Ethical issues & debates
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Ethical issues & debates
Hardcover. Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. Series: Debating Race. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSL1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 122 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745689210
- ISBN
- 9780745689210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. A study of Hollywood gangster films. This book examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Combining film analysis with archival material, the study shows how the industry circumvented censure. Num Pages: 276 pages, 14 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550336
- ISBN
- 9780226550336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.07
€ 35.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. The author makes a persuasive argument for the value of "liberal science" and the idea that conflicting views produce knowledge within society. The answer to bias and prejudice, he argues, is pluralism - not purism. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMD; JPVH1; JPVH2; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226145938
- ISBN
- 9780226145938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.05
€ 15.99
€ 14.05
Paperback. Where does it come from? How is it produced? What are the economic, social and environmental effects? Are there animals that it is straightforwardly right to eat? Are there situations in which not eating animals is wrong? This title gives an account of where meat comes from. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFM; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141031934
- ISBN
- 9780141031934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14. BIC Classification: JFC; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Feral House
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932595284
- ISBN
- 9781932595284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.41
€ 19.99
€ 19.41
Hardback. The Street Politics of Abortion uses three Supreme Court cases to consider the rise and fall of clinic-front anti-abortion protests in the 1980s and 1990s, and illustrates how these conflicts influenced the contemporary form of reproductive politics and the greater New Christian Right. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785334
- ISBN
- 9780804785334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.43
€ 115.43
Paperback. The Street Politics of Abortion uses three Supreme Court cases to consider the rise and fall of clinic-front anti-abortion protests in the 1980s and 1990s, and illustrates how these conflicts influenced the contemporary form of reproductive politics and the greater New Christian Right. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JPVH4; LA; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785341
- ISBN
- 9780804785341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. aeo An exciting contribution to this topical debate that combines extensive empirical research with a theoretical framework. aeo Examines prostitution around the world, including sex tourism, and the power relations that affect the ways it is organised. aeo Written in a lively and interesting way with numerous examples and case studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617404
- ISBN
- 9780745617404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Paperback. This compelling new book explores the complexities of the global child sex industry, but without falling into cliche and melodrama. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 225 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629285
- ISBN
- 9780745629285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Paperback. To what extent should we use technological advances to try to make better human beings? Leading philosophers debate the possibility of enhancing human cognition, mood, personality, and physical performance, and controlling aging. Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now. Editor(s): Savulescu, Julian; Bostrom, Nick. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199594962
- ISBN
- 9780199594962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.12
€ 46.12
Hardback. This stimulating volume is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives, including philosophy, the biological and neurosciences, and the social sciences. Editor(s): Savulescu, Julian; ter Meulen, Rudd; Kahane, Guy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195812
- ISBN
- 9781405195812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.25
€ 108.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSP1; JKV; JMU; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613748084
- ISBN
- 9781613748084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.21
€ 18.21
paperback. Justin Buckley Dyer provides the first book-length scholarly treatment of the parallels between slavery and abortion in American constitutional development. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFMA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107680746
- ISBN
- 9781107680746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.35
€ 29.35
Hardcover. Editor(s): Murphy, Kyle P. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; TJKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607412373
- ISBN
- 9781607412373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.40€ 76.96
€ 112.40
€ 76.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 223 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742198767
- ISBN
- 9781742198767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.18
€ 25.99
€ 18.18
Hardback. This volume explores the connections between the global economy and sex work, focusing on the experiences and views of women, men, and children who sell sex. Editor(s): Kempadoo, Kamala. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFMP; JFMX; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695164
- ISBN
- 9780847695164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.91
€ 212.91
Paperback. This book uses 103 illustrations from the 16th century onward and the history of obstetrical and embryological knowledge to argue that modes of visualizing science have profoundly determined "fetal politics" and the contemporary abortion debates. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726481
- ISBN
- 9780804726481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Hardback. This book uses 103 illustrations from the 16th century onward and the history of obstetrical and embryological knowledge to argue that modes of visualizing science have profoundly determined "fetal politics" and the contemporary abortion debates. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726474
- ISBN
- 9780804726474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFMX; JFSJ1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082467
- ISBN
- 9780252082467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFMX; JFSJ1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040962
- ISBN
- 9780252040962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83