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Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal by Heather Widdows 9780691197142
RRP: $52.50$41.12How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today's worldThe demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to... -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
$41.14In this highly praised new translation of Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy, David R. Slavitt presents a graceful, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of one of the great masterpieces of philosophical literature and those... -
The Prince (Hero Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054821Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press Ltd -
Abelard: Ethical Writings by Peter Abelard
RRP: $33.58$29.99Abelard's major ethical writings--Ethics, or Know Yourself, and Dialogue between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian, are presented here in a student edition including cross-references, explanatory notes, a full table of references, bibliography, and... -
Morality: An Introduction to Ethics by Bernard Williams 9781107604766
$15.90 - $24.59In Morality Bernard Williams confronts the problems of writing moral philosophy and offers a stimulating alternative to more systematic accounts which seem nevertheless to have left all the important issues somewhere off the page. Williams explains,... -
How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life by Seneca 9780691175577
$18.69 - $24.93Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always," and took his own... -
The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex by Manon Garcia 9780674279131
RRP: $50.30$37.40"From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool... -
Ethical Life: Its Natural and Social Histories by Webb Keane 9780691167732
RRP: $73.50$57.14The human propensity to take an ethical stance toward oneself and others is found in every known society, yet we also know that values taken for granted in one society can contradict those in another. Does ethical life arise from human nature itself? Is... -
Moral Theory and Anomaly by Professor Tom Sorell 9780631218340
RRP: $81.80$71.82Moral Theory and Anomaly considers and rejects the claim that moral theory is too utopian to apply properly to worldly pursuits like political office holding and business, and too patriarchal and speciesist to generate a theory of justice applicable to... -
Ethics by Peter Singer
$7.43 - $85.68This book is not a conventional reader in moral philosophy. To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Peter Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observation of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game... -
The Ethics of Vulnerability: A Feminist Analysis of Social Life and Practice by Erinn Gilson 9781138208964
RRP: $83.98$73.63As concerns about violence, war, terrorism, sexuality, and embodiment have garnered attention in philosophy, the concept of vulnerability has become a shared reference point in these discussions. As a fundamental part of the human condition,... -
The Old English Boethius: with Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated with King Alfred by Susan Irvine
RRP: $62.90$48.70The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The Consolation of Philosophy. Condemned to death for treason around 525 ce, the Roman scholar Boethius turned to philosophy to transform... -
The Common Good by Robert B. Reich
RRP: $31.48$20.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525436379Author Robert B. ReichFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
Applied Ethics: An Introduction by Robin Attfield 9781509547388
RRP: $37.78$33.68Philosophy has provided us with a wealth of moral and ethical theories. Applied ethics is the study of practical moral issues and our best philosophical theories, and how each can inform the other. Acclaimed philosopher and textbook author Robin Attfield... -
Introducing Aristotle: A Graphic Guide by Rupert Woodfin
RRP: $16.78$8.48"Introducing Aristotle" guides the reader through an explosion of theories, from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy... -
The Many Futures of a Decision by Jay Lampert
$64.34Combining two a central topics in philosophy in the 20th Century, this book considers the ethics and impact of decision-making alongside the philosophy of time. When we make simple decisions, like the decision to wake up at 8 a.m. tomorrow, we make... -
Moral Luck: Philosophical Papers 1973-1980 by Bernard Williams
RRP: $41.98$33.20A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self, but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of... -
The Animal Mind: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cognition by Kristin Andrews
RRP: $75.58$66.55The philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and the relationships between humans and other animals.In this fully revised and updated introductory text, Kristin Andrews introduces and assesses the essential topics,... -
What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life by James Hollis
RRP: $27.28$20.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592404995Author James HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 0g -
Ethics on the Edge by Susan Liautaud
RRP: $42.00$27.01The essential guide for decision-making when ethics are on the edge. It's not your imagination. We're living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, government leaders are acting against the welfare of their citizens, companies are prioritising profits... -
The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation by James O. Young
RRP: $58.70$50.93The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among... -
Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach 9780199737970
RRP: $50.38$33.98"An invaluable guide to avoiding the stuff of science-fiction nightmares."--John Gilby, Times Higher Education "Moral Machines is a fine introduction to the emerging field of robot ethics. There is much here that will interest ethicists, philosophers,... -
Future Morality by David Edmonds 9780198862086
RRP: $25.18$17.70The world is changing so fast that it's hard to know how to think about what we ought to do. We barely have time to reflect on how scientific advances will affect our lives before they're upon us. New kinds of dilemma are springing up. Can robots be held... -
The Explanation of Behaviour by Charles Taylor 9780367705213
RRP: $39.88$35.43The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in... -
Activating the Common Good: Reclaiming Control of Our Collective Well-Being by Peter Block 9781523005963
RRP: $54.60$35.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523005963Author Peter BlockFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
Republic by Plato 9780785839828
RRP: $16.78$11.76The 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... -
Animal Theologians by Andrew Linzey 9780197655559
RRP: $54.58$46.18Many people who have thought about God have not thought about animals, or about the relationship between the two. But among those who have are some of the most celebrated religious thinkers, including Michel de Montaigne, Thomas Tryon, John Wesley, John... -
Ethical Theory: An Anthology by Russ Shafer-Landau 9780470671603
$32.30 - $116.42The second edition of Ethical Theory: An Anthology features a comprehensive collection of more than 80 essays from classic and contemporary philosophers that address questions at the heart of moral philosophy. Brings together 82 classic and contemporary... -
Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals by Christine M. Korsgaard
RRP: $40.93$35.13Christine M. Korsgaard presents a compelling new view of humans' moral relationships to the other animals. She defends the claim that we are obligated to treat all sentient beings as what Kant called "ends-in-themselves". Drawing on a theory of the good... -
Discourses: v. 1: Bks.I & II by Epictetus
RRP: $52.40$48.13From slave to sage.Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (AD 54-68) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92, he settled permanently... -
Contemporary Virtue Ethics by Nancy E. Snow
RRP: $35.70$32.00This Element provides an overview of the central components of recent work in virtue ethics. The first section explores central themes in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, while the second turns the discussion to major alternative theoretical perspectives... -
The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy by Jerome B. Schneewind
RRP: $73.48$63.00This remarkable book is the most comprehensive study ever written of the history of moral philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its aim is to set Kant's still influential ethics in its historical context by showing in detail what the... -
The Architecture of Ethics by Thomas Fisher
RRP: $77.68$68.31Ethics is one of the most important and least understood aspects of design practice. In his latest book, Thomas Fisher shows how ethics are inherent to the making of architecture - and how architecture offers an unusual and useful way of looking at... -
Power: A New Social Analysis by Bertrand Russell
RRP: $31.48$28.52The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth and Freud in sex, Bertrand Russell finds in power. Power, he argues, is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society. Writting in... -
Ethics: with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters by Baruch Spinoza 9780872201309
$21.76 - $29.00Since their publication in 1982, Samuel Shirley's translations of Spinoza's Ethics and Selected Letters have been commended for their accuracy and readability. Now with the addition of his new translation of Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect... -
Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics by Erich Fromm 9780415307710
RRP: $31.48$28.52Erich Fromm fought long and hard for the rights and freedoms of the individual. He also recognized that fundamental to this pursuit is the promotion of self-knowledge. In encouraging people to analyze their own behavior, Fromm identified the crucial link... -
Ethics of Gender – New Dimensions to Religious Ethics by SF Parsons 9780631215172
RRP: $94.40$82.45The Ethics of Gender investigates the impact of thinking with gender on modern ethics, and considers the insights that postmodern gender theory might bring to the ethical project.About the AuthorSusan Frank Parsons is the Director of Pastoral Studies at... -
Why Honor Matters by Tamler Sommers 9780465098873
RRP: $39.88$34.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465098873Author Tamler SommersFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Basic Civitas BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES USWeight(grams)... -
The Moral Case for Abortion: A Defence of Reproductive Choice by Ann Furedi 9783030901882
RRP: $37.78$29.86This revised and updated edition of the 2016 bestselling work sets out the moral arguments for a woman's right to decide the future of her pregnancy. Drawing on traditions of philosophical and sociological thinking, it presents the case for recognizing... -
What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $20.98$14.93A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of...