Ethical issues & debates
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Ethical issues & debates
Hardcover. Much like past arguments about stem-cell research, the coming debate over these reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) will be political and, for many people, religious. In order to understand how the debate will play out in the US, the author conducted a study of the claims made about RGTs by religious people from across the political spectrum. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HR; JFMA; JFMG; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222653
- ISBN
- 9780226222653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.94€ 52.29
€ 61.94
€ 52.29
Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674168763
- ISBN
- 9780674168763
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.60
€ 37.99
€ 31.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Brenda. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: JFFX; JFM; JPZ. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634841870
- ISBN
- 9781634841870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.10€ 179.62
€ 245.10
€ 179.62
Hardback. Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737426
- ISBN
- 9780674737426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.67
€ 32.99
€ 27.67
paperback. The ethics of creating-or declining to create-human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "self-creation"; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780190232443
- ISBN
- 9780190232443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.73
€ 44.99
€ 44.73
hardcover. Responds to recent assaults on liberal theory by proposing a "critical moral liberalism". This text sets forth the basic arguments for the liberal moral obligation to maximize people's ability to govern their own lives, and for the conception that the good life goes with this. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683130
- ISBN
- 9780847683130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Paperback. A book on American morality, it traces the intellectual history of American morality from its European origins in the Middle Ages to the 1990s. It argues that American culture is a culture of cynicism. It shows the internal contradictions of American morality, and charts the different forms it has assumed. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865335
- ISBN
- 9781557865335
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.83
€ 47.99
€ 47.83
Paperback. A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 194 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465015344
- ISBN
- 9780465015344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Hardback. Explores different attitudes and experiences of those women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and those who helped or hindered them. This study analyzes the dichotomy between medical theory and practice, and questions common assumptions that abortion was "a necessary evil," which needed strict regulation and medical control. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453893
- ISBN
- 9781845453893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.08
€ 157.08
Paperback. Presented in three parts, this book explores what's alluring and what's revolting in cunning. It draws on a range of sources: tales of Odysseus; texts from Machiavelli; pamphlets from early modern England; salesmen's newsletters; Christian apologetics; sermons; philosophical treatises; famous, infamous, and obscure historical cases; and more. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136349
- ISBN
- 9780691136349
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. Through in-depth interviews with award-winning investigative reporters and detailed analyses of the stories that brought them professional acclaim, the authors explain how journalists resolve, practically if not conceptually, the paradox of a press that is committed to exposing wrongdoing and is at the same time adamant about its disinterest in questions of right and wrong. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106757
- ISBN
- 9780231106757
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.02
€ 38.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W Illus.: 11,. BIC Classification: 1FKP; APF; JFMP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162890
- ISBN
- 9780231162890
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0004822
- ISBN
- 9780007268771
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 603
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204393
- ISBN
- 9780520204393
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. This book asks how we might understand sex workers' demands that they be treated as workers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFMX; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142517
- ISBN
- 9780691142517
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. An investigation into poverty, corruption, crime and related issues in Britain including drugs and prostitution amongst children. The investigation moves from the slums and ghettos of our cities, to crack houses and brothels, contacts with street gangs and drug dealers uncovering secret rites and a bizarre and cruel world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BT; JFMX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583011
- ISBN
- 9780099583011
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. This title asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. Editor(s): Bragg, Lois. Num Pages: 430 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFFG; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798539
- ISBN
- 9780814798539
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.97
€ 32.99
€ 23.97
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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
paperback. Presents an argument for a vegetarian lifestyle. This book addresses vegetarianism's cultural, historical, and philosophical background, and details vegetarianism's impact on one's living and thinking. It is aimed at anyone looking to explore the relationship between dietary choice, lifestyle, and the treatment of animals and the environment. Series: America in Transition. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397056
- ISBN
- 9781566397056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66