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Paperback. Lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves. This work explores the causes of altruism and the differences between altruists and other people. It demonstrates how social theories may begin to account for altruism and debunks the notions of scientific inevitability. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058474
- ISBN
- 9780691058474
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€ 53.35€ 42.55
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Paperback. Brings together twenty-three essays on ancient moral philosophy. This book gives an account of many issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ethical theory, providing a way of reflecting on the fields as they developed from Socrates and Plato through Aristotle to Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers Chrysippus and Posidonius, and beyond. Num Pages: 605 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 33. Weight in Grams: 856.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058757
- ISBN
- 9780691058757
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€ 65.20€ 50.91
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Paperback. A collection of known eyewitness account of the great Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). It contains accounts, ranging from the writings of Meir Aron Goldschmidt, editor of "The Corsair", to the recollections of Kierkegaard's fiancee. Translator(s): Laursen, Virginia R.; Kirmmse, Bruce H. Num Pages: 378 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058948
- ISBN
- 9780691058948
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€ 59.28€ 46.57
€ 59.28
€ 46.57
Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
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€ 46.99€ 33.88
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Paperback. The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early "Either/Or", through "The Diary of the Seducer" and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love. This work presents an analysis of the forms and sources of love. Translator(s): Hong, Howard V.; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 584 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 685.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059167
- ISBN
- 9780691059167
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€ 54.99€ 39.91
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Paperback. Shows that although Kant adopts his inventory of the forms of judgment from logic textbooks of his time, he is nevertheless original in selecting just those forms he holds to be indispensable to our ability to relate representations to objects. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074511
- ISBN
- 9780691074511
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Condition: New
€ 65.20€ 51.17
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€ 51.17
Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086934
- ISBN
- 9780691086934
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€ 53.35€ 42.66
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Hardback. Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090283
- ISBN
- 9780691090283
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Condition: New
€ 139.89€ 106.38
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Hardback. Produced by Copenhagen's Soren Kierkegaard Research Centre, this volume, the first of an eleven-volume series, offers an insight into Kierkegaard's inner life. In addition to early drafts of his published works, it also contains his thoughts on events and philosophical and theological matters and ideas for future literary projects. Editor(s): Kirmmse, Bruce H.; Cappelorn, Niels Jorgen; Hannay, Alastair; Pattison, Professor George; Stewart, Dr. Jon. Series: Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks. Num Pages: 616 pages, 9 tables. 4 maps. 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 257 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1298.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092225
- ISBN
- 9780691092225
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€ 218.14€ 163.79
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Paperback. What kind of life best ensures human welfare? Since the ancient Greeks, this question has been as central to ethical philosophy as to ordinary reflection. But what exactly is welfare? Presenting a rational care theory of welfare, this work proves that an understanding of welfare fundamentally changes how we think about what is best for people. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092539
- ISBN
- 9780691092539
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€ 40.99€ 29.38
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Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092584
- ISBN
- 9780691092584
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€ 65.20€ 51.43
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Paperback. Determining which moral principles should guide political action is a vexing question in political theory. This book argues that John Locke's potential contribution to this debate - what Tuckness terms the 'legislative point of view' - has long been obscured by overemphasis on his doctrine of consent. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095042
- ISBN
- 9780691095042
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€ 46.99€ 33.80
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Paperback. Reviews the history and development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences. This book offers an account of the developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095516
- ISBN
- 9780691095516
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€ 46.99€ 33.83
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Paperback. Reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. This book argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy reduces the concept's complexity, which is more revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096254
- ISBN
- 9780691096254
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€ 53.35€ 42.52
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Paperback. The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. This book provides a resource for thinking clearly about the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil. Editor(s): Madsen, Richard; Strong, Tracy B. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography , index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099934
- ISBN
- 9780691099934
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€ 53.35€ 42.55
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Paperback. Presents a treatment of the problem of recognition and a sequence of virtuoso studies. This book develops an alternative account of the nature and sources of identity-based injustice in which the pursuit of recognition is part of the problem rather than the solution. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113821
- ISBN
- 9780691113821
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€ 53.35€ 42.46
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Paperback. How should we live? What do we owe to other people? This book explores how we should go about answering such fundamental questions. Editor(s): Gutmann, Amy. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114736
- ISBN
- 9780691114736
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€ 42.99€ 31.11
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Hardback. A seminal figure in the philosophy of history and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J S Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115955
- ISBN
- 9780691115955
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Condition: New
€ 129.22€ 98.58
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Hardback. Contrary to what news reports might suggest, the majority of politicians behave ethically and are never subject to investigations. This title argues that members of Congress behave ethnically not because of the fear of punishment but because of their concern for their reputations. It draws parallels between politicians and businesses. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 line illus. 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117393
- ISBN
- 9780691117393
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Condition: New
€ 88.92€ 68.67
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Paperback. Talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics. This book addresses fundamental questions of urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates. It shows that identity-group politics is not aberrant but inescapable in democracies because identity groups represent who people are, not only what they want. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120409
- ISBN
- 9780691120409
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
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