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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. This text examines from various philosophical perspectives the different reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet, ranging from animal interests and rights to global ecology and world hunger. It includes a chapter responding to common objections to vegetarianism. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847681389
- ISBN
- 9780847681389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.30
€ 29.99
€ 24.30
Hardback. * An ideal introduction to the emerging field of Toleration, a critical topic in political philosophy * Written in a lively prose style, ideal for classroom use. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655567
- ISBN
- 9780745655567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171748
- ISBN
- 9780231171748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.80
€ 104.43
€ 79.80
paperback. Sports are more than just "games". They can unite countries, start wars, and revolutionize views on race, class, and gender. Through works from philosophy, sociology, medicine, and law, this collection explores intersections of sports and ethics, and identifies the immense role of sports in shaping and reflecting social values. Editor(s): Caplan, Arthur L.; Parent, Dr. Brendan. Num Pages: 544 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBS; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190210991
- ISBN
- 9780190210991
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Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
hardcover. Derives a fundamental ethic from liberation theology. This title asserts that the experience of resisting suffering, especially oppressive social suffering, must be brought from the fringe to the center of ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405411
- ISBN
- 9780878405411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.31
€ 42.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HPQ; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314974
- ISBN
- 9780822314974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486245225
- ISBN
- 9780486245225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Examines the economic roots of poverty, the actions that can be taken to eradicate it, and the ethical case for integrating the poor into the mainstream of society. This title considers both the economic feasibility of religious views regarding the eradication of poverty and the ethical aspects of economic programs. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRC; HRJ; JFFA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406654
- ISBN
- 9780878406654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Paperback. Includes probing questions, discussion topics, and simple writing exercises, that help readers to analyze and clarify their own positions on a host of controversial issues: sex, surrogate motherhood, adoption, family abuse, responsibilities for charitable giving, the ethics of war, suicide, and euthanasia, and more. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 6. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Study Guide
- SKU
- V9780827607569
- ISBN
- 9780827607569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.63
€ 15.99
€ 15.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041366
- ISBN
- 9780268041366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
hardcover. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- RLPG/Galleys United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739120491
- ISBN
- 9780739120491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.65
€ 132.65
Paperback. "None of your business!" People seeking to keep their private lives from scrutiny often fall back on these words. This work shows that we are every bit as accountable for our private actions as for our public deeds. It defends accountability for private life, stating that it protects and dignifies. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514096
- ISBN
- 9780742514096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.27
€ 56.27
Paperback. Can quite different values be rationally weighed against one another? If not, then what are the implications for moral and legal decision-making? This book explores the philosophical struggle behind these questions. Editor(s): Chang, Ruth. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQ; HPCF; HPL; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674447561
- ISBN
- 9780674447561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.15€ 48.17
€ 52.15
€ 48.17
Paperback. aeo Critiques Derek Parfita s outstanding work, Reasons and Persons. aeo Includes 11 newly--commissioned essays and 2 reprinted essays from leading scholars such as Frank Jackson, Michael Smith, Philip Pettit, Sidney Shoemaker, Judith Jarvis Thomson, John McDowell to name but a few. Editor(s): Dancy, Jonathan; Dancy, Jonathan. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197263
- ISBN
- 9780631197263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.95
€ 54.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334. 224 pages, Illustrations. Frankl examines the role of moral concepts in the life of societies and points to the interaction between neurotic and psychotic disturbances in individuals and the pathologies which periodically overwhelm societies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871871524
- ISBN
- 9781871871524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.37
€ 14.37
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145084
- ISBN
- 9780231145084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.68€ 75.66
€ 99.68
€ 75.66
Paperback. Suitable for general readers with no background in philosophy, this title argues that we need a shared moral vision in order to live together, both nationally and internationally. It stresses that private behaviour cannot be kept separate from public choices. It discusses matters of topical debate on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235958
- ISBN
- 9780631235958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wurtzel, Aidan E. Num Pages: 174 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600214097
- ISBN
- 9781600214097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.81€ 107.92
€ 157.81
€ 107.92
Hardcover. Examines weakness of will, or incontinence - the phenomenon of acting contrary to one's better judgment. This volume covers various major periods of western philosophy, from antiquity through the Middle Ages and from the modern period onwards. It addresses the issue from the vantage point of Libertarianism. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Tobias. Series: Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215204
- ISBN
- 9780813215204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.59
€ 94.59
Paperback. Presents an approach to a debate about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. This book argues that in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it but also by approximating it. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126265
- ISBN
- 9780691126265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226421049
- ISBN
- 9780226421049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.33
€ 18.99
€ 18.33
hardcover. Responsibility is the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. These essays, by scholars of philosophy, anthropology, history, religious studies, classics and law, encompass conceptions of responsibility around the globe. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920504
- ISBN
- 9780813920504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.19
€ 92.19
Paperback. This bookexplores the experiences of pregnant teenagers, their partners, and midwives, from pregnancy realisation through the early years of motherhood.It examines changing attitudes to female sexuality and moral discourses on adolescent subjectivity especially as these pertain to teenage motherhood." Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367849
- ISBN
- 9781349367849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.27
€ 63.27
Paperback. Duty or Pleasure? The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753824436
- ISBN
- 9780753824436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25