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Hardcover. How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Editor(s): Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219403
- ISBN
- 9780230219403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardback. Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319186474
- ISBN
- 9783319186474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. In a contribution to the theory of perception, A.D. Smith presents a truly original defence of direct realism - the view that in perception we are directly aware of things in the physical world. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HPK; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008410
- ISBN
- 9780674008410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07€ 86.69
€ 96.07
€ 86.69
Paperback. The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a moral illusion: no one has ever possessed that sort of authority. Num Pages: 394 pages, 2 halftones, 5 figures. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281654
- ISBN
- 9781137281654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a moral illusion: no one has ever possessed that sort of authority. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281647
- ISBN
- 9781137281647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJ; HPS; HRAB; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137591678
- ISBN
- 9781137591678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. This text is an outcome of two conferences held in Poland in 1987 and 1990. Both conferences dealt with the problem of rationality. It presents a comprehensive current account of the manifold approaches to the problem of rationality and related issues. Editor(s): Misiek, Jozef. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329251
- ISBN
- 9780792329251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.16
€ 195.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Agazzi, Evandro. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401055444
- ISBN
- 9789401055444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Paperback. Analyzes trust as a fundamental issue of social relationships. This book asks whether trust - which critics identify as essential in creating a cohesive society - can continue to serve this role. It shows that trust is losing its unifying power because the individual, is being reduced to a sum of group identities and an abstract matrix of rules. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050201
- ISBN
- 9780691050201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 42.40
€ 53.41
€ 42.40
Paperback. Series: Tulane Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1965
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024702886
- ISBN
- 9789024702886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.26
€ 65.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401025843
- ISBN
- 9789401025843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.33
€ 65.33
Hardcover. This accessible new book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the defining problems of contemporary philosophy. Its unique feature is to focus on problems that cut across the established divide between analytic and continental philosophical traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670294
- ISBN
- 9780745670294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
The Problems of Philosophy in Their Interconnection. Winter Semester L...
Schlick, Moritz. Ed(S): Mulder, H.L.; Kox, A....
Hardback. Editor(s): Mulder, H.L.; Kox, A. J.; Hegselmann, Rainer. Translator(s): Heath, P. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027724656
- ISBN
- 9789027724656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.66
€ 253.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) maps, (some colour ), portraits, (some colour ). BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 203 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1664.
- Publisher
- Center for Environmental Structure
- Number of pages
- 636
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972652926
- ISBN
- 9780972652926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.43
€ 83.43
Paperback. This bookis about the roots of managerial rationality. A theoretical base, founded on the concept of 'memetics' is developed in order to explain human thinking and human reason as products of cultural evolution. Cultural change and development are explained by simple, value-driven memetic mechanisms like 'ritualization' and 'extremization'." Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHB; KCK; KJM; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346691
- ISBN
- 9781349346691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847674732
- ISBN
- 9780847674732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.71
€ 61.71
Paperback. Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631181774
- ISBN
- 9780631181774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.12
€ 41.99
€ 41.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813873
- ISBN
- 9780761813873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.52
€ 141.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779347229
- ISBN
- 9788779347229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.32
€ 13.32
Paperback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347255
- ISBN
- 9780822347255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.02
€ 31.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5753 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346661
- ISBN
- 9780822346661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299953
- ISBN
- 9780942299953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. This title selects some of the best of his essays. It encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, relativism, irrationalism and nationalism. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 37. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582762
- ISBN
- 9780099582762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.06
€ 33.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life." Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401026260
- ISBN
- 9789401026260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94