctive approach to epistemology, intertwining issues concerning the role of the will in judgment and belief with issues of epistemic evaluation. While noting that human knowledge trades on distinctive psychological capacities, Sosa also emphasizes the role of the social in human knowledge. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198719694
ISBN
9780198719694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.93

Paperback. Can we have objective knowledge of right and wrong, of how we should live and what there is reason to do? Can it be anything but luck when our beliefs are true? Kieran Setiya confronts these questions in their most compelling and articulate forms, and argues that if there is objective ethical knowledge, human nature is its source. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709619
ISBN
9780198709619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.96

Paperback. This second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Free Will is intended to be a sourcebook and guide to current work on free will and related subjects. Editor(s): Kane, Robert. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195399691
ISBN
9780195399691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.51

Paperback. This collection gathers a set of central papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195399615
ISBN
9780195399615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages, 22 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 233 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
812
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195335422
ISBN
9780195335422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 191.86

Paperback. In this short exploration of major philosophical questions Solomon engages students in an exploration of the self, the universe, and the nature of truth and morality. He addresses perennial questions in an accessible style with attention to history and other cultures. The ideal introduction to a philosophy course. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195311143
ISBN
9780195311143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.51

Paperback. This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. The book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.). Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195168730
ISBN
9780195168730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195156980
ISBN
9780195156980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 189.08

Paperback. "What is Justice?" was one of Socrates' most provocative and, to this day unresolved questions. What is Justice? is an attempt to bring together many of the most prominent and influential writings on the topic of justice, both before and after Socrates, with particular emphasis on questions of justice in the modern world, especially in (more or less) egalitarian, democratic societies. Editor(s): Solomon, Professor Robert C.; Murphy, Mark C. Num Pages: 366 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195128109
ISBN
9780195128109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. This Handbook consists of 21 new essays on the nature and value of death, the relevance of the metaphysics of time and personal identity for questions about death, the desirability of immortality, and the wrongness of killing. Editor(s): Bradley, Ben; Feldman, Fred; Johansson, Jens. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HPS; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190271459
ISBN
9780190271459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Dan-Cohen, Meir. Series: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190235444
ISBN
9780190235444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.54

The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between cultural and psychological anthropology, recent work in empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HPQ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190212155
ISBN
9780190212155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.51

Hardcover. James Douglass provides an astonishing new examination of the Kennedy assassination and its implications. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894. Why He Died and Why it Matters. 544 pages. James Douglass provides an astonishing new examination of the Kennedy assassination and its implications. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 33. Weight: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orbis Books
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570757556
ISBN
9781570757556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.24

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