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Hardcover. Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662749
- ISBN
- 9780745662749
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Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
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Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662756
- ISBN
- 9780745662756
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€ 23.59
€ 23.59
Hardback. Rejecting a morality based on religious sanctions and appeals to a spiritual order of being, David Hume advocated a wholehearted immersion in worldliness. Contemtus mundi is replaced with amor mundi, an orientation that Hume saw as fostering virtue and socially beneficial relationships. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133677
- ISBN
- 9780874133677
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Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Paperback. * A collection of cutting edge articles by leading figures in the field of virtue theory including Guy Axtell, Julia Driver, Antony Duff and Miranda Fricker. * The first book to combine papers on both virtue ethics and virtue epistemology. * Deals with key topics in recent epistemological and ethical debate. . Editor(s): Brady, Michael; Pritchard, Duncan. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108782
- ISBN
- 9781405108782
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Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171432
- ISBN
- 9780691171432
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. The author of this text argues that the methodological issues in bioethics mirrors the experience of moral pluralism in a secular society. The different methods that have been used in the field reflect the different moral views found in a pluralistic society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268034528
- ISBN
- 9780268034528
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Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. Fifteen experts on topics like mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Monty Python movies. This volume follows the same hit format as the other titles in this series and explains all the philosophical concepts in laymen's terms. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695939
- ISBN
- 9780812695939
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.52
€ 31.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. In this collection of essays which is dedicated to the analysis of Montesquieu's contributions to political science, contributors review some of the controversies that have arisen in the interpretation of Montesquieu's thought. Editor(s): Carrithers, David W.; Mosher, Michael A.; Rahe, Paul Anthony. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511804
- ISBN
- 9780742511804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.21
€ 201.21
Paperback. Translator(s): Stone, Will. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271031
- ISBN
- 9781782271031
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.16
€ 16.99
€ 12.16
paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988375
- ISBN
- 9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.36
€ 38.36
hardcover. Examines the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. Based on readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, the author explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany between 1770-1850. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988368
- ISBN
- 9780295988368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Paperback. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560. Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy. 384 pages. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521539920
- ISBN
- 9780521539920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.70
€ 59.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844658237
- ISBN
- 9781844658237
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Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 196
- SKU
- V9788323333685
- ISBN
- 9788323333685
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.24
€ 46.99
€ 33.24
Hardcover. Shows how the modus vivendi approach rejects the broad philosophical ambitions that characterize much of recent liberal thought. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 55.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521119788
- ISBN
- 9780521119788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 93.41
€ 105.84
€ 93.41
Paperback. Evaluates modernity's wager, namely, the gambit to liberate the modern individual from external social and religious norms by supplanting them with the rational self as its own moral authority. This book argues that 'the fundamentalist doctrine of enlightened reason has called into being its own nemesis' in the forms of ethnic and racial politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116365
- ISBN
- 9780691116365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. In this collection of essays, Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time. Translator(s): Czerniawski, Stefan; Freis, Wolfgang; Kolakowska, Agnieszka. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450469
- ISBN
- 9780226450469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. This collection of essays by interpreters of continental philosophy explores the question of whether Western thought and culture have been dominated by a vision-centered paradigm of knowledge, ethics and power. It focuses on the character of vision in modern philosophy. Editor(s): Levin, David Michael. Num Pages: 422 pages, 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079731
- ISBN
- 9780520079731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.65
€ 42.99
€ 30.65
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
€ 33.67
€ 33.67
Hardcover. Two Paradigms of Rationality. 634 pages. Sets itself the Herculean task of comparing and reconciling the modern and Platonic concepts of rationality. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCA. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 35. Weight: 1206. Translator(s): Adluri, Vishwa.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134974
- ISBN
- 9781571134974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.68
€ 143.68