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Ethical issues & debates

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Ethical issues & debates

Paperback. The Abortion Papers is a unique edited collection that provides key reflections and scholarship on the Irish abortion regime generated in the period between the 1992 X case, the death of Savita Halappanavar in 2012 and the subsequent introduction in 2013 of limited abortion legislation. Editor(s): Qulity, Aideen; Kennedy, Sinead; Conlon, Catherine. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFMA; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136. .
Publisher
Cork University Press Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051725
ISBN
9781782051725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. Offers an approach to central debates about globalization with chapters written by scholars from across the social sciences. This work examines a range of phenomena that articulate broad structural transformations: technoscience, circuits of exchange, systems of governance, and regimes of ethics or values. Editor(s): Ong, Aihwa; Collier, Stephen J. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFM; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405123587
ISBN
9781405123587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.41

Paperback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362647
ISBN
9780822362647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Hardback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362494
ISBN
9780822362494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.18

Hardback. How can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474428002
ISBN
9781474428002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.30

Paperback. Explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This book includes shocking details demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 424 pages, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMA; JFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285064
ISBN
9780520285064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Ethical Psychological Practice goes far beyond the basics of ethical theory to show how experts in the field are debating and re-interpreting ethical doctrines to create workable policies and principles for today and tomorrow. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470683651
ISBN
9780470683651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.99

Paperback. Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures is a much-needed antidote to falsehoods, and patronizing sexism fuelling anti-pornography campaigns misleading the women's movement. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFMD; JFMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780745305240
ISBN
9780745305240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Alison Hills carefully examines the arguments for both sides and defends a practical, liveable idea of the ethics of animals, dsitinguishing ways in which animals are our equals from ways in which they are not. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 245. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0002894
ISBN
9781840466232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFC; JFFE3; JFMX; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403993311
ISBN
9781403993311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.36

Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270909
ISBN
9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172622
ISBN
9780231172622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.75
€ 86.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172639
ISBN
9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. A study of how women's views of television and the media relate to their personal stance on abortion. Over four years, the authors watched television with women, visiting city houses, suburban subdivisions, modern condominiums, and public housing projects. Here are the results of that research. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680323
ISBN
9780226680323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Asia. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370. Local Dilemmas, Global Politics. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from Asia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 370.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457950
ISBN
9780857457950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.28

Hardcover. A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243927
ISBN
9780230243927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.37

Paperback. A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137289681
ISBN
9781137289681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 28.29

Hardback. Provides an account of the abortion controversy globally. This book examines how this issue is being played out beyond the established western liberal democracies and how the Catholic Church and other groups engage it worldwide. Num Pages: 263 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333721933
ISBN
9780333721933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Provides an account of the abortion controversy globally. This book examines how this issue is being played out beyond the established western liberal democracies and how the Catholic Church and other groups engage it worldwide. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333754641
ISBN
9780333754641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardcover. Seeks to examine the phenomenon of porn in some of its manifestations. This book focuses on the polarity of basic pro and con views on this topic. It shows that pornographic content is subtly and profoundly embedded in our cultural fabric. It raises questions beyond what's right and what's wrong. Editor(s): Hall, Ann C.; Bishop, Mardia J. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275999209
ISBN
9780275999209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.92

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