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Ethics & moral philosophy
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRHC; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tughra Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597843348
- ISBN
- 9781597843348
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? This title surveys the philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion and refutes them point by point. It presents a case for the pro-life position and a challenge to the philosophical arguments on behalf of the pro-choice position. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217307
- ISBN
- 9780813217307
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Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Paperback. * Carol Gilligan is one of the most well-known and influential feminist scholars in the world today. of her landmark book In A Different Voice sold over 800,000 copies and is one of the most widely read books every written on gender and human development. Editor(s): Roth, Jack A.; Hong, Waun Ki; Komaki, Ritsuko U. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651705
- ISBN
- 9780745651705
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Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Paperback. Animalkind:What We Owe to Animals explores the crucial ethical differences between humans and animals. Occupying the middle ground between extreme egalitarianism and outright dismissal, the book instead advocates a position of respect for animals, treatment not afforded to the current inhabitants of factory farms and animal labs. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199384
- ISBN
- 9781405199384
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Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Paperback. By investigating the minutest details of life among dysfunctional household items through the discourses of philosophy and science, as well as in literary works by Laurence Sterne, Jean Paul, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Heimito von Doderer, Kreienbrock reconsiders the modern bourgeois poetics that render things the way we know and suffer them. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245291
- ISBN
- 9780823245291
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.86
€ 36.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Law Enforcement Ethics is at the forefront of engaging in the conversation about the future of law enforcement ethics, while examining many of the classic, enduring challenges posed by the profession itself. Editor(s): Fitch, Brian D. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSW1; JMH; LAB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 836.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452258171
- ISBN
- 9781452258171
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Condition: New
€ 94.01
€ 94.01
Hardback. The Importance of How We See Ourselves: Self-Identity and Responsible Agency analyzes the nature of the self and the phenomena of self-awareness and self-identity in an attempt to offer insight into the practical role self-conceptions play in moral development and responsible agency. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739126257
- ISBN
- 9780739126257
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Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
Hardback. * Covers all of the major issues in metaethics including moral metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology, and philosophy of language. * Provides an unrivaled offering of primary sources and expert commentary for students of ethical theory. * Includes essays by renowned ethicists such as G.E. Editor(s): Shafer-Landau, Russ; Cuneo, Terence. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 520 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1030.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129510
- ISBN
- 9781405129510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.18
€ 125.18
Hardcover. Born out of democracy and raised in open markets, fairness has become our de facto modern creed. In our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another, hiding them away as dirty secrets of our humanity. In this book, the author drags them triumphantly back into the light. Num Pages: 200 pages, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029863
- ISBN
- 9780226029863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.30
€ 26.99
€ 21.30
Hardback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522824
- ISBN
- 9780742522824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.85
€ 182.85
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763279
- ISBN
- 9780226763279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardback. What if psychoanalysis had chosen Antigone rather than Oedipus? This book traces the relation between ethics and desire in important philosophical texts that focus on femininity and use Antigone as their model. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748926
- ISBN
- 9780804748926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.93
€ 83.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Crane, Jonathan K. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231174169
- ISBN
- 9780231174169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.07€ 86.01
€ 115.07
€ 86.01
Hardback. Translator(s): Jacques, Richard.L., Jr. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164009
- ISBN
- 9780231164009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 41.21
€ 51.78
€ 41.21
hardcover. Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the "nocturnal event" that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the "end of metaphysics." Translator(s): Wyche, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273195
- ISBN
- 9780823273195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Hardcover. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690599
- ISBN
- 9780745690599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Hardcover. Vittorio Hosle attempts no less than an outline of a political ethics for the twenty-first century. He not only raises the question of the relationship between morals and politics but proposes a relatively complex answer to it. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1574.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030650
- ISBN
- 9780268030650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.58
€ 69.58
Paperback. "The Subject of Violence" is a critical investigation of violence and the subjectifying capacities. It both relies on and explores the work of Hannah Arendt. At its background are feminist concerns, but also concerns with violence that press against the feminist problematic and push its boundaries. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697717
- ISBN
- 9780847697717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Paperback. An investigation of deceit and concealment that proposes a new theory of fiction, both as a new genre of literature and as a strategy in the social world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328216
- ISBN
- 9780822328216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Examines the tensions between the ethical and aesthetic imperatives in literary, artistic, and philosophical works about the Holocaust Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 19 illus., 3 in color. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991696
- ISBN
- 9780295991696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.42
€ 43.42
Hardback. This work offers a new interpretation of what Levinas means when he says that we are infinitely responsible to the other person. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759427
- ISBN
- 9780804759427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.00
€ 123.00
Paperback. * Discusses three major theories of good: perfectionist formal or functional good, hedonic good, and good as desire satisfaction. * Draws comparisons between Platoa s and Aristotlea s theories of good and justice and the theories of the moderns. * Devotes considerable attention to hedonic theories of the good. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228868
- ISBN
- 9780631228868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.66
€ 52.99
€ 52.66
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
€ 83.39
€ 83.39