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The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World by Peter Singer 9781645472179
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472179Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Being Happy by Epicurus
RRP: £7.99£5.79'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly'The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - not sensual hedonism, but the absence of pain or fear - is the highest goal of life. His... -
Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change by Don Beck 9781405133562
RRP: £28.00£24.69Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutting-edge leadership, management systems, processes,... -
Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics by Christopher Rowe 9780198838326
£40.10Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics was until recently treated as a poor cousin of the better-known Nicomachean Ethics - poor enough even to have to borrow its three central books (IV-VI) from the latter. The work has now emerged from its relative obscurity;... -
On Sacrifice by Moshe Halbertal
RRP: £16.99£13.34The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining... -
Animals, Ethics and Us: A Veterinary's View of Human-Animal Interactions by Madeleine Campbell 9781789180497
RRP: £24.95£21.75Everyone has a view about animal ethics. Each of us, for example, has an opinion about whether we should eat meat; whether animals should be used for scientific research, or whether the use of animals in sport is acceptable. But very few of us stop to... -
The Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
RRP: £7.99£6.52This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic... -
You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity by Hans-Georg Moeller
RRP: £25.00£19.18More and more, we present ourselves and encounter others through profiles. A profile shows us not as we are seen directly but how we are perceived by a broader public. As we observe how others observe us, we calibrate our self-presentation accordingly... -
What's the Use of Philosophy? by Philip Kitcher 9780197657249
RRP: £14.99£13.09What's the use of philosophy? Philip Kitcher here grapples with an essential philosophical question: what the point of philosophy is, and what it should and can be. Kitcher's portrait of the discipline is not a familiar defense of the importance of... -
Famine, Affluence, and Morality by Peter Singer
RRP: £8.49£6.27In 1972, Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as... -
Spinoza's Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics by Clare Carlisle 9780691224190
RRP: £18.99£14.79A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern ageSpinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In... -
Parmenides' Vision: A Study of Parmenides' Poem by Stuart B. Martin
RRP: £75.00£68.30This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called "the Truth,"... -
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9780226026756
RRP: £15.00£14.87The "Nicomachean Ethics" is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics - that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires... -
Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Gaukroger
RRP: £8.99£6.45- Is objectivity possible? - Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? - What would a truly objective account of the world be like? - Is everything subjective, or relative? - Are moral judgments objective or culturally relative? ... -
Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, Crito by Plato
RRP: £7.99£5.79These new translations present Plato's remarkable dramatization of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. The Euthyphro, Defence of Socrates, and Crito form a dramatic and... -
The Philosophy of Hope: Beatitude in Spinoza by Alexander Douglas 9781138594197
RRP: £36.99£32.53Can philosophy be a source of hope? Today it is common to believe that the answer is no - that providing hope, if it is possible at all, belongs either to the predictive sciences or to religion.In this exciting and stimulating book, however, Alexander... -
Moral Progress by Philip Kitcher
RRP: £22.99£19.56This inaugural volume in the Munich Lectures in Ethics series presents lectures by noted philosopher Philip Kitcher. In these lectures, Kitcher develops further the pragmatist approach to moral philosophy, begun in his book The Ethical Project. He uses... -
Essays on Ethics and Culture by Sabina Lovibond 9780192856166
RRP: £78.00£70.88These essays discuss various ontological and epistemological questions in moral philosophy, drawing on ideas from Platonic-Aristotelian ethics, the later Wittgenstein, and Iris Murdoch, though without seeking to weave these into any unified system. The... -
Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant 9780872206175
RRP: £23.99£19.11With this volume, Werner Pluhar completes his work on Kant's three Critiques, an accomplishment unique among English language translators of Kant. At once accurate, fluent, and accessible, Pluhar's rendition of the Critique of Practical Reason meets the... -
Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Ray Hilborn 9780199798148
RRP: £10.99£7.97Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the sustainability of world fish production, and the impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems. Many have voiced their concerns about marine... -
Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us: (about life, philosophy and everything) by Jordan Erica Webber 9781472137913
RRP: £14.99£10.76WOULD YOU KILL ONE PERSON TO SAVE FIVE OTHERS?If you could upload all of your memories into a machine, would that machine be you? Is it possible we're all already artificial intelligences, living inside a simulation?These sound like questions from a... -
Reimagining Britain: Foundations for Hope by Justin Welby
RRP: £12.99£9.54Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby sets out a radical vision for 21st century Britain in this updated paperback edition. It is now three years since Justin Welby first published his Reimagining Britain. The fundamental message of that book remains... -
The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking by Stephen Law
RRP: £12.99£7.51Where did the universe come from? Is time travel possible? Are genetically designed babies morally acceptable? If you have ever asked yourself such questions, then you have already begun to think philosophically. This book is for those who want to take... -
What Are Biblical Values?: What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues by John Collins
RRP: £15.99£15.76What does the Bible actually say about many of today's most contentious moral issues?"For drawing attention to the relevant scriptures and for guidance in recognizing what are and aren't valid interpretations of them, Collins' pertinent brief is beyond... -
An Introduction to Moral Philosophy by Jonathan Wolff
£25.94From respected philosopher and writer Jonathan Wolff, this brief introduction to ethics stimulates independent thought, emphasises real-world examples, and provides clear and engaging introductions to key moral theories and the thinkers behind them. The... -
The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners by Sabrina B. Little 9780197678695
£14.28Can running make me a more moral person? Can striving to be a better person make me a better runner? In The Examined Run, philosopher and ultramarathon runner Sabrina B. Little asks whether running can be a laboratory for developing our character... -
The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780192897718
RRP: £13.99£9.75'A manifesto for hope' Literary Review From one of the world's most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend a divided country. For decades, Martha C. Nussbaum... -
Principles of Moral & Christian Philosophy, in 2 Volumes by George Turnbull 9780865974548
RRP: £33.95£28.99This two-volume treatise is important for its wide range of insights about the nature of the human mind, the foundations of morals, and the relationship between morality and religion.About the AuthorGeorge Turnbull (1698-1748) furthered the Enlightenment... -
Gorgias by Plato 9780872200166
RRP: £10.99£8.76This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination when it comes to such a master of prose and philosophical argument as Plato. Because of this the book is... -
Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet by Christopher J. Orr 9780367346775
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines the concept of liberty in relation to civilization's ability to live within ecological limits.Freedom, in all its renditions - choice, thought, action - has become inextricably linked to our understanding of what it means to be modern... -
Making: The Proper Habit of Being by Marion Montgomery 9781890318390
£32.40The concern in this essay is for our age as one suffering an intellectual severance between our response to existential reality in which the beauty of a created particular thing is divorced from the Cause of that thing's existence. The separation speaks... -
Love's Forgiveness: Kierkegaard, Resentment, Humility, and Hope by John Lippitt
RRP: £69.00£62.86Love's Forgiveness combines a discussion of the nature and ethics of forgiveness with a discussion--inspired by Kierkegaard--of the implications of considering interpersonal forgiveness as a 'work of love'. It introduces the reader to some key questions... -
A Community of Character: Towards a Constructive Christian Social Ethic by Stanley Hauerwas
RRP: £29.99£25.99Selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the twentieth century. Leading theological ethicist Stanley Hauerwas shows how discussions of Christology and the authority of scripture involve questions about what... -
The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills
RRP: £21.99£18.79The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and... -
Republic by Plato 9780785839828
£9.48The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available in this highly designed jacketed hardcover with a new introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Published around 380 BCE, Plato's most famous work explores the idea of justness, among other... -
The Life Intense: A Modern Obsession by Tristan Garcia
RRP: £17.99£14.87Our lives today are oppressed by the demand that we live, feel and experience with ever greater intensity. From flavours and smells to sex, drugs and extreme sports, we are in constant pursuit of some new, unheard-of intensity. Tristan Garcia argues that... -
Human, All Too Human II / Unpublished Fragments from the Period of <I>Human, All Too Human II</I> (Spring 1878-Fall 1879): Volume 4 by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £21.99£18.79Volume 4 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche contains two works, Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879) and The Wanderer and His Shadow (1880), originally published separately, then republished together in the 1886 edition of Nietzsche's works. They... -
The State by Philip Pettit
RRP: £35.00£27.21A major new account of the state and its importance by a leading political philosopherThe future of our species depends on the state. Can states resist corporate capture, religious zealotry, and nationalist mania? Can they find a way to work together so... -
What Is Philosophy for? by Mary Midgley
RRP: £21.99£19.28Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives? "Engaging and accessible,... -
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought by Dennis C. Rasmussen 9780691177014
RRP: £25.00£19.58The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships--and how it influenced modern thought David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for...