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The Virtue Of Selfishness (Centennial Edition) by Ayn Rand
RRP: £9.99£6.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451163936Author Ayn RandFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 176mm * 106mm *... -
The Puzzle of Ethics by Peter Vardy 9780006281443
RRP: £12.99£8.48A guide to the complex subject of ethics explained in clear and entertaining language. This new edition is fully revised and updated. This popular introduction to the subject of ethics poses vital contemporary questions and explores the... -
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: £34.99£30.37Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection... -
AI Ethics: A Textbook by Paula Boddington
RRP: £54.99£49.36This book introduces readers to critical ethical concerns in the development and use of artificial intelligence. Offering clear and accessible information on central concepts and debates in AI ethics, it explores how related problems are now forcing us... -
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar
RRP: £29.99£25.94Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence---rather than having children without even thinking about whether... -
Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson 9781840468533
RRP: £8.99£6.70Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as:What is the nature of reality?What are human beings really like?What is special about the human mind and consciousness?Are we free to choose who we are and what we do?Can... -
The Good Book: A Secular Bible by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.The Good Book, A. C. Grayling's best-selling secular bible, is now published in b-format paperback for the first time.About the AuthorA.C. Grayling is Master of the New College... -
Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi by Mark Boyle
RRP: £10.95£6.98More than ever, people across the planet want deep and meaningful change. From those campaigning for social justice and ecological sustainability, to those who want to protect animals, indigenous cultures and those in poverty, millions are realising that... -
Unto This Last and Other Writings by John Ruskin
RRP: £13.99£9.75First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the... -
Ethics in the Real World: 90 Essays on Things That Matter – A Fully Updated and Expanded Edition by Peter Singer
RRP: £14.99£11.10Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopherPeter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as... -
The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations by Jonathan Sacks
RRP: £13.99£10.77Rabbi Jonathan Sacks presents a proposal for reframing the terms of this important debate. The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it introduces a new paradigm into the search for co-existence. Sacks argues that we... -
The Case of Wagner / Twilight of the Idols / The Antichrist / Ecce Homo / Dionysus Dithyrambs / Nietzsche Contra Wagner: Volume 9 by Friedrich Nietzsche 9781503612549
RRP: £21.99£18.79The year 1888 marked the last year of Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual career and the culmination of his philosophical development. In that final productive year, he worked on six books, all of which are now, for the first time, presented in English in... -
Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit by Sally Sedgwick
RRP: £60.00£54.13Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel's major works: that they are progressive narratives. They advance from less to more perfect, abstract to concrete, indeterminate or empty to determinate. This is... -
Forgiveness by Vladimir Jankelevitch
RRP: £27.00£26.47Philosopher Vladimir Jankelevitch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur. His international readers have long valued... -
Can't We Make Moral Judgements? by Mary Midgley
£18.09How many times do we hear the statement 'It's not for me to judge'? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic text, the renowned moral philosopher Mary Midgely turns a... -
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
RRP: £10.99£7.32Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest, Anne Lamott shows how we can rediscover the hope and wisdom that are buried within us and that can make life sweeter than we ever... -
Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche 9780486841687
RRP: £8.49£5.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486841687Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Intelligent Virtue by Julia Annas
RRP: £39.99£34.23Intelligent Virtue presents a distinctive new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas. Annas argues that exercising a virtue involves practical reasoning of a kind which can illuminatingly be compared to the kind of reasoning we find in... -
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football by David Winner
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona,... -
Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings by John Seed 9781897408001
RRP: £14.99£11.66This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents helps us remember that environmental defense is nothing less than "Self" defense. Including magnificent illustrations of Australia's rainforests, Thinking Like a... -
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus 9780691177717
RRP: £14.99£11.85A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism-translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophyBorn a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can... -
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Tommie Shelby 9780674237834
RRP: £18.95£14.26"Fascinating and instructive...King's philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy."-Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of BooksMartin Luther King, Jr., is one of America's most revered... -
The Ethics of Information by Luciano Floridi 9780198748052
£35.35Luciano Floridi develops an original ethical framework for dealing with the new challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). ICTs have profoundly changed many aspects of life, including the nature of entertainment, work,... -
The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future by Sheila Jasanoff 9780393078992
RRP: £21.99£18.55Sheila Jasanoff charts society's embrace of technological solutions and technology's complex interplay with ethics and human rights. She dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs... -
On Truth and Untruth: Selected Writings by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £8.99£6.02"We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche."-New York Times Book Review Reissued for the age of "fake news," On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche's evolving thinking on truth, which has exerted a powerful... -
The Forking Trolley: An Ethical Journey to The Good Place by James M Russell
RRP: £8.99£6.20Holy Motherforking Shirtballs! The madly popular sitcom The Good Place, has propelled ethics and moral philosophy into the 21st century mainstream. The story of Eleanor Shellstrop, who has accidentally been sent to the Good Place after her death,... -
The Psychology of Religion by Vassilis Saroglou 9780815368120
RRP: £12.99£11.94Does religion positively affect well-being? What leads to fundamentalism? Do religious beliefs make us more moral? The Psychology of Religion explores the often contradictory ideas people have about religion and religious faiths, spirituality,... -
Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography by Emile Perreau-Saussine
RRP: £90.00£34.00This award-winning biography, now available for the first time in English, presents an illuminating introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre and locates his thinking in the intellectual milieu of twentieth-century philosophy. Winner of the prestigious 2005... -
Abortion: Three Perspectives by Michael Tooley 9780195308952
£18.09Moving beyond traditional "liberal versus conservative" arguments for and against abortion, Abortion: Three Perspectives is an up-to-date, accessible, and engaging exploration of this highly contentious issue. Featuring a triangular debate between four... -
The Civil Contract of Photography by Ariella Azoulay
RRP: £22.00£17.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951894Author Ariella AzoulayFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 44mm -
Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An ambitious and engrossing investigation of the moral legacies which stubbornly refuse to pass' Brendan Simms As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can we learn from the past in order to move forward?Susan... -
Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha
RRP: £8.99£6.45How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully 'objective'? What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main... -
Rational Man by Henry Babcock Veatch 9780865973930
RRP: £8.95£7.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973930Author Henry Babcock VeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 374g -
For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun by Rebecca Roache 9780190665067
RRP: £16.99£12.28Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise,... -
God without the Idea of Evil by Jean-Miguel Garrigues 9780268205416
RRP: £36.00£30.99With rich theological language that will appeal to a broad audience, this beautifully written book offers a hopeful interpretation of the problem of evil that plagues our time. In God without the Idea of Evil, well-known French Catholic theologian... -
On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life by Ben Hutchinson 9780008588465
RRP: £12.99£8.32Ten brief essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we live successfully? How do we live... -
Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah
RRP: £10.99£7.77This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives the ancient philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, which dates back to the Cynics of the 4th century, as a means of understanding... -
Free Will by Mark Balaguer
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262525794Author Mark BalaguerFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 11mm -
Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land by Norman Wirzba
RRP: £29.99£25.99This refreshing work offers a distinctly agrarian reframing of spiritual practices to address today's most pressing social and ecological concerns. For thousands of years most human beings drew their daily living from, and made sense of their lives in... -
The Routledge Handbook of Dehumanization by Maria Kronfeldner 9780367637132
RRP: £43.99£38.84A striking feature of atrocities, as seen in genocides, civil wars, or violence against certain racial and ethnic groups, is the attempt to dehumanize - to deny and strip human beings of their humanity. Yet the very nature of dehumanization remains...