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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. This text covers the latest approaches in philosophy and the social sciences to understanding preference change. It reviews standard material but focuses on new research such as conditional utilities, non-monotonic logic and complex systems models. Editor(s): Grune-Yanoff, Till; Hansson, Sven Ove. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; HPQ; JNA; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048125920
- ISBN
- 9789048125920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Paperback. This volume offers an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It brings diverse philosophical perspectives to bear on issues of design. Editor(s): Vermaas, Pieter E.; Kroes, P. A.; Light, Andrew; Moore, Steven. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AM; HPQ; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048127337
- ISBN
- 9789048127337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.54
€ 143.54
Hardback. Academic institutions are value-driven, decisions have an ethical component with implications for students, faculty, the institution, and the broader community. This book explores the issues that are faced every day by those managing seats of learning. Editor(s): Englehardt, Elaine E.; Pritchard, Michael S.; Romesburg, Kerry D.; Schrag, Brian. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048128402
- ISBN
- 9789048128402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.99
€ 131.99
Hardback. Including unpublished material and personal correspondence from the Uppsala archives, A Real Mind follows the evolution of Hagerstrom's intellectual ideas, summarizing his main arguments at the same time as providing inspiration for future critical assessment. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 271 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048128945
- ISBN
- 9789048128945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.32
€ 133.32
Hardback. Ethical debate often lags far behind the development of new technology. This book sets out a practical moral code with wide-ranging applicability, designed to include moral principles and a hierarchical value theory based partly on the work of Kant and Mill. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LND; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048130207
- ISBN
- 9789048130207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
Hardback. This text probes many questions related to various aspects of responsibility for others. It uses real-life situations as a starting point to challenge the current trend science in which concepts are kidnapped from their native contexts and recycled elsewhere. Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048130368
- ISBN
- 9789048130368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.88
€ 130.88
Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing: Lessons from the San-...
. Ed(S): Wynberg, Rachel P.; Schroeder, Doris...
paperback. This book offers an in-depth study of a benefit-sharing case that has captured great attention: the use of San knowledge to develop anti-obesity products, and places it in the global context of indigenous peoples' rights, consent and benefit-sharing. Editor(s): Wynberg, Rachel P.; Schroeder, Doris; Chennells, Roger. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JHM; KCP; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048131228
- ISBN
- 9789048131228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.97
€ 73.97
Hardback. This book demonstrates that the moral insights of Confucian thought are precisely those needed to fill the moral vacuum developing in post-communist China and to address similar problems in the West. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048131556
- ISBN
- 9789048131556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.85
€ 133.85
Hardback. Taking as its point of departure the work of moral philosopher John Mackie (1917-1981), this is a collection of essays on moral skepticism by leading contemporary philosophers. It is the first book to focus comprehensively on the topic of moral skepticism. Editor(s): Joyce, Richard; Kirchin, Simon. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 262 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048133383
- ISBN
- 9789048133383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.81
€ 132.81
hardcover. Philosophy of Religion provides an international survey of significant trends in contemporary religious philosophy. The volume discusses major world religions, in addition to Mayas and Nahuas' conception of man, theology and philosophy, and Christianity and philosophy. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048135264
- ISBN
- 9789048135264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.40
€ 202.40
Hardback. This history on the development of scientific knowledge focuses on the crucial role of the experimental method. It begins with the Greeks and the ancient roots of scientific rationality and journeys to today's trend in genetic manipulation. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDX; PHVN; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048137664
- ISBN
- 9789048137664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.99
€ 196.99
hardcover. This book aims to give an account, called Variabilism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons and to use Variabilism to illuminate abortion. In doing so it lays the groundwork for a more productive discussion on abortion. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048137916
- ISBN
- 9789048137916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.49
€ 131.49
Paperback. In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management. This volume will be of interest to all who work with terminally ill patients. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNTJ; MBNH; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048140022
- ISBN
- 9789048140022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Brody, B. A. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048140398
- ISBN
- 9789048140398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
paperback. Papers Presented at the Seventh Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter, December 1986 Editor(s): Yovel, Y. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048140541
- ISBN
- 9789048140541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.14
€ 194.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141104
- ISBN
- 9789048141104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.46
€ 194.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Kjellstrand, Carl M.; Dossetor, J. B. Series: Developments in Nephrology. Num Pages: 238 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MJR; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141319
- ISBN
- 9789048141319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 249.30
€ 249.30
Paperback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 502 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141579
- ISBN
- 9789048141579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.53
€ 251.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Delkeskamp-Hayes, Corinna; Cutter, Mary Ann Gardell. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 340 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141777
- ISBN
- 9789048141777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.70
€ 194.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Tongeren, P. van; Sars, Paul; Bremmers, Chris; Boey, Koen. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141890
- ISBN
- 9789048141890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.62
€ 194.62