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Tradition and Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the African Experience by Kwame Gyekye 9780195112252
Booksplease Price: £99.93This book offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times. In their attempt to evolve ways of life appropriate to our modern world... -
Revolutionary Aristotelianism: Ethics, Resistance and Utopia by Kelvin Knight 9783828204423
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.18This book includes revisions of papers originally presented at the inaugural conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Philosophy, on the theme of Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary... -
Questioning Ethics: Contemporary Debates in Continental Philosophy by Mark Dooley
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £52.74This major discussion takes a look at some of the most important ethical issues confronting us today by some of the world's leading thinkers. Including essays from leading thinkers, such as Jurgen... -
The Practice of the Body of Christ: Human Agency in Pauline Theology after MacIntyre by Colin D. Miller 9780227174609
Booksplease Price: £25.72'The Practice of the Body of Christ' begins a conversation between "apocalyptic" interpretations of the Apostle Paul and "virtue ethics" interpretations. It argues that the human actor's place in... -
Fully Informed Reasonable Disagreement and Tradition Based Perspectivalism by E.D. Baldwin 9789042932364
RRP: £81.00Booksplease Price: £74.90Apparently, people who are aware of the relevant facts and experiences in a belief forming situation, sometimes reasonably disagree about whether to believe and why. This study argues... -
The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically by Robert Piercey 9780521517539
RRP: £57.00Booksplease Price: £52.49In this book Robert Piercey asks how it is possible to do philosophy by studying the thinkers of the past. He develops his answer through readings of Martin Heidegger, Richard Rorty, Paul Ricoeur,... -
Ethical Questions: East and West by Bina Gupta 9780742513136
Booksplease Price: £44.31Ethical Questions: East and West is an anthology of source material from various Eastern and Western traditions, addressing fundamental and enduring questions in moral philosophy. It is intended for... -
Kierkegaard, MacIntyre, Williams, and the Internal Point of View by Rob Compaijen 9783030090197
Booksplease Price: £75.80This book takes the debate about the (ir)rationality of the transition to ethical life in Kierkegaard's thought in a significantly new direction. Connecting the field of Kierkegaard studies with the... -
Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Authors and Arguments by Catherine H. Zuckert 9781107006225
RRP: £59.00Booksplease Price: £56.92This book demonstrates the rich diversity and depth of political philosophy in the twentieth century. Catherine H. Zuckert has compiled a collection of essays recounting the lives of political... -
Tradition and Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the African Experience by Kwame Gyekye 9780195112269
Booksplease Price: £58.91This book offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times. In their attempt to evolve ways of life appropriate to our modern world... -
Revolutionary Aristotelianism and Ideology: MacIntyre on Practical Reason and Virtue Egidijus Mardosas 9781350429901
Booksplease Price: £30.54How does ideology function and, more importantly, how can we resist ideological subjugation? Egidijus Mardosas answers these questions by applying the philosophical resources of Revolutionary... -
The Ordering of Time: Meditations on the History of Philosophy by George Lucas
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £21.23What exactly is this the history of and how is that history to be understood in relationship to philosophy itself? Can philosophy's history, on any of a number of diverse descriptions, ever be said... -
Confucian Ethics: A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community by David B. Wong 9780521796576
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £32.96The Chinese ethical tradition has often been thought to oppose Western views of the self as autonomous and possessed of individual rights with views that emphasize the centrality of relationship and... -
Confucian Ethics: A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community by Kwong-loi Shun 9780521792172
RRP: £85.99Booksplease Price: £78.16The Chinese ethical tradition has often been thought to oppose Western views of the self as autonomous and possessed of individual rights with views that emphasize the centrality of relationship and... -
The Virtue of Nonviolence: From Gautama to Gandhi by Nicholas F. Gier 9780791459492
RRP: £72.50Booksplease Price: £59.58A study in comparative virtue ethics.Virtue ethics has been a major focus in contemporary moral philosophy since the publication of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. Here, in The Virtue of... -
The Virtue of Nonviolence: From Gautama to Gandhi by Nicholas F. Gier 9780791459508
RRP: £25.50Booksplease Price: £22.31Virtue ethics has been a major focus in contemporary moral philosophy since the publication of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. Here, in The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that... -
Love and Politics: Persistent Human Desires as a Foundation for Liberation by Jeffery L. Nicholas 9781032012186
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £42.24In, Love and Politics Jeffery L. Nicholas argues that Eros is the final rejection of an alienated life, in which humans are prevented from developing their human powers; Eros, in contrast, is an... -
The Supremacy of Love: An Agape-Centered Vision of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics by Eric J. Silverman 9781793608857
Booksplease Price: £37.42Thirty-five years ago Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue established virtue ethics as a major challenger to competing visions of morality, but there is still considerable disagreement concerning which... -
The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times by Benjamin R. Barber
RRP: £42.00Booksplease Price: £36.63The description for this book, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, will be forthcoming.Reviews"[His commitment to democratic radicalism] has made Barber one of the... -
Blair'S Community: Communitarian Thought and New Labour Sarah Hale 9780719074127
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £61.61Blair's community is an exciting and timely book which challenges the accepted wisdom about the role of communitarian thought in the development of New Labour under Tony Blair. From the mid-1990s... -
All Things Hold Together in Christ: A Conversation on Faith, Science, and Virtue by James K. A. Smith 9780801098987
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £22.53As Christians engage controversial cultural issues, we must remember that "all things hold together in Christ" (Col. 1:17)--even when it comes to science and faith. In this anthology, top Christian... -
The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics by Michael C. Banner 9780567084613
Booksplease Price: £81.47This book addresses an important topic and fills a major gap in developments in modern theology and Christian ethics. Significant treatments include Wolfhart Pannenberg's historical overview of the... -
Concern for the Other: Perspectives on the Ethics of K. E. Logstrup by 9780268020316
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £24.88In Concern for the Other: The Ethics of K. E. Logstrup, eleven scholars examine the structure, intention, and originality of Logstrup's ethics as a whole. This collection of essays is a companion to... -
Literature and the Political Imagination by John Horton 9780415129152
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89This volume shows how modern political theory can be enriched through an engagement with works of literature. It uses the resources of literature to explore issues such as nationalism, liberal... -
Blair'S Community: Communitarian Thought and New Labour by Sarah Hale 9780719089008
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.84Blair's community, available in paperback for the first time, is an exciting and timely book which challenges the accepted wisdom about the role of communitarian thought in the development of New... -
Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics by David Fergusson 9780521498081
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £43.64This book explores some issues on the borderland between moral philosophy and Christian theology. Particular attention is paid to the issues at stake between liberals and communitarians and the... -
The Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy: Ethics after Wittgenstein by Paul Johnston
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89The Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy is a highly original and radical critique of contemporary moral theory. Paul Johnston demonstrates that much recent moral philosophy is confused about... -
A Virtue-Based Defense of Perinatal Hospice by Aaron D. Cobb 9781032177588
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £43.08Perinatal hospice is a novel form of care for an unborn child who has been diagnosed with a significantly life-limiting condition. In this book, Aaron D. Cobb develops a virtue-based defense of the... -
Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics by David Fergusson 9780521496780
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £83.48This book explores some issues on the borderland between moral philosophy and Christian theology. Particular attention is paid to the issues at stake between liberals and communitarians and the... -
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Lesslie Newbigin
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.25How does the gospel relate to a pluralist society? What is the Christian message in a society marked by religious pluralism, ethnic diversity and cultural relativism? Should Christians concentrate on... -
Philosophy and Contemporary Politics of Communitarianism by Imad Salamey 9781035333059
Booksplease Price: £87.30This erudite book delves into the philosophical underpinnings and practical implications of communitarianism in comparison to liberalism and other political theories. Imad Salamey and Andrew Tsz Wan... -
Jacques Maritain and the Many Ways of Knowing by Douglas A. Ollivant
Booksplease Price: £24.78Drawing on the writings of Jacques Maritain - and by extension those of Thomas Aquinas - the essays in this volume examine the effects of theories of knowledge on individuals, culture and entire... -
Moral Discourse in a Pluralistic World by Daniel Vokey 9780268159986
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £27.83In this thought-provoking book, Daniel Vokey argues that agreement on core fundamental moral values is necessary for justice and democracy to flourish. Addressing the political, social, and... -
Judaism, Education and Social Justice: Towards a Jewish Critical Pedagogy by Matt Plen 9781350293090
Booksplease Price: £103.11This book sets out new theoretical foundations for Jewish social justice education by surveying and discussing Freirean critical pedagogy, Catholic models of social justice education, Jewish social... -
Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge by Alan Thomas 9780198250173
Booksplease Price: £46.58Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do... -
Prophetic Politics: Emmanuel Levinas and the Sanctification of Suffering by Philip J. Harold 9780821418956
RRP: £64.00Booksplease Price: £52.39In Prophetic Politics, Philip J. Harold offers an original interpretation of the political dimension of Emmanuel Levinas's thought. Harold argues that Levinas's mature position in Otherwise Than... -
Law, Love and Language by McCabe Herbert 9780826472984
Booksplease Price: £26.60What is ethics all about? In this book Herbert McCabe suggests that it is about loving, obeying laws and talking to people. In doing so, he offers an introduction to ethical thinking for anyone with... -
Key Philosophers in Conversation Andrew Pyle (University of Bristol, UK) 9780415180375
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £43.08Key Philosophers in Conversation is a fascinating collection of interviews presenting the ideas of some of the worlds leading contemporary philosophers. Each interview features a discussion with a... -
The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory by Richard J. Bernstein
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £25.24In this volume, Bernstein forsees and outlines the development of a social theory that is at once empirical, interpretive, and critical.About the AuthorRichard J. Bernstein is Vera List Professor of... -
The Honest to God Debate by John A. T. Robinson 9780334049203
Booksplease Price: £22.48THE 1963 paperback Honest to God by Dr John Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich, has caused an immense discussion by its call for a revolution in Christianity. It has sold more quickly than any other new...