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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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057392
- ISBN
- 9780691057392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities, at the nexus of ethics, political theory, public policy, and law, traces how the peculiarly American formulations of the rights of the individual have assaulted our connections with, and responsibilities for, those around us. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486. Good ex library copy with neat label on spine and usual stamps
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KEX0225746
- ISBN
- 9781589010352
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today s top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Caplan, Arthur L.; Arp, Robert. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 536 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337143
- ISBN
- 9781444337143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631332
- ISBN
- 9780691631332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.67
€ 157.67
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601694
- ISBN
- 9780691601694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
paperback. Num Pages: 471 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226479170
- ISBN
- 9780226479170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.70
€ 41.99
€ 32.70
Hardcover. Philosophical esotericism - the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts "between the lines" - was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The author serves as our deeply knowledgeable guide in this capacious and engaging history of philosophical esotericism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175096
- ISBN
- 9780226175096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
€ 95.17
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, xx, 308 p. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519791
- ISBN
- 9780226519791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
paperback. How do we appreciate a work of art? Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore connections between art, mind, and brain, Arthur Shimamura takes findings from psychological and brain sciences to address ways of understanding our aesthetic responses. Num Pages: 304 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190239077
- ISBN
- 9780190239077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201841
- ISBN
- 9780811201841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Examines ethics, religion and psychology. This selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191591
- ISBN
- 9780141191591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Translator(s): Payne, E. F. J. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Rep Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204423
- ISBN
- 9780872204423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. What is the meaning of life? How should I live? Is there any purpose to the universe? Generations have turned to the great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer because he tackled the big issues. This title presents a collection of Schopenhauer's work. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061768248
- ISBN
- 9780061768248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Schopenhauer's perception of the importance of art, morality and self awareness in a blind struggle against a Godless, meaningless world radically transformed our understanding of the individual and remains a searing vision of the human condition. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018942
- ISBN
- 9780141018942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Hardback. One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 105 x 32. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395913
- ISBN
- 9780141395913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.73
€ 18.99
€ 13.73
Presents a wide-ranging critique of Kant's ethics, one that anticipates the work of contemporary critics of modern moral philosophy like that of G E M Anscombe, Philippa Foot, and Richard Taylor. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203990
- ISBN
- 9780872203990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.71€ 43.45
€ 54.71
€ 43.45
Hardback. In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HPS; JKV; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647282
- ISBN
- 9781442647282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147178
- ISBN
- 9780691147178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.70
€ 53.53
€ 42.70
Hardback. Exploring what two foundational figures, Plato and Aristotle, have to say about the nature of human awareness and understanding, Aryeh Kosman concludes that ultimately the virtues of thought are to be found in the joys and satisfactions that come from thinking philosophically, whether we engage in it ourselves or witness others' participation. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPM; HPQ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674730809
- ISBN
- 9780674730809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18€ 59.18
€ 64.18
€ 59.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Quest ed
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835607810
- ISBN
- 9780835607810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.13
€ 21.99
€ 21.13