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Enforcement of Morals by Patrick Devlin 9780865978058
RRP: £8.95£7.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978058Author Patrick DevlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 139Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 294g -
Philosophy of Care by Boris Groys
RRP: £9.99£8.17Our current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the new and not to care about the things as they are. This ideology legitimises the domination of the "creative class" over the rest of the population that is... -
What's Wrong with Rights? by Nigel Biggar 9780198861973
RRP: £38.49£33.39Are 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... -
Moral Knowledge by Sarah McGrath
RRP: £76.00£69.10Compared to other kinds of knowledge, how fragile is our knowledge of morality? Does knowledge of the difference between right and wrong fundamentally differ from knowledge of other kinds, in that it cannot be forgotten? What makes reliable evidence in... -
Creating Future People: The Science and Ethics of Genetic Enhancement Jonathan Anomaly 9781032636573
RRP: £23.99£20.99Creating Future People offers readers a fast-paced primer on how advances in genetics will enable parents to influence the traits of their children, including their children's intelligence, moral capacities, physical appearance, and immune system. It... -
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory by David Copp 9780195325911
RRP: £46.99£43.23The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is... -
Bias: A Philosophical Study by Thomas Kelly 9780192842954
RRP: £34.49£29.67Bias seems to be everywhere. Biased media outlets decisively influence the political opinions and votes of millions of people. Discriminatory policies favor some racial groups over others. We tend to judge ourselves more favorably than our peers, and... -
Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief in God by Alvin Plantinga
RRP: £20.99£18.37Arguments about the "evidences of Christianity" have consumed the talents of believers and agnostics. These arguments have tried to give-or to deny-Christian belief a "foundation." Belief is rational, the argument goes, only if it is logically derived... -
The Limits of Morality by Shelly Kagan 9780198239161
RRP: £48.99£41.68Most of us believe that there are limits to the sacrifices that morality can demand of us. We also think that certain types of acts are simply forbidden, even when necessary for promoting the overall good. Here Kagan argues that attempts to defend these... -
Human Enhancement and Well-Being: A Case for Optimism Emma C. Gordon 9780367702205
RRP: £125.00£107.86New technologies and medicines make it increasingly possible to enhance human functioning in new ways: to become smarter, more emotionally attuned, and perhaps even morally better. But just because we can use the latest science to improve ourselves,... -
Why Worry About Future Generations? by Samuel Scheffler 9780198854869
£19.64The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and... -
The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick 9780915145287
RRP: £18.99£16.07This Hackett edition, first published in 1981, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the seventh (1907) edition as published by Macmillan and Company, Limited.From the forward by John Rawls:In the utilitarian tradition Henry Sidgwick... -
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 9780679724629
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679724629Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)... -
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership by Plutarch 9780691192116
RRP: £14.99£12.15Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous-and massive-Lives, including politicians... -
Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species by Ursula K. Heise
RRP: £24.00£23.03We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through... -
The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche by Ken Gemes
£35.00The diversity of Nietzsche's books, and the sheer range of his philosophical interests, have posed daunting challenges to his interpreters. This Oxford Handbook addresses this multiplicity by devoting each of its 32 essays to a focused topic, picked out... -
How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691177199
RRP: £14.99£12.15A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is... -
Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America by Chris Hedges 9780743255141
RRP: £15.99£11.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743255141Author Chris HedgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster -
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden 9780691242101
RRP: £15.99£12.18A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways... -
Permission to Be Imperfect: How to Strive Less, Stress Less, Sin Less by Kyle Winkler 9780800763695
RRP: £14.99£11.22Stop Striving and Start Living Is your life ruled by checklists or obligations? Do you define a godly life by service to others, accomplishments, or even a constant pursuit to please God? Bad news: these well-intentioned efforts make you weaker, not... -
Evil: A Very Short Introduction by Luke Russell 9780198819271
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes even the cynical and world-weary amongst us are taken... -
On Gaslighting by Kate Abramson 9780691249384
RRP: £20.00£17.15A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting“Gaslighting” is suddenly in everyone’s vocabulary. It’s written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in “Gaslighting” by The Chicks). It’s become shorthand for being... -
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings by Robert M Pirsig
RRP: £20.00£14.74Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought: "Quality""The ultimate goal in the... -
The House We Live in: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism by Seth Zuiho Segall 9781800503465
RRP: £20.95£20.06The values of liberalism, pluralism, and democratic governance are under sustained attack from right-wing Christian fundamentalists, white ethnonationalists, and economic populists. At the same time, liberal democracies are failing at cultivating and... -
From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement by Keith Mann 9780955585005
£29.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955585005Author Keith MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Puppy Pincher PressPublisher Puppy Pincher PressDimensions(mm) 230mm * 156mm * 45mm -
The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780691181028
RRP: £22.00£17.76The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these... -
Making Sense of Prostitution by Joanna Phoenix 9780333945995
RRP: £89.99£89.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Essays and Reviews: 1959-2002 by Bernard Williams 9780691168609
RRP: £22.00£17.76Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the past fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection... -
Free Will and Action Explanation: A Non-Causal, Compatibilist Account by Scott R. Sehon
£77.21Do we have free will and moral responsibility? Is free will compatible with determinism? Scott Sehon argues that we can make progress on these questions by focusing on an underlying issue: the nature of action explanation. When a person acts, or does... -
Ecodharma: Buddhist Teaching for the Precipice David Loy 9781614293828
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293828Author David LoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S. -
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams
RRP: £17.99£16.04With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable...It is a very rich book, containing excellent descriptions of a variety of moral theories, and innumerable and often witty observations on topics encountered on the way.' - Times... -
Women of Ideas: Interviews from Philosophy Bites by Suki Finn
RRP: £11.99£8.43Thirty leading women philosophers draw on and advance the rich heritage of the philosophical tradition to explore topics of pressing interest for today. Women of Ideas is edited by Suki Finn, based upon interviews by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton,... -
Lying, Misleading, and What is Said: An Exploration in Philosophy of Language and in Ethics by Jennifer Mather Saul 9780198744115
£33.23Many people (both philosophers and not) find it very natural to think that deceiving someone in a way that avoids lying--by merely misleading--is morally preferable to simply lying. Others think that this preference is deeply misguided. But all sides... -
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy by Susan Neiman
RRP: £22.00£15.94Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation... -
Communication Ethics, Media, and Popular Culture by Phyllis M. Japp 9780820471198
RRP: £24.10£19.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820471198Author Phyllis M. JappFormat PaperbackPage Count 309Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 450g -
Philosophy of Life: German Lebensphilosophie 1870-1920 by Prof Frederick C. Beiser
RRP: £60.00£54.13Philosophy of Life explores the intellectual movement called Lebensphilosophie, which flourished in Germany from 1870 until 1920. Author Frederick C. Beiser focuses on its most prominent members: Friedrich Nietzsche, Wilhelm Dilthey, and Georg Simmel... -
Chasing the Cherry Blossom: A Cycling Challenge in Search of the Spiritual Heart of Japan by Lowell Sheppard 9780745950310
RRP: £9.99£8.76In spring 2000 Lowell Sheppard began a seven-week, 2000-mile cycling adventure from the southern tip of Japan to its most northerly island. His aim: to discover the heart and soul of Japan by following sakura zensen, the cherry blossom front, as it... -
Taxation: Philosophical Perspectives by Martin O'Neill 9780199609222
RRP: £72.00£64.82This is the first book to give a collective treatment of philosophical issues relating to tax. The tax system is central to the operation of states and to the ways in which states interact with individual citizens. Taxes are used by states to fund the... -
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 Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically by Peter Singer 9780300219869
RRP: £14.99£11.68From the ethicist the New Yorker calls "the most influential living philosopher," a new way of thinking about living ethically"Singer's argument is powerful, provocative and, I think, basically right. The world would be a better place if we were as...