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Hardback. Offers an interpretation of the nature and scope of practical reasoning in light of postmodern philosophical criticism. This title charts a via media between the abstract formalism of neo-Kantian morality and relativist interpretations of neo-Aristotelian ethics. It treats the eclipse of the classical Aristotelian conception of practical reason. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405657
- ISBN
- 9780878405657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.46
€ 75.46
Hardback. John Courtney Murray, SJ (1904-1967), is most renowned for his ethical writings, which distinguish between the secular and the sacred, and for his defense of civil religious freedom based on natural law philosophy. This title presents a selection of Murray's theological writings. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405619
- ISBN
- 9780878405619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.03
€ 123.03
Hardback. Explores how Maryland's Catholics drew upon their long-standing traditions - advocacy of separation of church and state, a sense of civic duty, and a determination 'to live at peace with all their neighbors,' in Bishop Carroll's phrase - to take a leading role in the early government, financing, and building of the new capital. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HRCC7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405572
- ISBN
- 9780878405572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.86
€ 77.86
Paperback. A collection of essays (1988-92) that examines key issues in normative morality. Identifying two strains, one based on natural law and a more situational one based on the Golden Rule, it explores the need for plurality in both individual and societal ethics, and the problem of universal versus only general validity. Translator(s): McNeil, Brian. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405435
- ISBN
- 9780878405435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.97
€ 74.97
hardcover. Derives a fundamental ethic from liberation theology. This title asserts that the experience of resisting suffering, especially oppressive social suffering, must be brought from the fringe to the center of ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405411
- ISBN
- 9780878405411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.73
€ 44.73
Hardback. The biological revolution, with its attendant technological powers to alter nature and human nature, demands fundamental and cautionary reflection on questions of the highest ethical importance. This book explores nine topics ranging from birth and adolescence to aging and death. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405381
- ISBN
- 9780878405381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95
€ 74.95
Paperback. Brings together ethics and pastoral practice in an interactional model that captures the distinctive character of Christian pastoral counseling. This title challenges traditional notions which portray the pastoral minister as an instructor who dispenses the church's moral teaching. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405367
- ISBN
- 9780878405367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
Paperback. Argues that higher education is a moral enterprise and that, as such, it must be guided by a commitments to what is morally right and fundamentally good, not just by what is necessary in intellectual or financial endeavors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405312
- ISBN
- 9780878405312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.30
€ 76.30
Paperback. An appraisal of two of the most fundamental terms in the moral language of Thomas Aquinas that draws on the contemporary moral distinction between the goodness of a person and the rightness of a person's living. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405305
- ISBN
- 9780878405305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.07
€ 75.07
The American Search for Peace. Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and Na...
. Ed(S): Weigel, George; Langan, John P.
Hardback. Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation. Editor(s): Weigel, George; Langan, John P. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405077
- ISBN
- 9780878405077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.32
€ 215.32
hardcover. Illuminates the various ways in which the American Revolution and its aftermath directly and indirectly influenced France before and after the French Revolution. This title includes essays that cluster several basic themes such as: the condition of Native Americans and African-Americans, and more. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780878404971
- ISBN
- 9780878404971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.00
€ 76.00
Paperback. Beginning with John Courtney Murray's first forays into the public arena in the 1940s, this title plots Murray's movement away from the classical concepts of conscience and rights toward a historical understanding of moral agency and of the church's necessary engagement with a pluralistic world. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878404162
- ISBN
- 9780878404162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.49
€ 74.49
Paperback. Including over 260 brief biographies, and 33 entries, as well as a glossary of terms that help to explain the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, this title introduces the faithful to the day's feast or to the saint whose memorial is being celebrated. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCL; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 24. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403998
- ISBN
- 9780878403998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Paperback. An analysis and evaluation of the monumental influence of H Richard Niebuhr. In a comprehensive investigation of the work of four contemporary ethicists, important in their own right, Paul Ramsey, Stanley Hauerwas, James Gustafson, and Kathryn Tanner, it explores how the legacy of Niebuhr has made an impact on their thought and work. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC9; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403837
- ISBN
- 9780878403837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Paperback. Examines and evaluates the contributions that Charles E Curran has made to the field of Catholic moral theology over the years. This title assesses the development of specific topics in contemporary moral theology to which Curran has made his mark, particularly in fundamental ethics, sexual and medical ethics, and social and political ethics. Editor(s): Walter, James J.; O'Connell, Timothy E.; Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403806
- ISBN
- 9780878403806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.40
€ 75.40
Hardback. Examines and evaluates the contributions that Charles E Curran has made to the field of Catholic moral theology over the years. This title assesses the development of specific topics in contemporary moral theology to which Curran has made his mark, particularly in fundamental ethics, sexual and medical ethics, and social and political ethics. Editor(s): Walter, James J.; O'Connell, Timothy E.; Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403790
- ISBN
- 9780878403790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.22
€ 215.22
Book. In one pocket-sized volume, the full texts of both documents with all ratified twenty-seven Amendments to the Constitution are side by side along with Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom--another world-changing statement that formed the basis for what we have come to know as the wall of separation between church and state. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403462
- ISBN
- 9780878403462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.52
€ 53.99
€ 45.52
Paperback. Includes subjects such as the nature and tasks of religious ethics, comparative ethics involving a variety of Western and Eastern traditions, religious social ethics and social theory, and problems in professional and applied ethics. Editor(s): Twiss, Sumner B. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403356
- ISBN
- 9780878403356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.60
€ 75.60
Paperback. An introduction to complicated bioethical issues from both Jewish and Catholic perspectives. It takes the reader through methodology in Roman Catholic moral theology and compares and contrasts it with methodology as it is practiced in Jewish ethics. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRLB; JFSR1; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878401468
- ISBN
- 9780878401468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.01
€ 44.01
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a book that goes beyond providing just a brief battle history for each of the Civil War parks. Civil War Battlefields presents a detailed, clear narrative describing exactly what visitors can see and do in twelve important battlefield areas covering 22 campaigns and approxiamately 40 separate battles. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878338818
- ISBN
- 9780878338818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.86
€ 16.99
€ 16.86