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Hardback. Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he argues is sound: that bin Laden was liable to be killed as a necessary and proportionate act of defensive harm on behalf of innocent people. Num Pages: 87 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440709
- ISBN
- 9781137440709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.96
€ 62.96
Hardcover. What does it mean to live dangerously? This is not just a philosophical question or an ethical call to reflect upon our own individual recklessness. It is a deeply political issue, fundamental to the new doctrine of resilience that is becoming a key term of art for governing planetary life in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671529
- ISBN
- 9780745671529
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. What does it mean to live dangerously? This is not just a philosophical question or an ethical call to reflect upon our own individual recklessness. It is a deeply political issue, fundamental to the new doctrine of resilience that is becoming a key term of art for governing planetary life in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671536
- ISBN
- 9780745671536
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Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
The Individual and the Political Order. An Introduction to Social and ...
Bowie, Professor Norman E.; Simon, Robert L.
Paperback. Examines theoretical perspectives, both historical and contemporary, in major issues in social and political philosophy. This book combines accessibility with appreciation of philosophical complexity and discusses applied issues, such as morality and war, as well as theoretical approaches to justice, rights, and democratic liberal thought. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550056
- ISBN
- 9780742550056
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Condition: New
€ 88.08
€ 88.08
Hardback. The first monograph on the philosophy of game theory, this is a bold attempt to combine insights from epistemic logic and the philosophy of science to assess the applicability of game theory in such fields as economics, philosophy and strategic consultancy. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; HPS; KCH; PBW; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402099052
- ISBN
- 9781402099052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.97
€ 124.97
Paperback. Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152592
- ISBN
- 9780691152592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.48
€ 37.99
€ 27.48
Hardback. Shame proposes a new form of political action that shows how 19th century activists denaturalise conventional beliefs about sexuality and gender, and challenge strong asymmetries of power. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSK; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474419826
- ISBN
- 9781474419826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.27€ 107.92
€ 112.27
€ 107.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530717
- ISBN
- 9781349530717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551642925
- ISBN
- 9781551642925
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.43
€ 18.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Going beyond the hype of recent fMRI 'findings', thisinterdisciplinary collection examines such questions as: Do women and men have significantly different brains? Do women empathize, while men systematize? Is there a 'feminine' ethics? What does brain research on intersex conditions tell us about sex and gender? Editor(s): Jacobson, Anne Jaap. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPS; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333929
- ISBN
- 9781349333929
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Condition: New
€ 143.08
€ 143.08
Hardcover. In this ground-breaking book, Aristotelian and evolutionary understandings of human social nature are brought together to provide an integrative, psychological account of human ethics. The book emphasizes the profound ways that human identity and action are immersed in an ongoing social world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344656
- ISBN
- 9781137344656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Hardback. Probing operating principles, outcomes and challenges faced by contemporary democracies, this book shows how governments can avoid pitfalls inherent to representative democracy. The authors apply their findings to Greek democracy and economy since 1945. Num Pages: 279 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642334207
- ISBN
- 9783642334207
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Condition: New
€ 187.18
€ 187.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976413
- ISBN
- 9781403976413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JFC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537082
- ISBN
- 9781349537082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardback. This book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva, a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva's key ideas and Kristeva's equally conflicting as well as ambiguous position vis-a-vis feminism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640898
- ISBN
- 9780748640898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.18€ 114.08
€ 118.18
€ 114.08
Hardcover. This book argues that punishment's function is to communicate a message about an offenders' wrongdoing to society at large. It discusses both 'paradigmatic' cases of punishment, where a state punishes its own citizens, and non-paradigmatic cases such as the punishment of corporations and the punishment of war criminals by international tribunals. Series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JKVP; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357113
- ISBN
- 9781137357113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications." Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346554
- ISBN
- 9781349346554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardcover. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354593
- ISBN
- 9780230354593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401048170
- ISBN
- 9789401048170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.13
€ 121.13
Paperback. This study offers a close examination of Marx's dialectical method of analysis through the lens of current debates in cultural studies, political economy, and critical sociology. It seeks to reanimate Marx's theoretical reconstruction of the capitalist formation from the point of view of recent social dynamics within advanced consumer economies. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286720
- ISBN
- 9781349286720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HPS; JFC; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609807405
- ISBN
- 9781609807405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.14
€ 26.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048152148
- ISBN
- 9789048152148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.23
€ 185.23
Paperback. What did Spinoza ever do for us? This vtitle shows how Spinoza's theory of bodies transforms our understanding of music, and how it grounds 'collective subjectivity' in contemporary politics.It deals with Spinoza's connection to literature, politics, the environment and beyond. Editor(s): Lord, Beth. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404723
- ISBN
- 9781474404723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022864
- ISBN
- 9780271022864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.22
€ 45.99
€ 35.22