Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. In the wake of the long retreat from ritual into secularism and individuality, this book presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West who reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual-especially Confucian and Christian-plays in human life. Editor(s): Solomon, David; Fan, Ruiping; Lo, Ping-Cheung. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727557
- ISBN
- 9789400727557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Num Pages: 101 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727823
- ISBN
- 9789400727823
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Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Hardback. This book offers a revolutionary new understanding of the boundaries between self and environment, showing how external environments transform human values and identifying ways in which values located in self and society are transferred to the environment. Editor(s): Brady, Emily; Phemister, Pauline. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728240
- ISBN
- 9789400728240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Hardback. The ongoing financial crisis has engendered growing calls for stronger ethical norms in business and society. This book combines theology, economy and philosophy to examine the idea that functional free markets require sound cultural and ethical foundations. Editor(s): Schlag, Martin; Mercado, Juan Andres. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; HRA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400729896
- ISBN
- 9789400729896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Paperback. 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: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730472
- ISBN
- 9789400730472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. 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; LNK; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730595
- ISBN
- 9789400730595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
Paperback. Michael Ryan's Writings on Medical Ethics offers an annotated reprint of his key ethical writings. It also analyzes the significance of these ethical works and places Ryan within the historical trajectory of the field of medical ethics. Editor(s): Brody, Howard; Meghani, Zahra; Greenwald, Kimberly. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730656
- ISBN
- 9789400730656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.56
€ 184.56
Paperback. A multiplicity of stakeholders have begun to analyze the implications of nanotechnology. In the course of these efforts, a social phenomenon has emerged, one defined in this book as assessment regime, which explores and critically analyses this regime. Editor(s): Kaiser, Mario; Kurath, Monika; Maasen, Sabine; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel). Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730779
- ISBN
- 9789400730779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Paperback. 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: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730991
- ISBN
- 9789400730991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. This book guides reader's through Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" one step at a time. It expounds Kant's thoughts, submits them to an interpretation and draws a summary conclusion, placing the work and its topics within the context of its modern successors. Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 651.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731424
- ISBN
- 9789400731424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
paperback. This is the first English-language book-length text to trace the development of bioethics in the Ibero-American context. Coverage is given to many countries within Latin America with an aim to present the historical development of bioethics therein. Editor(s): Pessini, Leo; Barchifontaine, Christian de Paul de; Stepke, Fernando Lolas. Translator(s): Bulcock, Jennifer; Sobral, Adail; Goncalves, Maria Stella. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 397 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731448
- ISBN
- 9789400731448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Paperback. 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: HPD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731479
- ISBN
- 9789400731479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.75
€ 121.75
paperback. In this book, the author disputes the recent trend in metaethics that focuses on reasons rather than norms. The reader is invited to take a new look at the traditional metaethical questions of moral semantics, ontology, and epistemology. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731493
- ISBN
- 9789400731493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. In 2007, Melbourne University hosted a workshop to discuss many ethical questions that International NGOs face. This book is borne of that workshop. It fully considers current challenges and dilemmas INGOs confront and offers new ideas for meeting them. Editor(s): Horton, Keith; Roche, Chris. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; J; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731950
- ISBN
- 9789400731950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. This book provides an exhaustive analysis and criticism of the main theories of the practice of law-applying officials. It proposes an elaborate model of collective action and the notion of being under a duty qua member of a group. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBD; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732001
- ISBN
- 9789400732001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. This book offers papers delivered at the World Congress of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) held in Cape Town in 2008. The project drew together scholars in five regions in the first attempt at such a global perspective. Editor(s): Moore, Geoff. Series: The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics Book Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCL; KCM; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732186
- ISBN
- 9789400732186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. 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; LAB; LND; LNTM; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732285
- ISBN
- 9789400732285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. By offering an original and challenging approach to the topic of risk and emotion, this book covers new territory. It focuses on risk and emotion from the perspective of moral philosophy and emphasizes that emotions are an important source of moral knowledge. Editor(s): Roeser, Sabine. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732360
- ISBN
- 9789400732360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.83
€ 121.83
Paperback. Human Capacities and Moral Status examines how one's capacity - active or passive, lower-order or higher-order, etc. - are relevant to one's moral status. Ideas are drawn from the moral frameworks of John Rawls and Martha Nussbaum to support the outlined argument. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732537
- ISBN
- 9789400732537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. Focusing on the philosophical implications of complexity, this volume aims to bridge the gap between the very technical, versus the very vague bodies of literature on the topic. The central theme throughout the book is the inevitability of normative and ethical issues when dealing with complex phenomena. Editor(s): Cilliers, Paul; Preiser, Rika. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPK; HPQ; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732704
- ISBN
- 9789400732704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00