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Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous by W. Jay Wood 9780877845225
RRP: $36.02$23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877845225Author W. Jay WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World by Samuel Moyn 9780674241398
RRP: $30.79$24.49"No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights."-Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal"Moyn breaks new ground in examining the relationship between human rights and economic fairness."-George SorosThe age of human... -
The Virtue of Harmony by Chenyang Li
RRP: $45.44$41.54Harmony, the bringing together of dissimilar elements in a manner that coordinates these as parts of an organic whole, is central to different aspects of human existence. In many cultures, harmony is considered an important virtue. As a personal, social,... -
Choosing Freedom: A Kantian Guide to Life by Karen Stohr
RRP: $29.14$21.06An exploration of everything Kant's philosophy can teach us about being the best people we can be, from using our human reasoning to its fullest potential to being affably drunk at dinner parties. Immanuel Kant is well known as one of the towering... -
Why Free Will Is Real by Christian List
RRP: $41.08$32.14A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philosophers believe.Philosophers have argued about the nature and the very existence of free will for centuries... -
In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling by Emmanuel Yartekwei Lartey
RRP: $32.57$30.77The meaning of pastoral care in modern multicultural societies is challenged and re-examined from a pluralistic, global perspective in this book. Emmanuel Lartey stresses the importance of recognizing different cultural influences on individuals in order... -
A Commentary on Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason" by Lewis White Beck
RRP: $48.03$46.98When this work was first published in 1960, it immediately filled a void in Kantian scholarship. It was the first study entirely devoted to Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and by far the most substantial commentary on it ever written. This landmark... -
Why Vegan? by Peter Singer
RRP: $10.27$7.65'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer asks unflinching questions about how we should live our lives. The ideas collected in these writings, arguing that human... -
Dao De Jing by Laozi
RRP: $34.31$27.70From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated version of the classic work of Daoist philosophyC. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in... -
Killing in War by Jeff McMahan 9780199603572
RRP: $34.29$28.58Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be permissible to kill people on a large scale in war. Does morality become more permissive in a state of war? Jeff McMahan argues that... -
Protagoras and Meno by Plato
RRP: $18.85$13.33Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of... -
Suicide: The Philosophical Dimensions by Michael Cholbi 9781551119052
RRP: $58.23$48.01Suicide was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2012!Suicide: The Philosophical Dimensions is a provocative and comprehensive investigation of the main philosophical issues surrounding suicide. Readers will encounter seminal arguments... -
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality by David Edmonds
RRP: $48.03$37.36From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilismDerek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of... -
The Incorporeal: Ontology, Ethics, and the Limits of Materialism by Elizabeth Grosz
RRP: $34.31$26.66Philosophy has inherited a powerful impulse to embrace either dualism or a reductive monism-either a radical separation of mind and body or the reduction of mind to body. But from its origins in the writings of the Stoics, the first thoroughgoing... -
Phaedo by Plato
RRP: $11.99$9.02The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's greatest masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the Phaedo ranks among the supreme literary... -
Modlib-Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
$29.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601753Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)... -
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism by Diogenes
RRP: $25.71$19.93An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society's material excess,... -
That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic by Musonius Rufus
RRP: $18.85$14.12Perennial wisdom from one of history's most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers"He knew that all a philosopher could do was respond well-bravely, boldly, patiently-to what life threw at us. That's what we should be doing now."-Ryan Holiday, Reading... -
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker
RRP: $13.71$9.93'It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker 'The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so... -
How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691220321
RRP: $25.71$20.67An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair,... -
How To Be Accountable by Joe Biel
RRP: $25.71$16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621062363Author Joe BielFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing -
The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective by Andy Andrews 9780785232322
RRP: $25.71$18.78A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Traveler's Gift comes a story of common wisdom based on the remarkable true story of "Jones," a mysterious old man who has a knack for showing up in people's lives at just the right time, providing... -
Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide for the 21st Century by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $22.28$14.75Leading philosopher's guide to the ideas that will shape the 21st century'Ideas are the cogs that drive history, and understanding them is half way to being aboard that powerful juggernaut rather than under its wheels'. This is a book that celebrates... -
The Morality of Law by Lon L. Fuller
RRP: $38.59$32.50"Among the important books in the history of American legal philosophy. It includes insights into the relations between morality and law, and advances a theory of law of great practical relevance. . . . [This] is the best discussion of the demands of... -
Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future: Hope for Animals, Food Security, and the Environment by Ira van Eelen 9781590566978
RRP: $32.57$24.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566978Author Ira van EelenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US -
The Other Side of Virtue: Where Our Virtues Came from, What They Really Mean and Where They Might be Taking Us by Brendan Myers 9781846941153
RRP: $20.57$17.41The Celts, the old Norse and Germanic people, the Greeks of the time of Homer and Hesiod, and other ancient heroic societies are popularly believed to be tribal warrior cultures, where the light of civilisation had not yet dawned. In fact, this is far... -
The Disappearance of Ethics: The Gifford Lectures by Oliver O'Donovan
RRP: $53.16$33.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802883490Author Oliver O'DonovanFormat HardbackPage Count 167Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
What Climate Justice Means And Why We Should Care by Elizabeth Cripps
RRP: $22.28$16.33We owe it to our fellow humans - and other species - to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change. Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all... -
The Moral Philosophers: An Introduction to Ethics by Richard Norman
RRP: $72.03$65.83The Moral Philosophers adopts a historical approach to moral philosophy, taking in chronological sequence some of the major ethical philosophers of the past. Richard Norman introduces the thought of each figure as a coherent and comprehensive ethical... -
Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780674072350
RRP: $30.79$24.49If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators,... -
Singer and His Critics by Dale Jamieson
RRP: $65.10$57.22This is the first book devoted to the work of Peter Singer, one of the leaders of the practical ethics movement, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.About the AuthorDale Jamieson is Henry L. Luce Professor in Human... -
Natural Law and Natural Rights by John Finnis
RRP: $72.88$57.74First published in 1980, Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely heralded as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an authoritative restatement of natural law doctrine. It has offered generations of students and other readers a thorough... -
Tetralogue: I'm Right, You're Wrong by Timothy Williamson
RRP: $15.42$11.06Four people with radically different outlooks on the world meet on a train and start talking about what they believe. Their conversation varies from cool logical reasoning to heated personal confrontation. Each starts off convinced that he or she is... -
The Ant Trap: Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences by Brian Epstein 9780190871758
RRP: $48.87$38.37We live in a world of crowds and corporations, artworks and artifacts, legislatures and languages, money and markets. These are all social objects - they are made, at least in part, by people and by communities. But what exactly are these things? How are... -
What's Wrong with Rights? by Nigel Biggar 9780198861973
RRP: $62.59$54.43Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights... -
Ethics For Dummies by Christopher Panza 9780470591710
RRP: $32.57$22.56An easy-to-grasp guide to addressing the principles of ethics and applying them to daily life How do you define "good" versus "evil?" Do you know the difference between moral "truth" and moral relativity? Whether or not you know Aristotle from Hume,... -
The Good-Enough Life by Avram Alpert
RRP: $37.74$29.83How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious societyWe live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book... -
War And The Iliad by Simone Weil
RRP: $25.71$16.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590171455Author Simone WeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm)... -
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: $25.73$15.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036326Author SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 182mm * 112mm * 9mm -
The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
RRP: $17.14$11.49'I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain . . .'So begins Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, The Brooklyn Follies. Set against the...