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Paperback. How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004238
ISBN
9780674004238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.81

Hardback. Is what we have reason to do a matter of fact? If so, what kind of truth is involved, how can we know it, and how do reasons motivate and explain action? In this concise and lucid book T. M. Scanlon offers answers, with a qualified defense of normative cognitivism-the view that there are normative truths about reasons for action. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199678488
ISBN
9780199678488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Paperback. Drawing on rich source material - one local authority's involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local government spending in 1980s England - this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362813
ISBN
9781349362813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bantam Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553251616
ISBN
9780553251616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos. This book gives us an account based on excellent authorities. Translator(s): Wellesley, Kenneth. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps,. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449648
ISBN
9780140449648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Stoicism has been one of the main currents of thought in Western civilization for two thousand years. This title offers a guide through the ethical ideas of the original Stoic philosophers, providing translations of the original texts, with annotations that allow readers to pursue further reading. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199217052
ISBN
9780199217052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.06

Hardback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792304180
ISBN
9780792304180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947068
ISBN
9781933947068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Series
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947365
ISBN
9781933947365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD; AMX; HPS; JPA; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 256 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138909854
ISBN
9781138909854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.85
€ 109.50

Hardcover. In this text, Schaffer analyzes writers such as Lucas Malet, Ouida, Alice Meynell, Rosamund Marriott Watson and Una Ashworth Taylor. These women used aestheticism to forge a compromise between the two models of female identity available to them - the New Woman and the Angel in the House. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919362
ISBN
9780813919362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.17

Paperback. An original readable, understandable (and brief) discussion of the need for arts, one of the great philosophical mysteries, and one which offers a persuasive and satisfying answer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wilmington Square Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524409
ISBN
9781908524409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.22

Hardback. This text provides a comprehensive survey of the often controversial thinker Raymond Tallis. From nihilism, Theorrhoea and literary theory, to the role of the unconscious, it guides the reader through the panoptic sweep of Tallis' critical insights. Editor(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333772713
ISBN
9780333772713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.19

Paperback. Argues that the history of televising philosophy is crucial to understanding the struggle over French national identity in the postwar period. This work insists that we jettison presumptions about the anti-intellectual nature of the visual field and engages critical questions about the survival of national cultures in a globalizing world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APT; HBTB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509914
ISBN
9780226509914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Activists argue about how to define marriage, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. This title argues that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. It explains the assumptions hidden in widely held positions and common practices. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126678
ISBN
9780691126678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. This introductory guide presents all the essential information on Tibetan medicine, an ancient medical system which has been practised for over 2,500 years. It covers the theory, practice and historical background of the system, as well as including explanations of methods of diagnosis and treatments such as golden needle therapy and cupping. Series: Discovering Holistic Health. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HREX; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
Revised Edition
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848191341
ISBN
9781848191341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

Hardback. Drawing on research in anthropology, psychology, and a host of other disciplines, this book argues that cross-cultural variation raises serious problems for theories that propose universally applicable conditions for moral responsibility. It develops a way of thinking about responsibility that takes cultural diversity into account. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139937
ISBN
9780691139937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.14

paperback. Central, yet previously unexamined, infl uences on Marion's thought Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222862
ISBN
9780253222862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardback. A timely biography of Ibn Tufayl that sets one of the most famous Arabic philosophical works - Hayy ibn Yaqdhan - in its historical and philosophical context Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745640
ISBN
9781780745640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. World War II tore apart an unprecedented number of families. This is the heartbreaking story of the humanitarian organizations, governments, and refugees that tried to rehabilitate Europe's lost children from the trauma of war, and in the process shaped Cold War ideology, ideals of democracy and human rights, and modern visions of the family. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HPQ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674425064
ISBN
9780674425064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

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