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Hardcover. The Trolley Problem is an ethical thought experiment dreamed up in 1967 by British philosopher Philippa Foot, and further developed by American thinker Judith Jarvis Thomson in the '70s. Since then, philosophers have devised a variety of iterations of the problem. This book explores these through the lens of a trial in the court of public opinion. Num Pages: 112 pages, black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761175131
- ISBN
- 9780761175131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.59
€ 13.59
Paperback. Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their doctrines are here presented in more accessible, self-contained form than in his larger work, and in a new translation, introduced by Christopher Janaway, that preserves Schopenhauer's style in modern English. Translator(s): Cartwright, David; Erdmann, Edward E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199297221
- ISBN
- 9780199297221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268018351
- ISBN
- 9780268018351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144872
- ISBN
- 9780231144872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144865
- ISBN
- 9780231144865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.12€ 79.32
€ 104.12
€ 79.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199783328
- ISBN
- 9780199783328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Paperback. Series: Kinship Library. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900001345
- ISBN
- 9780900001345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.46
€ 14.46
paperback. Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude", John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; HRLK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922898
- ISBN
- 9780813922898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.15
€ 33.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226610528
- ISBN
- 9780226610528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. The View from Here is a study of our most fundamental attitudes toward the past. The book explores the dynamics of affirmation and regret, tracing the connections of each to our ongoing attachments. The focus is on situations in which our attachments commit us to affirming events or decisions that we know to have been unfortunate or regrettable. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190660758
- ISBN
- 9780190660758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029043
- ISBN
- 9780268029043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.00
€ 51.99
€ 46.00
Paperback. Undeniably, life is unfair. So, why play fairly in an unfair world? The answer comes from combining the ancient Greek conception of happiness with a modern conception of self-respect. The book is about why it is bad to be bad and good to be good, and what happens in between. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190612009
- ISBN
- 9780190612009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardcover. This title argues that vengeance has fallen into disrepute without being seriously examined with respect to its real moral value. It investigates the use of vengeance themes in literature and popular culture, from the "Iliad" and "Hamlet" to film Westerns such as Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven". Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610761
- ISBN
- 9780700610761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.81
€ 86.81
Hardback. The Weight of Things explores the hard questions of our daily lives, examining both classic and contemporary accounts of what it means to lead 'the good life'. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160773
- ISBN
- 9781405160773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.57
€ 95.57
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Charivari Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895166323
- ISBN
- 9781895166323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137377
- ISBN
- 9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.23
€ 53.24
€ 42.23
Paperback. Tackles various perspectives on debates about distinctly Christian ethics. This title argues that we need to reframe the arena in which moral questions are asked. It engages a range of positions, exploring modern issues such as moral and cultural relativism, globalization, problems of consumption and violence, and religious pluralism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113458
- ISBN
- 9781405113458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Hardback. In 2008, Robert Jenson delivered his last set of lectures, "Can These Bones Live?: An Introduction to Christian Theology", at Princeton University. Adam Eitel, Jenson's teaching assistant at the time, recorded and transcribed the twenty-three lectures in the series, compiling them into this book. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAX; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190214593
- ISBN
- 9780190214593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Nykanen, Hannes; Riis, Ole; Zeller, Jorg. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Aalborg University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771121162
- ISBN
- 9788771121162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. At home with both economic theory and political philosophy, John Roemer has written a book that critiques economists' conceptions of justice from a philosophical perspective and philosophical theories of distributive justice from an economic one. Num Pages: 352 pages, A number of line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JP; KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674879201
- ISBN
- 9780674879201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.00€ 47.31
€ 52.00
€ 47.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415999472
- ISBN
- 9780415999472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204270
- ISBN
- 9780872204270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.23€ 42.14
€ 53.23
€ 42.14
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
€ 30.99€ 22.26
€ 30.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. This is Ethics presents an accessible and engaging introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary moral philosophy. It reveals the intimate connection between timeless philosophical problems about right and wrong while offering timely insights on everyday practical concerns. . Series: This is Philosophy. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118479858
- ISBN
- 9781118479858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09