Ethics & moral philosophy
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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardcover. This book debates the controversy over whether or not it is possible to love God more than oneself through natural powers alone. Thirteenth-century philosophers and theologians study how one's own good is achieved through virtuous action and how to adapt Aristotle's philosophical insights to a Christian framework. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037239
- ISBN
- 9780268037239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.78
€ 140.78
Paperback. This work looks at why moral values enhance and solidify erotic and marital relationships. In the process, it challenges cynicism about marriage while remaining sensitive to the innumerable problems confronting couples. Its approach to marital love is both traditional and modern. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFC; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607679
- ISBN
- 9780700607679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Hardback. Love often seems uncontrollable and irrational, but we just as frequently appear to have reasons for loving the people we do. This title offers a fresh way of understanding love that accommodates both of these facts, arguing that love is guided by reason even as it resists and sometimes eludes rationality. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148724
- ISBN
- 9780691148724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.23
€ 69.23
Paperback. Probes Aristotle's view that desire is crucial to decision making and to the formation of moral habits, pinpointing the "love of the fine" as the starting point of any argument for ethics. This book is of interest to students of virtue ethics and the history of philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268034023
- ISBN
- 9780268034023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Loyalty to Loyalty: Josiah Royce and the Genuine Moral Life clarifies the nature of loyalty and its role in ethical living, employing the philosophy of Josiah Royce as a theoretical frame. Loyalty to Loyalty provides original and extensive analysis of Royce's philosophy of loyalty, including applications to contemporary moral problems. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242696
- ISBN
- 9780823242696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Hardcover. Presents diverse perspectives on dilemmas posed by potential conflicts between loyalties to specific institutions or professional roles and more universalistic conceptions of moral duty Editor(s): Woodruff, Paul; Parker, Joel; Levinson, Sanford V. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814785935
- ISBN
- 9780814785935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Four Elephants Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940051000
- ISBN
- 9781940051000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.57
€ 16.57
Hardback. Editor(s): DeLapp, Kevin; Henkel, Jeremy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664519
- ISBN
- 9781624664519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.72€ 45.44
€ 57.72
€ 45.44
Paperback. Editor(s): DeLapp, Kevin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664502
- ISBN
- 9781624664502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.89
€ 24.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Challenges the entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not defend the 'Machiavellian' maxim that the ends justify the means. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141770
- ISBN
- 9780691141770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166751
- ISBN
- 9780231166751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.55
€ 43.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPQ; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166744
- ISBN
- 9780231166744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.16€ 77.70
€ 101.16
€ 77.70
Hardcover. Mary Warnock steers a clear path through the web of complex issues underlying the issues surrounding the right to have children. She begins by analysing what it means to claim something as a "right", and goes on to discuss the cases of different groups of people. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MFKC; PDR; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006199
- ISBN
- 9780192803344
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. In this contribution to moral theory, Todd Lekan argues for a pragmatist conception of morality as an evolving, educational and fallible practice. Drawing on the work of John Dewey, he asserts that moral norms are not timeless truths or subjective whims, but habits transmitted through practices. Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514202
- ISBN
- 9780826514202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.03
€ 99.03
Paperback. In this contribution to moral theory, Todd Lekan argues for a pragmatist conception of morality as an evolving, educational and fallible practice. Drawing on the work of John Dewey, he asserts that moral norms are not timeless truths or subjective whims, but habits transmitted through practices. Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826514219
- ISBN
- 9780826514219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.72
€ 51.72
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
€ 73.17
€ 73.17
Paperback. Proposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions - one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and their doctors, this book presents a persuasive moral argument for collective responsibility to these children and their families. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; MFKC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012289
- ISBN
- 9780253012289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.88
€ 31.99
€ 28.88
Hardback. Proposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions - one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and their doctors, this book presents a persuasive moral argument for collective responsibility to these children and their families. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; MFKC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012241
- ISBN
- 9780253012241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.63
€ 91.63
Paperback. Provides the reader with a unique decision--making tool by showing how ethics play an integral part of all business decisions. It offers excellent advice on how to apply ethics in all of your everyday decisions whether they be large or small. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471586333
- ISBN
- 9780471586333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.42
€ 29.99
€ 23.42
Paperback. By investigating the minutest details of life among dysfunctional household items through the discourses of philosophy and science, as well as in literary works by Laurence Sterne, Jean Paul, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Heimito von Doderer, Kreienbrock reconsiders the modern bourgeois poetics that render things the way we know and suffer them. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245291
- ISBN
- 9780823245291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. In this book Fromm set out to identify 'what man is, how he ought to live, and how the tremendous energies within man can be released and used productively.' It makes for exciting, illuminating, even life-changing reading. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPQ; JMA; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415307710
- ISBN
- 9780415307710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.37
€ 20.37
Paperback. Written for philosophers as well as general readers interested in social and moral issues, "Mapping Responsibility" is a thoughtful exploration of the ambiguous terrain of moral responsibility. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695649
- ISBN
- 9780812695649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.06
€ 26.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. Divided into four sections, this collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics and modes of criticism. The book is a cohesive introduction to a reading paradigm that continues to affect the ways we think and feel. Editor(s): Davis, Todd F.; Womack, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920566
- ISBN
- 9780813920566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.74
€ 49.74
Paperback. Offers a cross-cultural examination of individual, familial and societal attitudes towards sex and marriage. Exploring the codes by which we live our sexual lives and conventional morality, this title sets out a fresh morality, shaped and influenced by dramatic changes in society such as the emancipation of women and the use of contraceptives. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415482882
- ISBN
- 9780415482882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.39
€ 20.39