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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€ 39.68
€ 54.99
€ 39.68
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. Through arresting narratives we meet a woman aiding refugees in sub-Saharan Africa, facing the chaos of a meaningless society and a doctor trying to stay alive during Mao's cultural revolution - individuals challenged by their societies and in existential moral experiences that define what it means to be human. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195331325
- ISBN
- 9780195331325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50
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
€ 48.62
€ 48.62
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
€ 53.05€ 42.15
€ 53.05
€ 42.15
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€ 32.53
€ 41.99
€ 32.53
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
€ 94.31€ 78.49
€ 94.31
€ 78.49
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€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
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
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
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
€ 16.99€ 15.91
€ 16.99
€ 15.91
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€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
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€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
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€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 694 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217628
- ISBN
- 9780486217628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.43
€ 33.99
€ 22.43
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€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Payne, E. F. J. Num Pages: 564 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690. 564 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 26. Weight: 604. Translator(s): Payne, Eric F.J.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Number of pages
- 564
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217611
- ISBN
- 9780486217611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.23
€ 31.99
€ 21.23
Paperback. Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their doctrines are here presented in more accessible, self-contained form than in his larger work, and in a new translation, introduced by Christopher Janaway, that preserves Schopenhauer's style in modern English. Translator(s): Cartwright, David; Erdmann, Edward E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199297221
- ISBN
- 9780199297221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
hardcover. These translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauer's contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer. Num Pages: 558 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer. 557 pages, 8 b/w illus. These new translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauer's contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCD. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 34. Weight: 938.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 557
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521872713
- ISBN
- 9780521872713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.06
€ 137.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486435503
- ISBN
- 9780486435503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.18
€ 8.99
€ 8.18
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
Paperback. Translator(s): Saunders, Thomas Bailey. Series: Dover Philosophical Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486478418
- ISBN
- 9780486478418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.53
€ 7.53
Paperback. A selection of Schopenhauer's writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and other themes taken from his last work, "Parerga and Paralipomena". It depicts humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140442274
- ISBN
- 9780140442274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.21€ 43.00
€ 54.21
€ 43.00
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
€ 53.83
€ 53.83