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Social & political philosophy
Hardcover. The belief in equality as the basis of a just society is fundamental to the dominant western, liberal viewpoint. Yet, the standard individualist justification for it is weak and contradictory. This book provides a radically new communitarian account of the value of equality and establishes it's proper limits. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329158
- ISBN
- 9781137329158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.89
€ 64.89
Paperback. The belief in equality as the basis of a just society is fundamental to the dominant western, liberal viewpoint. Yet, the standard individualist justification for it is weak and contradictory. This book provides a radically new communitarian account of the value of equality and establishes it's proper limits. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460519
- ISBN
- 9781349460519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Hardcover. The book examines Lucretius' conception of the philosophic life, and the reaction to the human and political implications of the discovery of nature. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137292315
- ISBN
- 9781137292315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450862
- ISBN
- 9781349450862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HPS; HR; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190603076
- ISBN
- 9780190603076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.89
€ 31.99
€ 31.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486451169
- ISBN
- 9780486451169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.16
€ 11.16
Paperback. This work explores the unrepeatability of persons, drawing out the worth and dignity of each individual person. It also explores interpersonal relation, giving an account of how persons can achieve empathic understanding of others, and where the limit of empathy is reached. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213170
- ISBN
- 9780813213170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403961921
- ISBN
- 9781403961921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely recognised as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an essential reference point for all students of the subject. This new edition includes a substantial postscript by the author responding to thirty years of comment, criticism, and further work in the field. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599141
- ISBN
- 9780199599141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.86
€ 59.86
Hardback. Marx, the Body, and Human Nature shows that the body and the broader material world played a far more significant role in Marx's theory than previously recognised. It provides a fresh 'take' on Marx's theory, revealing a much more open, dynamic and unstable conception of the body, the self, and human nature. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507976
- ISBN
- 9781137507976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169400
- ISBN
- 9780231169400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 51.02
€ 65.00
€ 51.02
Paperback. This work is devoted to a critical analytical examination of the history, character, and conduct of contemporary academic political theory and to a reconsideration of significant elements of this field of inquiry from the perspective of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292219
- ISBN
- 9781349292219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? This book explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953914
- ISBN
- 9780241953914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.85
€ 12.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New introduction by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157429
- ISBN
- 9780691157429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Ethics, Society and Culture. Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs. 250 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 23. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845401825
- ISBN
- 9781845401825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Hardcover. Knowing how to be good is immensely important. The same goes for knowing how to make others be good-otherwise known as 'moral enhancement'. John Harris explores the many varied approaches to moral enhancement, from setting a good example to imbibing mood-altering substances, and asks whether and to what extent moral enhancement is possible. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707592
- ISBN
- 9780198707592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.30
€ 76.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933782
- ISBN
- 9781403933782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473395
- ISBN
- 9780801473395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441905
- ISBN
- 9780801441905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.56
€ 93.56
Paperback. The unique approach taken within The Ethics of Patriotism brings together the differing perspectives of three leading figures in the philosophical debate who deliver an up-to-date, accessible, and vigorous presentation of the major views and arguments. Series: Great Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658857
- ISBN
- 9780470658857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Hardcover. In a lively and subversive analysis, psychologist John Lambie explains how to see another person's point of view while remaining critical - in other words how to be 'critically open-minded'. Using entertaining examples from history and psychology, Lambie explores the implications of critical open-mindedness for scientific and moral progress. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JMH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301048
- ISBN
- 9781137301048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647753
- ISBN
- 9780691647753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.96
€ 102.96
Paperback. Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? The authors explore questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of securitisation and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403054
- ISBN
- 9781474403054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
Paperback. Presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715637289
- ISBN
- 9780715637289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.73
€ 38.99
€ 32.73