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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
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Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466412
- ISBN
- 9781608466412
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€ 40.99€ 33.99
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521388160
- ISBN
- 9780521388160
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Condition: New
€ 59.98
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 148.32
€ 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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.81
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 149.12
€ 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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 143.71
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101790
- ISBN
- 9781405101790
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545368
- ISBN
- 9781594545368
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Condition: New
€ 91.09€ 63.81
€ 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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.10
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 168.12
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 207.45
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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. .
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- 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
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008208
- ISBN
- 9780268008208
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.08
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 155.01
€ 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
€ 14.99
€ 11.14