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Ethics & moral philosophy
Hardback. Engages a neglected dimension of Charles S Peirce's philosophy, human embodiment, to highlight the compatibility between Peirce's ideas and contemporary work in social criticism focusing on feminism and race theory. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232956
- ISBN
- 9780823232956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.37
€ 85.37
Paperback. The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts. This title offers proposals for improving established theories of punishment and compelling arguments against long-held positions. Editor(s): Simmons, A. John; Cohen, Marshall; Cohen, Joshua; Beitz, Charles R. Series: Philosophy & Public Affairs Readers. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029559
- ISBN
- 9780691029559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 42.92
€ 55.24
€ 42.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010737
- ISBN
- 9780268010737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
paperback. This collection of texts casts a light on both the historical sources and the contemporary issues of ethics. The essays address the problems, pretensions, and positive potentialities of modern ethical practices. Editor(s): Thompson, Norma. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697458
- ISBN
- 9780847697458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.12
€ 63.12
Gestures of Ethical Life: Reading Hölderlin´s Question of Measure Af...
David Michael Kleinberg-Levin
Paperback. In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Holderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 536 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804750882
- ISBN
- 9780804750882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 29.43
€ 38.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Much more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity's search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insightful commentary by internationally respected philosophers. Editor(s): Seachris, Joshua W.; Metz, Thaddeus; Cottingham, John; Thomson, Garrett; Wielenberg, Erik J.; Fischer, John Martin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658796
- ISBN
- 9780470658796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
hardcover. Alasdair MacIntyre explores the philosophical, political, and moral issues encountered in understanding what the virtues require in contemporary social contexts. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107176454
- ISBN
- 9781107176454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.99€ 36.04
€ 59.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. This edition of Dawn, the second installment in Nietzsche's free spirit trilogy, is a translation of the celebrated Colli--Montinari edition, which is acclaimed as one of the most important works of scholarship in the humanities in the last half century. Translator(s): Smith, Brittain. Series: The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804780056
- ISBN
- 9780804780056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45
Hardback. * Provides a mainstream (non--Marxist) criticism of fundamental foundations of capitalism. * Shows how firms managed by Kantian ethical principles can make money. * Presents the systematic application of the ethical principles of major ethical theorists to business. . Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211730
- ISBN
- 9780631211730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.65
€ 133.65
Paperback. Introduces a different way of approaching ethics. This title points out that it is possible to show phenomenological ethics in practice. Editor(s): Heimbrock, Hans-Gunter; Schultz, Kaia D.; Wyller, Trygve. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525570074
- ISBN
- 9783525570074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73€ 52.20
€ 66.73
€ 52.20
hardcover. This first volume of biophysicist and philosopher Henri Atlan's masterpiece takes up the question of the techniques and sciences linked to the fabrication of living beings while following unexpected paths of religion and philosophy through the Talmud, Spinoza, the Kabbalah, Leibnitz, and more. Translator(s): Schramm, Lenn J. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773577
- ISBN
- 9780804773577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.58
€ 143.58
Paperback. Showing how attempts to vindicate morality have tended to change the subject - falling back on nonmoral values or practical, first-person considerations - this title elaborates the interpersonal nature of moral obligations: their inherent link to our responsibilities to one another as members of the moral community. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034624
- ISBN
- 9780674034624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.63
€ 35.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264610
- ISBN
- 9781853264610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402068
- ISBN
- 9781845402068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.80
€ 24.80
paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198238805
- ISBN
- 9780198238805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.79
€ 80.79
Hardback. Presents a collection of papers in ancient moral philosophy. This book interprets Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. It ranges from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131238
- ISBN
- 9780691131238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35€ 54.76
€ 71.35
€ 54.76
Paperback. Rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. This work demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. It promotes a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the world. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- 9780140449235
- ISBN
- 9780140449235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585107315
- ISBN
- 9781585107315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 43.75
€ 56.38
€ 43.75
Paperback. Considers some of the difficult and disputed questions in Catholic moral theology. This work addresses classic dilemmas including the morality of the procedure known as craniotomy, and of various treatments for tubal pregnancy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217185
- ISBN
- 9780813217185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.66
€ 31.66
Hardback. In this clear and accessible book, Gernot Bohme places philosophical ethics in the context of our individual and social lives. Arguing against the conception of ethics as a body of knowledge, Bohme defines morality as a matter of a serious questionsa . Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626383
- ISBN
- 9780745626383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. Considers a range of films and texts of film criticism alongside disparate philosophical discourses of ethics by Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, and Lacanian psychoanalysts and postmodern theorists. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415409278
- ISBN
- 9780415409278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.73
€ 47.99
€ 47.73
Paperback. 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: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: APT; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194754
- ISBN
- 9781405194754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.88
€ 39.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484421
- ISBN
- 9780801484421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.24
€ 46.99
€ 41.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Mills, Jonathan W. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Miegunyah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853216
- ISBN
- 9780522853216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.77
€ 20.77