Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486 - these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. This title analyzes the ethical, legal, and social controversies surrounding each major technology and opens up a multitude of questions such as, Do frozen embryos have the right to be born? Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036656
- ISBN
- 9780691036656
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€ 58.78€ 46.63
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Paperback. Argues that Hannah Arendt"�'s reconceptualization of the nature and value of political action has been covered over and domesticated by admirers. This book explores Arendt's modernity, and indeed her postmodernity, through the Heideggerian and Nietzschean theme of a break with tradition at the closure of metaphysics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044002
- ISBN
- 9780691044002
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€ 58.78€ 46.44
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Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
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€ 103.46€ 79.12
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Paperback. Argues that boundaries of political liberal theorizing must be redrawn. This work proposes a theory of liberal nonpublic life. It offers a fresh look at liberal theory and what it means for a liberal society to function well. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049694
- ISBN
- 9780691049694
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€ 52.99€ 37.69
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Paperback. Provides an investigation of the moral foundations of the international order. This book also includes commentaries by experts in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic moral theology, and a concluding chapter that compares and contrasts the views presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences. Editor(s): Mapel, David R.; Nardin, Terry. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA; LAB; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049724
- ISBN
- 9780691049724
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€ 58.78€ 46.71
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Paperback. Analyzes trust as a fundamental issue of social relationships. This book asks whether trust - which critics identify as essential in creating a cohesive society - can continue to serve this role. It shows that trust is losing its unifying power because the individual, is being reduced to a sum of group identities and an abstract matrix of rules. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050201
- ISBN
- 9780691050201
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€ 52.90€ 42.28
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Hardback. Takes on the task of setting forth the contours of praise and blame. The author does so by mounting an important defense of a radical theory of moral realism and offering a critical appraisal of prevailing alternatives such as determinism and behaviorism and of their conceptual shortcomings. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057248
- ISBN
- 9780691057248
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€ 82.29€ 63.79
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Paperback. Offers an inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called 'necessary offices'. This book begins by examining the career of Charles-Henri Sanson, who is appointed executioner of Paris by Louis XVI and serves the punitive needs of the ancient regime for decades. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057392
- ISBN
- 9780691057392
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€ 54.99€ 39.68
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Paperback. Offering an introduction to the ethical aspects of war and peace, this collection of essays explores the reasons for waging war and for fighting with restraint as formulated in a diversity of ethical traditions, religious and secular. Editor(s): Nardin, Terry. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058405
- ISBN
- 9780691058405
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€ 52.90€ 42.00
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Paperback. Lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves. This work explores the causes of altruism and the differences between altruists and other people. It demonstrates how social theories may begin to account for altruism and debunks the notions of scientific inevitability. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058474
- ISBN
- 9780691058474
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€ 52.90€ 42.11
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Paperback. Brings together twenty-three essays on ancient moral philosophy. This book gives an account of many issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ethical theory, providing a way of reflecting on the fields as they developed from Socrates and Plato through Aristotle to Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers Chrysippus and Posidonius, and beyond. Num Pages: 605 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 33. Weight in Grams: 856.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058757
- ISBN
- 9780691058757
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€ 64.66€ 50.63
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Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
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€ 46.99€ 33.55
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Paperback. What kind of life best ensures human welfare? Since the ancient Greeks, this question has been as central to ethical philosophy as to ordinary reflection. But what exactly is welfare? Presenting a rational care theory of welfare, this work proves that an understanding of welfare fundamentally changes how we think about what is best for people. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092539
- ISBN
- 9780691092539
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€ 40.99€ 29.35
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Paperback. Determining which moral principles should guide political action is a vexing question in political theory. This book argues that John Locke's potential contribution to this debate - what Tuckness terms the 'legislative point of view' - has long been obscured by overemphasis on his doctrine of consent. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095042
- ISBN
- 9780691095042
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€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. This book provides a resource for thinking clearly about the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil. Editor(s): Madsen, Richard; Strong, Tracy B. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography , index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099934
- ISBN
- 9780691099934
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€ 52.90€ 42.00
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Paperback. Gives a rounded treatment to the subject of Islamic political ethics. This book explores the Islamic ethics of civil society, boundaries, pluralism, and war and peace. It considers questions of diversity, discussing, among other subjects, Islamic regimes' policies regarding women and religious minorities. Editor(s): Hashmi, Sohail H. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRH; JFM; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113104
- ISBN
- 9780691113104
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€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Presents a treatment of the problem of recognition and a sequence of virtuoso studies. This book develops an alternative account of the nature and sources of identity-based injustice in which the pursuit of recognition is part of the problem rather than the solution. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113821
- ISBN
- 9780691113821
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€ 52.90€ 42.00
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Paperback. How should we live? What do we owe to other people? This book explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. Editor(s): Gutmann, Amy. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114736
- ISBN
- 9780691114736
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€ 42.99€ 30.87
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Hardback. Contrary to what news reports might suggest, the majority of politicians behave ethically and are never subject to investigations. This title argues that members of Congress behave ethnically not because of the fear of punishment but because of their concern for their reputations. It draws parallels between politicians and businesses. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 line illus. 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117393
- ISBN
- 9780691117393
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€ 88.17€ 68.12
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Paperback. Presents a comprehensive account of an important but widely contested approach to ethics - intuitionism, the view that there is a plurality of moral principles, each of which we can know directly. This book casts intuitionism in a form that provides an alternative to the more familiar ethical perspectives (utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelian). Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123882
- ISBN
- 9780691123882
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€ 46.99€ 33.45
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