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Ethics & moral philosophy

Paperback. Consequentialism is a major approach to normative ethical theory, which considers the production of good and prevention of bad consequences the touchstone of the moral evaluation. This work brings together both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this position. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231080
ISBN
9780631231080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466412
ISBN
9781608466412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. This book traces the alleged incoherences to attempts to assimilate Kant's ethical writings to modern conceptions of rationality, actions and rights. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521388160
ISBN
9780521388160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.98

This volume presents twelve original papers on the idea that moral objectivity is to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all can accept. The contributors offer new perspectives, some sympathetic and some critical, on constructivist understandings - Kantian or otherwise - of morality and reason. Editor(s): Lenman, James; Shemmer, Yonatan. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199609833
ISBN
9780199609833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.32

Paperback. This revised and updated second edition tackles some of the most hotly contested contemporary ethical issues, including torture and same-sex marriage. The collection pairs essays by leading philosophers known for their opposing views, who debate troubling human dilemmas ranging from abortion and euthanasia to drugs and global warming. Editor(s): Cohen, Andrew I.; Wellman, Christopher Heath. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118479391
ISBN
9781118479391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.81

Hardcover. Features debates eleven controversial issues in applied ethics. This book addresses topics that include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger. Editor(s): Cohen, Andrew I.; Wellman, Christopher. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405115476
ISBN
9781405115476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.12

Paperback. Contemporary Debates in Bioethics features a timely collection of highly readable, debate-style arguments contributed by many of today s top bioethics scholars, focusing on core bioethical concerns of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Caplan, Arthur L.; Arp, Robert. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 536 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444337143
ISBN
9781444337143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.62

Hardback. Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today. Editor(s): Dreier, James. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101783
ISBN
9781405101783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.71

Paperback. Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today. Editor(s): Dreier, James. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101790
ISBN
9781405101790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Parkis, Albert G. Num Pages: 157 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594545368
ISBN
9781594545368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.09
€ 63.81

Paperback. Presupposing little or no familiarity with ethics, this book provides students with a sympathetic but critical guide to utilitarianism, explaining its different forms and exploring the debates it has spawned. It also leads students through a number of issues in contemporary ethics. Series: Contemporary Philosophy S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202943
ISBN
9780631202943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.51

Paperback. This new edition of Alexander Miller s highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G.E. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646596
ISBN
9780745646596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.10

Hardback. This new edition of Alexander Miller s highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G.E. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646589
ISBN
9780745646589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Paperback. Contemporary Moral and Social Issues makes innovative use of fiction as a vehicle for engaging students to think philosophically about ethical issues. The first three chapters provide a general dialogue on value theory, moral theory, and moral issues in politics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118625408
ISBN
9781118625408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.00

Hardcover. Contemporary Moral and Social Issues makes innovative use of fiction as a vehicle for engaging students to think philosophically about ethical issues. The first three chapters provide a general dialogue on value theory, moral theory, and moral issues in politics. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118625217
ISBN
9781118625217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199922260
ISBN
9780199922260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 168.12

Hardback. Editor(s): Keenan, James F., S. J.; Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405855
ISBN
9780878405855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.45

Hardback. Series: Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 505.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474299206
ISBN
9781474299206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.81
€ 135.76

Hardcover. Contractarianism and contractualism are instances of an approach to normative ethical theory that stresses reciprocity and mutual consent. This book collects both classical sources and discussions of these approaches to philosophical ethics. It includes work by Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant, and is intended for those interested in normative ethics. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231097
ISBN
9780631231097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.50

Paperback. Contractualism/Contractarianism collects, for the first time, both major classical sources and central contemporary discussions of these important approaches to philosophical ethics. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative ethics. Editor(s): Darwall, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231103
ISBN
9780631231103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

hardcover. Justin Snedegar develops and defends contrastivism about reasons. This is the view that normative reasons are fundamentally reasons for or against actions or attitudes only relative to sets of alternatives. Simply put, reasons are always reasons to do one thing rather than another, instead of simply being reasons to do something, full stop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press(UK) United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785934
ISBN
9780198785934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.17

Paperback. This work considers the complex, far reaching issues surrounding the Human Genome Project - an international scientific enterprise aimed at attaining a complete sequence and locator map of the human genetic structure by the year 2005 - offering the elimination of genetic abnormalities and diseases. Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R. Series: Studies in Science & the Humanities from the Reilly Centre for Science, Technology & Values. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; PDA; PSX; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008208
ISBN
9780268008208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.08

Paperback. Controlling Technology Ethics and the Responsible Engineer Second Edition This valuable guide provides an in--depth treatment of what constitutes ethical behavior on the part of engineers. It carefully examines the various conflicts faced by engineers and offers practical, proven advice on what to do in such situations. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HPQ; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471591818
ISBN
9780471591818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 155.01

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFCX; JMAF; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 246 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241964088
ISBN
9780241964088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

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