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Paperback. Examining overlapping aspects of genomics, obesity and (non-) medical ethics, and discussing the implications of genomics for obesity from an ethical perspective makes this volume unique. It offers constructive suggestions on how to tackle the issues arising. Editor(s): Korthals, Michiel. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 255 pages, 12 black & white tables, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBN; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400739932
- ISBN
- 9789400739932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.41
€ 122.41
hardcover. A Darkling Plain fills a scholarly void by asking how people maintain or reclaim their humanity during war. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107034990
- ISBN
- 9781107034990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.99
€ 70.99
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Steinfath, Holmer; Wiesemann, Claudia. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658110734
- ISBN
- 9783658110734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.83
€ 74.83
Hardcover. This book discusses how civilized oppression (the oppression that involves neither violence nor the law) can be overcome by re-examining our participation in it. Moral community, solidarity and education are offered as vibrant strategies to overcome the hurt and marginalization that stem from civilized oppression. Editor(s): Calcagno, Antonio. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506993
- ISBN
- 9781137506993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. An image of Jesus appears on the side of a Tim Horton's restaurant. Cast of 3 women and 4 men. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; HPQ; HRCG; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889224698
- ISBN
- 9780889224698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Clarke, Angus; Ticehurst, Flo. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403936219
- ISBN
- 9781403936219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Hardback. This work examines ethical problems raised by a number of key 20th century theoretical and fictional texts by authors such as Levinas, Sartre, Beauvoir, Yourcenar, Duras and Genet. It argues that even ethical texts frequently depict conflict as an insurmountable aspect of human relations. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733714
- ISBN
- 9780333733714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Paperback. This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his Rescuing Justice and Equality. A critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Editor(s): Feltham, Brian. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191753
- ISBN
- 9781405191753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.37
€ 27.37
Paperback. This text probes many questions related to various aspects of responsibility for others. It uses real-life situations as a starting point to challenge the current trend science in which concepts are kidnapped from their native contexts and recycled elsewhere. Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400791435
- ISBN
- 9789400791435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. The revised edition of this book uses case studies on genetically modified food, animals in research, nanotechnology and climate change to probe the relationship of ethics to religion and show the relevance of ethical reasoning to land, food and technology. Editor(s): Comstock, Gary L. Num Pages: 511 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSA; RN; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 511
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793200
- ISBN
- 9789400793200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.27
€ 103.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311111
- ISBN
- 9780226311111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.74
€ 38.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Brill Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789004142336
- ISBN
- 9789004142336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Clarke, Angus; Ticehurst, Flo. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 661.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403936202
- ISBN
- 9781403936202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635224
- ISBN
- 9780691635224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.91
€ 166.91
Paperback. Explores the intelligentsia's love affair with social perfection and reveals how that idealistic dream is destroying exactly what has made the inventive Western world irresistible to the people of foreign lands. This book looks at how Western morality has evolved into mere "politico-moral" posturing about admired ethical causes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036361
- ISBN
- 9781594036361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.16
€ 20.16
Paperback. Building on the renewal of Thomistic ethics encouraged by key moral encyclicals including "Humanae Vitae", "Veritatis Splendor", and "Evangelium Vitae", this book examines some of the most difficult questions regarding the ethics of procreation and human life. It offers an argument on the contested question of contraception and related matters. Editor(s): Murphy, William F., Jr. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217222
- ISBN
- 9780813217222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.22
€ 50.22
Paperback. Based on interviews with individuals who abstain from habits as diverse as sex, cigarettes, sugar, and technology, this book identifies four different types of abstainers: quitters; those who have never done something and never will; those who haven't done something yet, but might in the future; and those who are not doing something temporarily. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547572
- ISBN
- 9780226547572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. Series: Melbourne International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400988392
- ISBN
- 9789400988392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.20
€ 121.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Leist, Anton; Singer, Peter. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148412
- ISBN
- 9780231148412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.84
€ 36.99
€ 26.84
Hardback. Ethical debate often lags far behind the development of new technology. This book sets out a practical moral code with wide-ranging applicability, designed to include moral principles and a hierarchical value theory based partly on the work of Kant and Mill. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LND; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048130207
- ISBN
- 9789048130207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.01
€ 128.01
Paperback. This book outlines a framework for exploring research ethics at different levels; the empirical settings of research; theoretical perspectives; and the methodological issues and practical decisions that constitute the activity as research. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489985545
- ISBN
- 9781489985545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.72
€ 122.72
hardcover. It should come as no surprise that some of the most abstract philosophical ideas are often easier absorbed with examples drawn from popular culture. What's Good on TV? presents an introduction to the basic theories and concepts of moral philosophy using concrete examples from classic and contemporary television shows. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194761
- ISBN
- 9781405194761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.47
€ 98.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319362458
- ISBN
- 9783319362458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289681
- ISBN
- 9781137289681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66