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by Ton Van Den Beld  Publisher Comments What are the conditions which must be met for a person to be justly held responsible for his or her moral faults and failures? This is the first book that pays systematic attention to ontological issues impinging on this question. It contains a selection... (read more)  Your price $171.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Paul Boghossian Publisher Comments The idea that science is just one more way of knowing the world and that there are other, radically different, yet equally valid ways, has taken deep root in academia. In Fear of Knowledge, Paul Boghossian tears these relativist theories of knowledge to... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Double Publisher Comments Beginning Philosophy offers readers a uniquely straightforward yet rigorous introduction to fundamental philosophical problems. Combining serious philosophical investigation with a clear, user-friendly writing style, it covers logic and reasoning, the... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price $42.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ernest (ed.) Sosa Publisher Comments This anthology, intended to accompany "A Companion to Metaphysics" (Blackwell, 1995), brings together over 60 selections which represent the best and most important works in metaphysics during this century. The selections are grouped under ten major... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $37.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joshua Piven Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-199).... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jane C. Ollenburger Publisher Comments KEY BENEFIT: Synthesizing the disciplines of sociology and women's studies, this book presents major theoretical frameworks on sex and gender stratification, taking a feminist sociological approach to the study of women in society to analyze women's... (read more) List Price $52.50 Your price $33.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger J. Sullivan Publisher Comments 'This is the most up-to-date, brief and accessible introduction to Kant\'s ethics available.'... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price $27.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William Jameson Publisher Comments A reconciliation of the various accounts of moral obligation is attempted in this essay. Various are the methods used by the learned to illustrate the difference between virtue and vice, and to prove the moral obligations. Many and warm have been the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Hillary R. Clinton Publisher Comments For more than twenty-five years, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has made children her passion and her cause. Her long experience with children -- not only through her personal roles as mother, daughter, sister, and wife but also as advocate, legal... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Louis Lyons Publisher Comments Although known as the founder of modern utilitarianism and the source of analytical jurisprudence, Bentham today is infrequently read but often caricatured. The present book offers a reinterpretation of Bentham's main philosophical doctrines, his... (read more) Your price $192.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas Merton Synopsis In this book, Merton has selected the basic statements of principle and interpretation which make up Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence (AHIMSA) and non-violent action (SATYAGRAHA). The Gandhi text follows that established by the Navaijivan Trust with... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Falzon Publisher Comments "Philosophy Goes to the Movies" is a new kind of introduction to philosophy that makes use of film to help us understand philosophical ideas and positions. Drawing on a wide range of films from around the world - and the ideas of a diverse selection of... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price $27.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Erika (ed.) Rummel Publisher Comments 'Rummel's collection makes available readable translations of Erasmus' most original and influential works; the books that made him the intellectual conscience of this generation of scholars and the inspiration of many Reformers who took positions he did... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jim Wallis Publisher Comments Wallis draws on his experience in urban ghettos to show why traditional liberal and conservative options that emphasize either social justice or personal values fall short. He looks outside the traditional corridors of power to find solutions. Foreword... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $2.48 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Theodore C. Denise Publisher Comments Long-hailed for skilled editing that enables students to explore many seminal and complex primary sources that contribute to the canon of ethical theory, GREAT TRADITIONS IN ETHICS has become the standard historical anthology for introducing ethical... (read more) List Price $88.45 Your price $71.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Schwartz Publisher Comments These essays by Robert Schwartz on topics in the theory of vision are written from a pragmatic perspective. The issues and arguments will interest both philosophers and psychologists, covering new ground and bridging gaps between these disciplines... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Henry A. Giroux Publisher Comments Today, cultural practices and institutions shape nearly every aspect of our lives. The author takes up this issue by looking at the world's most influential corporation. He explores the way in which the Disney Corporation has become a political force in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Stuart Mill Publisher Comments John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1860) continues to shape modern Western conceptions of individual freedom. In this volume, eight leading Mill scholars comment on this landmark work. Their essays, selected for their importance and accessibility, serve as... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Deborah J. Bennett Publisher Comments Penetrating and practical, "Logic Made Easy" is filled with anecdotal histories detailing the often muddy relationship between language and logic. Includes puzzles readers can try themselves and questions they can use to raise their test scores.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Shelly Kagan Publisher Comments Providing a thorough introduction to current philosophical views on morality, Normative Ethics examines an act’s rightness or wrongness in light of such factors as consequences, harm, and consent. Shelly Kagan offers a division between moral... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $34.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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