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Ethics & moral philosophy

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Ethics & moral philosophy

Paperback. An analysis of the definition of courage and the "mystery of bravery". This book utilizes soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyze the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008267
ISBN
9780674008267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.02

Paperback. This complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon's belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to provide the means for united action. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038038
ISBN
9780268038038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. A collection of essays that locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. It includes a companion collection on Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055605
ISBN
9780674055605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.62
€ 50.17

hardcover. The need for questioning the ways in which technology is used in sports is the subject of this volume. Much of the focus is on the ethical implications of allowing genetic manipulation of human beings and the impact this could have on sport in general. Editor(s): Maih, A.; Eassom, Simon Bruce. Series: Research in Philosophy & Technology. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; PSX; TCBG; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 851.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308804
ISBN
9780762308804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.34

Hardcover. "The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called 'the Philosopher'. This title presents a translation of the Ethics. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C.; Collins, Susan D. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226026749
ISBN
9780226026749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.16

paperback. Uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. This book also uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217959
ISBN
9780803217959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.92

hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780198268970
ISBN
9780198268970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.42

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145084
ISBN
9780231145084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.85
€ 75.66

paperback. This collection of essays examine the of norms and social practices in epistemology and in moral and social philosophy. The contributors examine the issue across a range of subjects, including logic, education, foundations of morality, philosophy of law, and the pragmatic character of reason. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218196
ISBN
9780823218196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.88

paperback. Includes essays that explore mandates for humanitarian action in religious traditions, and codes of conduct for the media, military, medicine, and the academy in relief efforts. This book explores threats to human welfare from terrorism and gender exploitation and assess international law, and the media. Series: International Humanitarian Affairs. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823222889
ISBN
9780823222889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. The first major study of the philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), not only a friend and student of Wittgenstein's but also in her own right one of the most important philosophers of recent times.Teichmann presents a unified overview of her substantial oeuvre, in particular bringing out the interconnections among her ideas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199603350
ISBN
9780199603350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

paperback. An account of the competing schools of thought in international theory. It examines mainstream approaches in international relations and applied ethics, and introduces the central debates. It also draws conclusions for transcending the theoretical deadlock in international relations. Series: Sage Politics Texts Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761955160
ISBN
9780761955160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.00

hardcover. Using deconstruction, this book approaches contemporary problems raised by technologies of life and death from cloning to capital punishment; and thereby, provides new insights into current debates from a perspective outside of mainstream philosophy with its assumptions of individual and political sovereignty. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251087
ISBN
9780823251087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Paperback. Vayrynen argues that thick concepts - such as lewd and rude, selfish and cruel, courageous and kind - are evaluative only as a matter of pragmatics. If thick concepts are not inherently evaluative in meaning, they cannot have the deep and distinctive significance they are often given in moral philosophy. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190262174
ISBN
9780190262174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

paperback. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; PDA; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780190603816
ISBN
9780190603816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198238805
ISBN
9780198238805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.98

Paperback. In this superbly argued and deeply engaging book, Andrew Linzey not only shows that animals can and do suffer but also that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM3; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199351848
ISBN
9780199351848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

paperback. This is a classic work of ethical theory, arguably the most persuasive and comprehensible presentation of this widely influential position. The complete text of Utilitarianism is presented, with footnote annotations added to clarify unfamiliar references and terminology. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew. Series: Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813155
ISBN
9781554813155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.48

paperback. Editor(s): Heath, Eugene; Kaldis, Byron. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226443850
ISBN
9780226443850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.89

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