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Hardcover. Departing from the usual discussions of public morality, and considering the moral interests of the community as a whole, this book is a contribution to this intensely debated theme and considers how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice in a liberal society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038137
ISBN
9780268038137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

Paperback. A collection of writings about spiritual meeting of East and West in modern world including articles by Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary Snyder and Aldous Huxley. It highlights aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism that have proved attractive to Western seekers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
World Wisdom Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933316222
ISBN
9781933316222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.45

Hardback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512320
ISBN
9780742512320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.98

paperback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512337
ISBN
9780742512337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.51

Hardcover. Harry V. Jaffa, one of Strauss's most influential students and an ardent participant in the internal divisions among Straussians, brings together his key contributions to the battle to define Strauss's legacy. The collection includes an important original essay, published here for the first time, "Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary." Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442217119
ISBN
9781442217119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.65

Hardback. The contributors of these essays assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. The essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged, reinvesting its importance from a new angle of vision. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823216307
ISBN
9780823216307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.06

Paperback. The contributors of these essays assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. The essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged, reinvesting its importance from a new angle of vision. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823216314
ISBN
9780823216314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare. Editor(s): Dean, Hartley. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861345622
ISBN
9781861345622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.04

Hardback. Translator(s): Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 illus.; 3 Tables. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148344
ISBN
9780231148344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 88.87

Paperback. Translator(s): Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 illus.; 3 Tables. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148351
ISBN
9780231148351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

This work provides an accessible introduction to Hegel's logic. The text is suitable for students about to embark on the study of this most challenging subject, as well as readers at any level of sophistication. Editor(s): Westphal, Kenneth R. Translator(s): Aagaard-Mogenson, Lars. Num Pages: 152 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204256
ISBN
9780872204256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.94

Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139807
ISBN
9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education is intended to serve as a general introduction to key issues in the field, to further the philosophical pursuit of those issues, and to bring philosophy of education back into closer contact with general philosophy. Editor(s): Siegel, Harvey. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 564 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199915729
ISBN
9780199915729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.50

Paperback. Uniting 30 years of scholarship, this book is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. It reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226503691
ISBN
9780226503691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. This interpretive study of Machiavelli's controversial and ambiguous work "Discourses on Livy". These discourses are thoroughly explained in a chapter-by-chapter commentary by Harvey C. Mansfield. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226503707
ISBN
9780226503707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692729
ISBN
9780847692729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.00

Paperback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692736
ISBN
9780847692736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.28

Paperback. This work proposes a new view of modernity, arguing that although it may variously be associated wtih the Renaissance, the discovery of the New World and other significant ruptures with primitive or premodern society, modernity fails as an idea if it only defines itself against what it replaces. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919669
ISBN
9780813919669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.11

Paperback. Exploring life s character, sex, and meaning, while calling attention to the most precarious among us." Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773547452
ISBN
9780773547452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113104
ISBN
9780691113104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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