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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with activists and using physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as a diagnostic tool, this work argues that an egalitarian liberalism must abandon its overconfidence in its own neutrality, which undermines its ability to see the real needs and hear the actual voices of those it promises to champion. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HRLB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268032678
- ISBN
- 9780268032678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. The book collects previously published articles on fatalism and the relationship between divine foreknolwedge and human freedom and includes a substantial introductory essay and bibliography. Editor(s): Fischer, John Martin; Todd, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 248 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199942411
- ISBN
- 9780199942411
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Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
Paperback. This biography of Reinhold Niebuhr seeks to reveal the man in all of his humanity, warmth and charm, as well as his intellectual prowess as a theological giant. The author, who knew Niebuhr well, chronicles his career and contributions to ethics, theology and political thought. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCF; HPQ; HRCM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819187314
- ISBN
- 9780819187314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.10
€ 104.10
Hardback. Editor(s): Star, Daniel. Series: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405193887
- ISBN
- 9781405193887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.80
€ 88.80
Hardback. Expounds the ethical and religious views of Wittgenstein. The book stresses Wittgenstein's supreme conviction of the importance of ethical and religious values, his belief that this importance could not be adequately articulated, and the consistency of his ideas in this sphere. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631168157
- ISBN
- 9780631168157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Do we know what we're doing, and why? Psychological research seems to suggest not: reflection and self-awareness are surprisingly uncommon and inaccurate. John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our understanding of ourselves as moral agents with empirical work on the unconscious mind. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570393
- ISBN
- 9780199570393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.18
€ 103.18
The Princess and the Philosopher. Letters of Elisabeth of the Palatine...
Nye, Andrea; Elisabeth, Princess
Hardback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692644
- ISBN
- 9780847692644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.82
€ 173.82
Paperback. First published in 1785, this is still one of the most widely read and influential works on moral philosophy. This Broadview edition combines a newly revised version of T.K. Abbot's respected translation with material crucial for placing the Groundwork in the context of Kant's broader moral thought. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Broadview ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115399
- ISBN
- 9781551115399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.77
€ 24.99
€ 18.77
Hardcover. Uses a Christian perspective to explore ethical debates about nature. This title covers a range of ethical debates, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning. It sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions. Series: New Dimensions to Religious Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229377
- ISBN
- 9780631229377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.73
€ 148.73
Paperback. Surpassing even the state and the church, the corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. This book traces the evolution of this revolutionary institution through the behind-the-scenes figures who shaped it such as Thomas Scott, a genius who invented the holding company, Stephen Field, the Supreme Court Judge and others. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 93 x 61 x 8. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576753194
- ISBN
- 9781576753194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.14
€ 17.99
€ 17.14
Hardcover. Addresses both the physiological and the psychological aspects of human behavior. This title helps users - whether they are students just beginning formal study of the broad field or specialists in a branch of psychology - understand the field and how and why humans behave as we do. Editor(s): Singer, Peter; Callahan, Dan. Series: Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Num Pages: 3464 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 344 x 267 x 230. Weight in Grams: 11310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 3464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123736321
- ISBN
- 9780123736321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,531.77
€ 1,531.77
Paperback. Lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves. This work explores the causes of altruism and the differences between altruists and other people. It demonstrates how social theories may begin to account for altruism and debunks the notions of scientific inevitability. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058474
- ISBN
- 9780691058474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.34€ 42.11
€ 53.34
€ 42.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGHA; DSBD; HPQ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186. A Modern Morality. 144 pages. Dr Richard Ryder has played a creative role in developing new ethical ideas for over 30 years. "Painism" is the term he uses to describe his unique ethical position. With this book, he outlines the theory of painism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGHA; DSBD; HPQ; JHBA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900001468
- ISBN
- 9780900001468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Hardcover. An examination of the philosophical issues surrounding prudential value: what it is for something to be good for a person; and well-being: what it is for someone's life to go well. It critically analyses competing approaches, and proposes a new subjective account that addresses key weaknesses of existing theories. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285118
- ISBN
- 9780230285118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. * A new and very provocative discussion of a thinker who has made a fundamental impact upon modern social and philosophical thought* The author is a thinker of international renown* The book offers a balanced interpretation of Nietzsche. . Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612911
- ISBN
- 9780745612911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Paperback. Sen argues that welfare economics may be enriched by paying more attention to ethics, that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with descriptive economics, which, in turn, may learn from the methods of welfare economics. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164012
- ISBN
- 9780631164012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1136 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966334
- ISBN
- 9780913966334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.99
€ 33.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880504
- ISBN
- 9781589880504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.11
€ 32.99
€ 22.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312079376
- ISBN
- 9780312079376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.11
€ 184.11
Paperback. This book explores the stakes of the uses and abuses of money, language, and technical objects. Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777100
- ISBN
- 9780804777100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. Few people have shaped ethics and political philosophy more than John Stuart Mill. This collection of his key writings and influences includes "Utilitarianism", "On Liberty", and "Essay on Bentham", along with selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin. Editor(s): Warnock, Mary. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233510
- ISBN
- 9780631233510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.48
€ 144.48
Paperback. An argument for a new system of ethics in journalism that will take into account its global reach and impact. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773536937
- ISBN
- 9780773536937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. The editors explore Kierkegaard's continuing relevance to political and social issues. These essays bring out the complex nature of his engagements with questions of selfhood and society. What he has to say about love, church, politics and justice is shown to test the limits of what we take for granted in the modern and post-modern world. Editor(s): Pattison, Professor George; Shakespeare, Dr. Steven. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682432
- ISBN
- 9780333682432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.24
€ 185.24
Paperback. Highlights challenges facing the animal rights movement. This book contains essays that explore fresh ways of measuring animal suffering, reassess the question of personhood, and draw highlight of tales of effective advocacy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119412
- ISBN
- 9781405119412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48