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Ethics & moral philosophy

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Ethics & moral philosophy

Hardback. With special emphasis on Foucault's many recently published lecture series this book provides an updated, comprehensive presentation of his most important diagnoses, his many ground-breaking analytical concepts as well as a systematic account of his unique conception of philosophy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 5 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137351012
ISBN
9781137351012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333443842
ISBN
9780333443842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.93

Paperback. "Just how bad is television? Drawing on a range of theoretical sources including Husserl Lacan, Lefebvre, Sartre, Schutz and Adam Smith, this book takes a phenomenological approach to the small screen to offer an original sociological approach to television and its contribution to moral culture of late modern societies"-- Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPQ; JFCX; JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313624
ISBN
9781349313624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.68

Paperback. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349443772
ISBN
9781349443772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.92

Paperback. Reframes philosophical debates and explores the moral permissibility of an action. This book presents an analysis that leads to a novel account of the conditions of moral responsibility and to important conclusions about the ethics of blame. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057456
ISBN
9780674057456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004238
ISBN
9780674004238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Transplantation is a medically successful and cost-effective way to treat people whose organs have failed-but not enough organs are available to meet demand. T. M. Wilkinson explores the major ethical problems raised by policies for acquiring organs. Key topics include the rights of the dead, the role of the family, and the sale of organs. Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709596
ISBN
9780198709596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.83

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-195) and index. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JKSN; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323265
ISBN
9781349323265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.17

Paperback. An examination of the philosophical issues surrounding prudential value: what it is for something to be good for a person; and well-being: what it is for someone's life to go well. It critically analyses competing approaches, and proposes a new subjective account that addresses key weaknesses of existing theories. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330218
ISBN
9781349330218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.20

Hardback. Drawing on research in anthropology, psychology, and a host of other disciplines, this book argues that cross-cultural variation raises serious problems for theories that propose universally applicable conditions for moral responsibility. It develops a way of thinking about responsibility that takes cultural diversity into account. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139937
ISBN
9780691139937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.69
€ 43.19

Hardcover. Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286260
ISBN
9781137286260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.51

Paperback. Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449255
ISBN
9781349449255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.64

Paperback. Argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity - as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation - and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor. This title offers an original meditation on the necessity of imagination to moral and aesthetic life. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154466
ISBN
9780691154466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813228099
ISBN
9780813228099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Sartor, Teri Ann; McHenry, Bill; McHenry, Jim. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSN2; JMC; LNTM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138948006
ISBN
9781138948006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 38.12

Paperback. Trouble With Strangers represents a groundbreaking intervention in ethics by one of the world's most important theoreticians. It is written with Terry Eagleton's usual wit, panache, and uncanny ability to summarize and criticize otherwise complex philosophical and theoretical conversations. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185721
ISBN
9781405185721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.78

Trouble With Strangers represents a groundbreaking intervention in ethics by one of the world's most important theoreticians. It is written with Terry Eagleton's usual wit, panache, and uncanny ability to summarize and criticize otherwise complex philosophical and theoretical conversations. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185738
ISBN
9781405185738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Paperback. Launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256. 176pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
9780300171259
ISBN
9780300171259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137584984
ISBN
9781137584984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.38

Paperback. Makes Adorno's lectures on moral philosophy available for the first time to English-speaking readers Gives students an accessible introduction to some of the topics discussed in Adorno's more difficult work An important new resource for scholars drawing on Adorno's thought. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628653
ISBN
9780745628653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.56