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Paperback. Both communitarianism and casuistry have sought to restore ethics as a practical science - the former by incorporating various traditions into a shared definition of the common good, the latter by considering the circumstances of each situation through critical reasoning. This title analyzes the origins and methods of these two approaches. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878407545
ISBN
9780878407545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.50

Paperback. Examines the economic roots of poverty, the actions that can be taken to eradicate it, and the ethical case for integrating the poor into the mainstream of society. This title considers both the economic feasibility of religious views regarding the eradication of poverty and the ethical aspects of economic programs. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC; HRJ; JFFA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406654
ISBN
9780878406654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

Paperback. Focuses on five general issues of health care for elderly population: the meaning of old age, the goals of medicine and health care for the elderly, the balance between the needs of the young and old, the pressures of other social priorities, and the role of families, especially the burden on women, in long-term care. Editor(s): Callahan, Daniel. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSP31; MBDC; MBP; MJX; MQCL4; MQCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406326
ISBN
9780878406326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.50

Paperback. Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Editor(s): King, Nancy M. P. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406050
ISBN
9780878406050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.79

paperback. Arguing that the state must meet strict conditions to justify interfering in at-risk pregnancies, this book examines the legal and ethical concerns that arise when governments mandate the behavior of pregnant women. It incorporates court decisions, especially cases involving substance abuse. Editor(s): Mathieu, Deborah. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406005
ISBN
9780878406005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

Paperback. Prominent in both philosophical and theological ethics, proportionalism judges the morality of acts by their proportion of good and evil. This title provides an exposition and defense of proportionalism in Christian ethics. It proposes judging acts using a norm the author calls Value Maximization. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405985
ISBN
9780878405985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.39

Paperback. Argues that contemporary scientifically-based theories of the evolution of altruism provide insights into one of the fundamental moral problems of Christian ethics, the natural basis of love and its ordering. This book is of interest to moral theologians, especially those concerned with the topics of love, justice, and natural law ethics. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 255.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405978
ISBN
9780878405978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Keenan, James F., S. J.; Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405855
ISBN
9780878405855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.45

Paperback. Focuses on health care in the United States. This title redefines the moral obligations of both physicians and patients, traces the specific effects of these redefined obligations on clinical practice, and explores the implications for patients as individuals and for national health policy. Editor(s): Morreim, E. Haavi. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405848
ISBN
9780878405848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

Hardback. Offers an interpretation of the nature and scope of practical reasoning in light of postmodern philosophical criticism. This title charts a via media between the abstract formalism of neo-Kantian morality and relativist interpretations of neo-Aristotelian ethics. It treats the eclipse of the classical Aristotelian conception of practical reason. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405657
ISBN
9780878405657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.27

Hardback. John Courtney Murray, SJ (1904-1967), is most renowned for his ethical writings, which distinguish between the secular and the sacred, and for his defense of civil religious freedom based on natural law philosophy. This title presents a selection of Murray's theological writings. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405619
ISBN
9780878405619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.08

hardcover. Derives a fundamental ethic from liberation theology. This title asserts that the experience of resisting suffering, especially oppressive social suffering, must be brought from the fringe to the center of ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405411
ISBN
9780878405411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.31

Paperback. Argues that higher education is a moral enterprise and that, as such, it must be guided by a commitments to what is morally right and fundamentally good, not just by what is necessary in intellectual or financial endeavors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405312
ISBN
9780878405312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.06

Hardback. Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation. Editor(s): Weigel, George; Langan, John P. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405077
ISBN
9780878405077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.03

Paperback. Beginning with John Courtney Murray's first forays into the public arena in the 1940s, this title plots Murray's movement away from the classical concepts of conscience and rights toward a historical understanding of moral agency and of the church's necessary engagement with a pluralistic world. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878404162
ISBN
9780878404162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.37

Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877666813
ISBN
9780877666813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875168302
ISBN
9780875168302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875167008
ISBN
9780875167008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875166148
ISBN
9780875166148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.82

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.07

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