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Paperback. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. 232 pages, illustrations. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230552968
ISBN
9780230552968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472520814
ISBN
9781472520814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Hardcover. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537705
ISBN
9780230537705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562. A Philosophical Anthology. 392 pages, 0. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537712
ISBN
9780230537712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardback. Drawing on Woolf's novels, essays, reviews, letters, diary entries, short stories, and memoirs, the book explores the political and the ontological, as the individual's connection to the world comes to be defined by an involvement and engagement that is always already situated within a particular physical, societal, and historical context. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421676
ISBN
9781474421676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 103.50

Paperback. This is a study of modernism, sexuality, and subjectivity in the work of two leading women modernists. Each confronted the aspects of her culture and personal history that resulted in a degraded sense of female sexuality and explored how traumatic childhood sexual experiences informed their relationship to female corporeality and fiction-writing. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPN; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349535521
ISBN
9781349535521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees Minor. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024716951
ISBN
9789024716951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 205.94

Hardback. Provides an overview of research into design of argumentation software, focusing on defeasible argumentation as it occurs in the law. Series Editor(s): Schmidt, Aernout; Bonenkamp, Berry J.; Tongeren, Philip E. van. Series: Information Technology and Law Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; LAS; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789067041904
ISBN
9789067041904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.40

Hardcover. Who are we in simulated worlds? Will experiencing worlds that are not 'actual' change our ways of structuring thought? Can virtual worlds open up new possibilities to philosophize? Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools tries to answer these questions from a perspective that combines philosophy of technology with videogame design. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; UMK; UYV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521774
ISBN
9781137521774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

Paperback.

What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.

Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649542
ISBN
9780745649542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745649535
ISBN
9780745649535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear about the fragmentation and privatization of American society. This title examines what is meant by virtue, analyzing various historical and analytical meanings of virtue, and notions of liberal virtue. Editor(s): Chapman, John W.; Galston, William A. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814714997
ISBN
9780814714997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718653
ISBN
9780804718653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion. Editor(s): Battaly, Heather D. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444335620
ISBN
9781444335620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Hardback. This book provides an integrated and philosophically-grounded framework which enables a coherent approach to organizations and organizational ethics from the perspective of practitioners in the workplace, from the perspective of managers in organizations, as well as from the perspective of organizations themselves. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198793441
ISBN
9780198793441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.56

Hardcover. 'Virtue Ethics' is an approach to normative ethical theory that takes the consideration of character as fundamental to ethical reflection. This book collects classical sources and central expressions of this tradition. It includes Aristotle, the classical source of 'nonmoral' virtue theory, and is intended for those interested in normative theory. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231134
ISBN
9780631231134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Paperback. * Introduced by Stephen Darwall, this collection brings together classic and contemporary readings which define and advance the literature on virtue ethics. * Includes six essays which respond to the classic sources. * Includes a contemporary discussion on character and virtue by Gary Watson. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen L. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231141
ISBN
9780631231141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 171.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400756717
ISBN
9789400756717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Gardiner, Stephen M. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489686
ISBN
9780801489686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. This book is the first authoritative text on virtue jurisprudence - the belief that the final end of law is not to maximize preference satisfaction or protect certain rights and privileges, but to promote human flourishing. Scholars of law, philosophy and politics illustrate here the value of the virtue ethics tradition to modern legal theory. Editor(s): Farrelly, Colin; Solum, Lawrence. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230552890
ISBN
9780230552890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.16

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