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Paperback. Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare. Editor(s): Dean, Hartley. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345622
- ISBN
- 9781861345622
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.39
€ 35.99
€ 35.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037345443
- ISBN
- 9783037345443
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.65
€ 14.99
€ 13.65
Hardback. These works by Warburton introduce philosophy through history and its key writings. Without assuming any previous knowledge of philosophy, this is a clear and concise introduction to important features such as Plato's Republic. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 317.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415693172
- ISBN
- 9780415693172
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Condition: New
€ 123.87
€ 123.87
Paperback. Applied ethics is one of the exciting areas in contemporary philosophy. This book introduces the three moral philosophies: Consequentialism, Kantianism and Virtue Ethics. It then relates these to some of the urgent questions in public debates about the future of welfare services. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861348593
- ISBN
- 9781861348593
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.78
€ 38.99
€ 37.78
Hardback. Turn on your television and you're bound to run across the concept of interrogation, whether it's on CNN or CSI. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, you're unlikely to find informed commentary on its moral implications. This book addresses this complex issue. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761619
- ISBN
- 9780226761619
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Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. Jewish philosophy as a dynamic literary, cultural, and social practice Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219442
- ISBN
- 9780253219442
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. A Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays from leading international scholars that provide a definitive historical and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1106.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118529638
- ISBN
- 9781118529638
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Condition: New
€ 218.43
€ 218.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812696172
- ISBN
- 9780812696172
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
hardcover. The Sarah Kofman Reader is a comprehensive anthology of significant essays and book excerpts by the postwar French philosopher and theorist Sarah Kofman (1934-1994). Editor(s): Albrecht, Thomas. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732963
- ISBN
- 9780804732963
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Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
paperback. This collection of essays investigates the relevance of Stanley Cavell's work to political philosophy. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751322
- ISBN
- 9780804751322
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. We all want to be happy, but what does that mean? Happy Lives, Good Lives offers a thorough introduction to a variety of perspectives on happiness. Valuable insights are inferred from both philosophical and scientific research into the nature of happiness, and a range of examples of very different but equally happy lives are considered. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811007
- ISBN
- 9781554811007
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 45.48
€ 49.99
€ 45.48
Hardback. Translator(s): Dillon, John; Gerson, Lloyd P. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207080
- ISBN
- 9780872207080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.58€ 46.08
€ 57.58
€ 46.08
paperback. Presents Baudrillard's key concepts and examines his contribution to the analysis of specific domains, such as postmodernism, feminism, technology, art, war, time and politics. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316352
- ISBN
- 9780745316352
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. This insightful selection, features four discourses from The Idea of a University: Knowledge Its Own End; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill; and Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion. Series: Crofts Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1948
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882950631
- ISBN
- 9780882950631
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Condition: New
€ 20.12
€ 20.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118592601
- ISBN
- 9781118592601
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Condition: New
€ 32.40
€ 32.40
paperback. Jacques Derrida and an international group of philosophers of religion discuss Augustine in the light of postmodernism Editor(s): Caputo, John D.; Scanlon, Michael J. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217318
- ISBN
- 9780253217318
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020354
- ISBN
- 9780268020354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
hardcover. Artificial persons, as conceived by Hobbes, speak and act in the name of others. In modern institutions examples include: politicians, brokers, bureaucrats, and military personnel. This text focuses on the moral issue of how we can locate responsibility for the actions of artificial persons. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720342
- ISBN
- 9780804720342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720748
- ISBN
- 9780804720748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
hardcover. Over the past decade, radical questioning of the grounds of Western epistemology has revealed that some antinomies of the aesthetic experience can be viewed as a general, yet necessarily open, model for human understanding. This book is a rigorous explication de texte of a central text for this thesis, Kant's Analytic of the Sublime. Translator(s): Rottenberg, Elizabeth. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722414
- ISBN
- 9780804722414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
hardcover. Arguing that Western power is both "government" and "glory," this book reveals the "theological-economic" paradigm at the origin of several of the most important components of modern politics and illuminates the function of consent and the media in today's democracies. Translator(s): Chiesa, Lorenzo; Mandarini, Matteo. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 557.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760157
- ISBN
- 9780804760157
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Condition: New
€ 118.81
€ 118.81
Hardcover. The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of new theoretical and socio-political developments, this volume demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts through to the hard sciences. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748693399
- ISBN
- 9780748693399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.44€ 198.27
€ 217.44
€ 198.27
paperback. This is an analysis of how Heidegger, Brecht, Habermas, Adorno, and other German thinkers came to terms with the proliferation of technologies - technologies of bureaucratic democracy, of surveillance and military conquest, and those that affect the human psyche and soul. Editor(s): McCormick, John. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HPC; HPS; JPA; JPHV; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327882
- ISBN
- 9780822327882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.83
€ 41.99
€ 29.83
paperback. Concerns about the role and responsibilities of the media have become an increasingly important part of public debate.Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral Editor(s): Kieran, Matthew. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415168380
- ISBN
- 9780415168380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75