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Second Generation Biometrics: the Ethical, Legal and Social Context
. Ed(S): Mordini, Emilio; Tzovaras, Dimitros
Paperback. While debate rages over the impact of biometrics on personal privacy, the technology continues to develop rapidly. The boundary-blurring complexities of new biometrics urgently require the searching ethical, legal and political scrutiny this volume provides. Editor(s): Mordini, Emilio; Tzovaras, Dimitros. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; UBJ; UBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400797239
- ISBN
- 9789400797239
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€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Second Generation Biometrics: The Ethical, Legal and Social Context
. Ed(S): Mordini, Emilio; Tzovaras, Dimitros
hardcover. While debate rages over the impact of biometrics on personal privacy, the technology continues to develop rapidly. The boundary-blurring complexities of new biometrics urgently require the searching ethical, legal and political scrutiny this volume provides. Editor(s): Mordini, Emilio; Tzovaras, Dimitros. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSA; UBJ; UBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400738911
- ISBN
- 9789400738911
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Condition: New
€ 124.02
€ 124.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Morscher, E.; Neumaier, Otto; Simons, Peter M. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401061827
- ISBN
- 9789401061827
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€ 122.99
€ 122.99
Hardback. Including 18 contributions, this volume deals with central questions of environmental ethics, bioethics and medical ethics, professional and business ethics, social, political, and legal ethics as well as with the aims and foundations of applied ethics in general. Editor(s): Morscher, Edgar; Neumaier, O. (Dept. of Philosophy, Universitat Salzburg, Austria); Simons, Peter. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349655
- ISBN
- 9780792349655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.57
€ 124.57
Paperback. This book focuses on the relationship between literary culture, power, society and war. It assesses the critical importance of Michel Foucault's lecture series Society Must Be Defended for contemporary debates about war and terror in literary and cultural studies, as well as social and political thought. Editor(s): Morton, S.; Bygrave, Stephen. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349365180
- ISBN
- 9781349365180
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€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardback. Reflects on the implications of discussions in philosophy of identity for moral theory and the view of moral identity. This book focuses on the philosophical and psychological perspectives on the concepts of self, personal and moral identity and their interrelation. It is of interest for philosophers and psychologists. Editor(s): Musschenga, Albert W.; Haaften, A. W. van; Spiecker, Ben; Slors, Marc. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402007644
- ISBN
- 9781402007644
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€ 192.46
€ 192.46
hardcover. This book addresses the question of what it means to be moral and the capacities one needs to be moral. It examines the role of internal factors such as willpower, commitment and character as well as the role of external, situational and structural factors. Editor(s): Musschenga, Bert; Harskamp, Anton Van. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 683.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400763425
- ISBN
- 9789400763425
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€ 124.14
€ 124.14
Challenges to American National Security in the 1990s
. Ed(S): Nacht, M.; Nichols, A.; Quester, Geo...
Paperback. Editor(s): Nacht, M.; Nichols, A.; Quester, George H.; Weltman, John J. Series: Issues in International Security. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; KJ; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468490008
- ISBN
- 9781468490008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. No theory is more passionately defined, or decried, than is liberalism in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. But what is this theory, on which so much ink is spilled? This collection of original essays offers answers to that question, by exploring the theoretical commitments of liberals and some of the practical implications of their view. Editor(s): Narveson, Jan; Dimock, Susan. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 34
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366409
- ISBN
- 9780792366409
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Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Narveson, Jan; Dimock, Susan. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HPS; JPA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover of orig. ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048155910
- ISBN
- 9789048155910
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Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal Perspect...
. Ed(S): Nelson, Monty; Trussler, Marguerite
paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Monty; Trussler, Marguerite. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 318 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNTM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319372518
- ISBN
- 9783319372518
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Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Nemeth, Elisabeth; Roudet, Nicolas. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBA; HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783211215388
- ISBN
- 9783211215388
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.44
€ 31.99
€ 27.44
Hardback. Human agency has rules: rules that are constitutive for communication, morality, persons, and society, and juridical rules. These papers ask what roles are played by social rules and the structural traits of human agency in rational decision making and practical rationality? Editor(s): Nida-Rumelin, Julian; Spohn, Wolfgang. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363262
- ISBN
- 9780792363262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Paperback. Globalization brings people and cultures together but also produces exclusion, racism, xenophobia and asymmetries. Taking these issues as its starting point, this book comprehensively reflects on them from a worldview perspective, as one of many approaches. Editor(s): Note, Nicole; Fornet-Betancourt, Raul; Estermann, Josef; Aerts, Diederik. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048171361
- ISBN
- 9789048171361
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Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
hardcover. Designed to fill a gap in the literature on professional ethics for psychologists, this book covers topics typically neglected in existing books, being more radical and controversial than much of the literature in this area Editor(s): O'Donohue, William T., PhD.; Ferguson, Kyle E. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1059.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761911883
- ISBN
- 9780761911883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.31
€ 216.31
Disaster Bioethics: Normative Issues When Nothing is Normal
. Ed(S): O'mathuna, Donal P.; Gordijn, Bert
paperback. This book explores a range of ethical questions in disaster response, including, among others: How do medical responders decide whom to care for? How do international agencies decide what to send? What are the ethical responsibilities of the media? Editor(s): O'Mathuna, Donal P.; Gordijn, Bert. Series: Public Health Ethics Analysis. Num Pages: 227 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401778459
- ISBN
- 9789401778459
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Condition: New
€ 174.48
€ 174.48
Hardback. Editor(s): Oderberg, David S.; Chappell, T. D. J. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403918109
- ISBN
- 9781403918109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. The recent revival of natural law theory in modern moral philosophy has been an exciting and important development. This book brings together an international group of moral philosophers who make original contributions to the project of developing natural law ethics as a comprehensive treatment of modern ethical theory and practice. Editor(s): Oderberg, David S.; Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573758
- ISBN
- 9780230573758
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. Aiming to redress the imbalance in moral philosophy created by the dominance of consequentialism, this text critically examines the assumptions and arguments of consequentialism. Essays discuss concepts such as rights, justice, innocence, natural integrity and the fundamental value of human life. Editor(s): Oderberg, David S.; Laing, Jacqueline A. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629802
- ISBN
- 9780333629802
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Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
The Ethics of Animal Re-Creation and Modification. Reviving, Rewilding...
. Ed(S): Oksanen, Markku; Siipi, Helena
Paperback. Would it be cool to see woolly mammoth alive one day? Disappeared species have always fascinated the human mind. A new discussion of using genomic technologies to reverse extinction and to help in conservation has been sparked. This volume studies the question philosophically. Editor(s): Oksanen, Markku; Siipi, Helena. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349463831
- ISBN
- 9781349463831
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Condition: New
€ 63.03
€ 63.03
Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Socie...
. Ed(S): Parker, L. S.; Ankeny, Rachel A.
Paperback. Editor(s): Parker, L. S.; Ankeny, Rachel A. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MFN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401039598
- ISBN
- 9789401039598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.20
€ 239.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Parusnikova, Zuzana; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPL; HPQ; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400789586
- ISBN
- 9789400789586
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Condition: New
€ 240.15
€ 240.15
Comparative Study of Professional Accountants Judgements
. Ed(S): Patel, Christopher; Epstein, Marc J.
Hardback. Provides an empirical examination of cultural influences on judgments of professional accountants from Australia, India and Malaysia in relation to a number of ethical issues in accounting including auditor-client conflict resolution, whistle blowing as an internal control mechanism and social desirability response bias. Editor(s): Patel, Christopher; Epstein, Marc J. Series: Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310623
- ISBN
- 9780762310623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.18
€ 180.18
Hardback. The editors explore Kierkegaard's continuing relevance to political and social issues. These essays bring out the complex nature of his engagements with questions of selfhood and society. What he has to say about love, church, politics and justice is shown to test the limits of what we take for granted in the modern and post-modern world. Editor(s): Pattison, Professor George; Shakespeare, Dr. Steven. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682432
- ISBN
- 9780333682432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.21
€ 186.21