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Paperback. In this superbly argued and deeply engaging book, Andrew Linzey not only shows that animals can and do suffer but also that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM3; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199351848
- ISBN
- 9780199351848
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Condition: New
€ 39.46
€ 39.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Schwartz, Bill N. Series: Research on Accounting Ethics S. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307432
- ISBN
- 9780762307432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.46
€ 132.46
Paperback. The authors of this book wrestle with the dilemma that modern society has developed a heightened sensitivity to the demands of human dignity while creating radically new dangers to humanity in the form of the totalitarian state, modern technology, genetic engineering and radical environmentalism. Editor(s): Kraynak, Robert P.; Tinder, Glenn. Series: Loyola Topics in Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031640
- ISBN
- 9780268031640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880504
- ISBN
- 9781589880504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.23
€ 31.99
€ 21.23
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. A theoretically informed study of five major pro- and anti-apartheid intellectuals, showing the inevitability of complex and compromised positions, and the impossibility of pure ones. Series: Philosophy & postcoloniality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HPQ; JFCX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329985
- ISBN
- 9780822329985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Expounds the ethical and religious views of Wittgenstein. The book stresses Wittgenstein's supreme conviction of the importance of ethical and religious values, his belief that this importance could not be adequately articulated, and the consistency of his ideas in this sphere. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631168157
- ISBN
- 9780631168157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.95
€ 53.99
€ 53.95
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, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199377
- ISBN
- 9781405199377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.47
€ 102.47
Hardcover. Uses a Christian perspective to explore ethical debates about nature. This title covers a range of ethical debates, including current controversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology, consciousness, and cloning. It sets the immediate issues in the context of underlying theological and philosophical assumptions. Series: New Dimensions to Religious Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229377
- ISBN
- 9780631229377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
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
Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739121146
- ISBN
- 9780739121146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.67
€ 124.67
Paperback. Offers an inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called 'necessary offices'. This book begins by examining the career of Charles-Henri Sanson, who is appointed executioner of Paris by Louis XVI and serves the punitive needs of the ancient regime for decades. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057392
- ISBN
- 9780691057392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.98
€ 51.99
€ 36.98
Paperback. In this study, political theorist John Tambornino offers a rethinking of ethical and political theory by emphasizing human embodiment and the primacy of passion and need. He calls for a "corporeal turn" or, as he explains, attention to aspects of human embodiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521575
- ISBN
- 9780742521575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. In this fascinating and important history of public confession in modern America, Bauer explains why and how a type of confession that first arose among 19th-century evangelicals has today become the required form for any successful public admission of wrongdoing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691170824
- ISBN
- 9780691170824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.44
€ 29.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. The Just War offers a critical history of Just War thinking, beginning with ancient epics and extending through American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HPQ; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 176 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250125
- ISBN
- 9781566636018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book is an unorthodox attempt at renewing the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics. It focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves as being provoked and urged to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe. Num Pages: 304 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747691
- ISBN
- 9780804747691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.51
€ 184.51
Hardcover. Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662749
- ISBN
- 9780745662749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. A collection of essays devoted to the concept of hospitality from different disciplinary perspectives such as philosophy, politics, anthropology, aesthetics, ethics, and translation studies. Editor(s): Claviez, Thomas. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251476
- ISBN
- 9780823251476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.14
€ 106.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251094
- ISBN
- 9780823251094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.93
€ 37.99
€ 33.93
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452258171
- ISBN
- 9781452258171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.01
€ 94.01
Hardback. This text develops and extends the application of Margaret Gilbert's plural subject theory of human sociality, first introduced in her earlier works "On Social Facts" and "Living Together". It presents accounts of social rules, scientific change, political obligation, and collective remorse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697625
- ISBN
- 9780847697625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.65
€ 165.65
Paperback. Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in years. This title offers a guide to many significant problems of practical ethics. It offers accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, social, and business ethics. Editor(s): Frey, R. G.; Wellman, Christopher. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 720 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133456
- ISBN
- 9781405133456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.06
€ 51.06
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Reamer discusses the ethical concerns involved in working with individuals and families, the design and implementation of social welfare programs and policies, community work, and relationships with colleagues and employers. Num Pages: 262 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HPQ; JKSN; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069694
- ISBN
- 9780231069694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15