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Hardcover. By exploring the concepts of 'crisis' and 'critique', this study offers a thought-provoking re-examination of the political and social thought of Cornelius Castoriadis in light of the current world crisis and with regard to his radical critique of both the traditional Left and contemporary capitalist societies. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034458
- ISBN
- 9781137034458
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Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology takes up the debate around altruism and the acceptance in society that self-interest is a healthy guiding principle in life, and argues that helping behaviour can lead to self-fulfilment and happiness and is beneficial to psychological health and society in general. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031280
- ISBN
- 9781137031280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. A Feminist Perspective on Virtue Ethics provides of historical survey of feminist virtue ethics, and shows how the ethical theorizing of women in the past can be brought to bear on that of women in the present. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026637
- ISBN
- 9781137026637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. According to a long tradition, questions about the nature of knowledge are to be answered by analyzing it as a species of true belief. In light of the apparent failure of this approach, knowledge first philosophy takes knowledge as the starting point in epistemology. Knowledge First? offers the first overview of this approach. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026453
- ISBN
- 9781137026453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardcover. Treating David Hume as a partner in a continuing philosophical dialogue, this book tries to come to terms with Hume's influential thoughts on scepticism and naturalism in a way that sheds light on contemporary philosophy and its relationship to science. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025548
- ISBN
- 9781137025548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are both surprising and epistemologically important. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025517
- ISBN
- 9781137025517
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Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardcover. How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCD; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022493
- ISBN
- 9781137022493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Remembering 9/11 recalls the afterlife of the tragedy and the shock that led many to ask 'why do they hate us so much?' Engaging with the different voices that attempted to make sense of the trauma, Seidler traces the narratives of fear, loss and vulnerability and the ways in which they evolved into feelings of rage and retribution. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017680
- ISBN
- 9781137017680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs. Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012258
- ISBN
- 9781137012258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. The ethics of care has flourished in recent decades yet we remain without a succinct statement of its core theoretical commitment. This study argues for a simple care ethical slogan: dependency relationships generate responsibilities. It uses this slogan to unify, specify and justify the wide range of views found within the care ethical literature. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011442
- ISBN
- 9781137011442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.48
€ 160.48
The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics. Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Miller, Franklin; Fletcher, John; Humber, Jam...
Hardback. Ten American bioethicists from the fields of philosophy, nursing, medicine, religion, policy analysis, literature, and history offer students and active bioethicists an interdisciplinary overview of the field. Each author examines what bioethics is; the contribution of his/her discipline to the deve Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896037090
- ISBN
- 9780896037090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. This volume examines some of the contentious ethical issues surrounding the technological advances in reproductive medicine. Issues addressed include how parents should respond to knowledge gained from pre-natal testing, and the use of health resources to support in vitro fertilization. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBG; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896033269
- ISBN
- 9780896033269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.00
€ 131.00
Hardback. Provides articles by leading authorities who examine the medical, ethical, legal and philosophical issues involved in physician-assisted death, and scrutinize the principal arguments for and against it. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032651
- ISBN
- 9780896032651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.12
€ 70.12
Hardback. Examines the medical, ethical, legal and philosophical issues involved in the allocation and rationing of health care resources. The book should be of interest to physicians, health care personnel, ethicists and philosophers. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032606
- ISBN
- 9780896032606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardback. This volume consists of two separate thematic sections: "Bioethics and the Military" and "Compulsory Birth Control". Topics include: AIDS and the military; medical consent from military personnel; physicians and the armed forces; and birth control and probation or parole. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032408
- ISBN
- 9780896032408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPQB; MJWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032248
- ISBN
- 9780896032248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23
hardcover. Who is to count as a person? What exactly is "personhood"? Is a "person" the same as a "human being"? These are probably the most crucial and complex questions at the heart of today's ethics. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896031173
- ISBN
- 9780896031173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896030442
- ISBN
- 9780896030442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.25
€ 138.25
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896030398
- ISBN
- 9780896030398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.52
€ 134.52
Hardback. Addresses different facets of the globalization of business. This title is suitable both for the student of business ethics, as well as for those who want to explore the interrelationship between business, ethics, and religion in order to discover how collaboration between people in these three fields can contribute to a more just society. Editor(s): Minus, Paul M. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393344
- ISBN
- 9780792393344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Hardback. Addresses the issue of ethics and real estate from a variety of perspectives. This book features chapters divided into five sections including: policy issues; industry practice; environmental issues; and, ethical issues involving tenants. It offers a point for considering the interaction of ethical issues in real estate theory and practice. Editor(s): Roulac, Stephen E. Series: Research Issues in Real Estate. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382287
- ISBN
- 9780792382287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.84
€ 200.84
Hardback. Treating discovery and invention as processes of knowledge transformation, this book aims at taking technological and scientific thinking out of the realm of mystery and give the audience the tools to begin to comprehend it. It also shows how ethics can be used to make certain inventions and discoveries transform the world in a beneficial way. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381204
- ISBN
- 9780792381204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.02
€ 202.02
Hardback. A collection of philosophical essays on the ethical dimensions of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) crops. This book addresses such concerns as the possibility of genetic engineering producing unanticipated allergens in previously safe foods, unexpectedly toxic health supplements, and novel GM diseases. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379874
- ISBN
- 9780792379874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.11
€ 200.11
Hardback. Consciousness has become a major topic of scientific interest. This book explains why consciousness is a riddle for science, and demonstrates how this riddle can be solved. It examines questions which speak directly to neuroscientists, computer scientists, psychologists, and philosophers. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379362
- ISBN
- 9780792379362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41