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Hardcover. Departing from the usual discussions of public morality, and considering the moral interests of the community as a whole, this book is a contribution to this intensely debated theme and considers how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice in a liberal society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038137
- ISBN
- 9780268038137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.74
€ 113.74
Hardback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512320
- ISBN
- 9780742512320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.00
€ 209.00
paperback. Ethical Life sets out to act as a guide for those of us who want to better understand ethics. It offers answers to the two simplest and yet most difficult questions facing individuals who have fallen into the perplexities of contemporary life: Why be ethical, and how? Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512337
- ISBN
- 9780742512337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare. Editor(s): Dean, Hartley. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345622
- ISBN
- 9781861345622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.33
€ 35.99
€ 34.33
paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBCR; HPQ; JHM; JM; MJN; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Austria
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709137031
- ISBN
- 9783709137031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.47€ 48.87
€ 55.47
€ 48.87
Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139807
- ISBN
- 9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.95
€ 51.99
€ 36.95
Paperback. Gives a rounded treatment to the subject of Islamic political ethics. This book explores the Islamic ethics of civil society, boundaries, pluralism, and war and peace. It considers questions of diversity, discussing, among other subjects, Islamic regimes' policies regarding women and religious minorities. Editor(s): Hashmi, Sohail H. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRH; JFM; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113104
- ISBN
- 9780691113104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.73
€ 45.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498511025
- ISBN
- 9781498511025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 9.66
€ 53.99
€ 9.66
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Stegmaier, Werner. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PBCD; PBF; PBH; PBK; PBP; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642639258
- ISBN
- 9783642639258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 170.92
€ 170.92
Paperback. * Features over 20 articles from leading ethicists * Part of the Philosophical Perspectives series, published as an annual thematic volume in conjunction with the journal Nous. Editor(s): Hawthorne, John; Zimmerman, Dean W. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 18
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119719
- ISBN
- 9781405119719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.25
€ 45.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349258109
- ISBN
- 9781349258109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.20
€ 185.20
Hardback. Ethics seeks answers to questions about the moral status of human actions and human lives. There is a need for an investigation into how time and ethics impact on each other. This book addresses that need and includes essays that raise and investigate some of the key issues that arise at the intersection between these two areas of philosophy. Editor(s): Dyke, Heather. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013126
- ISBN
- 9781402013126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Paperback. Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion. Editor(s): Battaly, Heather D. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335620
- ISBN
- 9781444335620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.66
€ 28.66
Hardback. What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745649535
- ISBN
- 9780745649535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback.
What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649542
- ISBN
- 9780745649542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.03
€ 24.03
Paperback. Global ethics addresses the most pressing contemporary ethical concerns, including rogue states, torture, scarce resources, and poverty. This book introduces students to the theory and practice of global ethics, ranging over issues in global governance and citizenship, poverty and development, war and terrorism, bioethics, and gender justice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652822
- ISBN
- 9781844652822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
Hardback. Presents a collection of papers in ancient moral philosophy. This book interprets Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. It ranges from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131238
- ISBN
- 9780691131238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.88€ 55.42
€ 71.88
€ 55.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Grasswick, Heidi E. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPJ; HPK; HPQ; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795044
- ISBN
- 9789400795044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.49
€ 196.49
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- THE NEW PRESS
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595585370
- ISBN
- 9781595585370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.00
€ 33.99
€ 32.00
Paperback / so. Series: Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaft Und Philosophie. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; JMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528084684
- ISBN
- 9783528084684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.95
€ 84.95
Paperback. This anthology aims to offer incisive analysis of the plethora of issues raised by advances in reproductive medicine, including abortion, contraception, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, surrogate motherhood and psychosocial issues of in-vitro fertilisation. Num Pages: 468 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; MBDC; MFKC; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735169
- ISBN
- 9780814735169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. This book takes performance studies in exciting new directions, exploring the ways in which ethics can be used to understand the complex questions facing contemporary spectators. Engaging with five key performances, the book reflects on the emotional and intellectual impacts of politically inflected performance on spectators, critics and theorists. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPQ; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518018
- ISBN
- 9780230518018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. A collection of Peter Singer's best and most challenging articles from 1971 to the present. The book includes early critiques of various approaches to philosophy, followed by controversial works on the moral status of animals, infanticide, euthanasia, embryo experimentation, and more. Editor(s): Kuhse, Helga. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225072
- ISBN
- 9780631225072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.79
€ 49.79
Paperback. This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics. Editor(s): Kuhse, Helga; Singer, Peter A. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 636 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 636
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444350845
- ISBN
- 9781444350845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.10
€ 46.10