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Ethical issues & debates

Hardcover. Mainstream feminist discourse has failed to fully engage with commercial sex work. In a series of essays, this book corrects this lacuna. Moving beyond the traditional feminist focus on slavery and trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and other health issues, it features contributors who engage fully with the political and theoretical implications of sex work. Editor(s): Murthy, Laxmi; Seshu, Meena Saraswathi. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Zubaan India
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017814
ISBN
9789381017814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.57

Paperback. The first authoritative yet accessible guide to this controversial topic Stem Cell Research For Dummies offers a balanced, plain-English look at this politically charged topic, cutting away the hype and presenting the facts clearly for you, free from debate. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470259283
ISBN
9780470259283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646798
ISBN
9780888646798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Soley shows how as corporate power has grown and come to influence the issues on which ordinary Americans should be able to speak out, so new strategies have developed to restrict free speech on issues in which corporations and property-owners have an interest. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMD; JPVH2; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670668
ISBN
9781583670668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.26

Hardback. This book discusses three possible human enhancement paradigms and explores how each involves different values, uses of technology, and different degrees and kinds of ethical concerns. A new framework is advanced that promotes technological innovation that serves the improvement of the human condition in a respectful and sustainable way. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA; PDR; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402233
ISBN
9781137402233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Paperback. Explores several myths: that selling sex is different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. This book is aimed at those who want to understand the relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778609
ISBN
9781842778609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323433
ISBN
9780822323433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456817
ISBN
9780801456817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.53

Hardback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040207
ISBN
9780252040207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.81

Paperback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081668
ISBN
9780252081668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Brings together economists, anthropologists, historians, and philosophers for an examination of the practical and ethical implications of slave redemption. This book includes essays by the editors and by Dean Karlan and Alan Krueger, Carol Ann Rogers and Kenneth Swinnerton, Arnab Basu and Nancy Chau, Stanley Engerman, and more. Editor(s): Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Bunzl, Martin. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130101
ISBN
9780691130101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. "[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist..Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."-The New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340525
ISBN
9780393340525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Hardback. This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521957
ISBN
9780742521957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.85
€ 85.98

Paperback. A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055971
ISBN
9780520055971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Hens, Kristien; Cutas, Dr. Daniela; Horstkotter, Dorothee. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MFN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319428321
ISBN
9783319428321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772584
ISBN
9780814772584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742198408
ISBN
9781742198408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Editor(s): King, Nancy M. P. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406050
ISBN
9780878406050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.59

Paperback. Explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. This book looks at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of the informal economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 line, 2 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFMX; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275577
ISBN
9780520275577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487469
ISBN
9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.32

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