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by C.e. Harris  Publisher Comments APPLYING MORAL THEORIES is a unique introduction to the application of major ethical theories to practical concerns. Examining egoism, natural law, utilitarianism, respect for persons, and virtue ethics, the book offers insights into the advantages and... (read more)  List Price $69.40 Your price $56.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Jaroslav Peregrin Publisher Comments Doing Worlds with Words throws light on the problem of meaning as the meeting point of linguistics, logic and philosophy, and critically assesses the possibilities and limitations of elucidating the nature of meaning by means of formal logic, model... (read more) Your price $158.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by James Fieser Publisher Comments In Philosophical Questions: Readings and Interactive Guides, James Fieser and Norman Lillegard make classic and contemporary philosophical writings genuinely accessible to students by incorporating numerous pedagogical aids throughout the book... (read more) List Price $103.75 Your price $64.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy O'connor Publisher Comments "Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings" is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major topics within philosophy of mind. Robb and O'Connor have carefully chosen articles under the following headings... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price $28.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christina Hoff Sommers Publisher Comments VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE has been a bestseller in college ethics for more than two decades because it is well-liked by both instructors and students. Instructors appreciate it for its philosophical breadth and seriousness. Students welcome the... (read more) List Price $128.25 Your price $83.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Elizabeth Smith Publisher Comments This book surveys the main theories of applied social and political philosophy and those theories to contemporary social/political issues of race, gender, war, peace, and ethnicity.... (read more) List Price $63.95 Your price $41.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Winston Publisher Comments From the forefront of news today to your textbook, SOCIETY, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY, Fourth Edition, stresses the latest technological innovations and how these advancements represent new ethical challenges and dilemmas for society as a whole. You gain a... (read more) List Price $73.75 Your price $60.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert David Sack Publisher Comments This brilliant book, reflecting an original mind and years of preparatory research, is a major work of contemporary geographical scholarship. It is perhaps the most important theoretical work in human geography of the past thirty years. Homo Geographicus... (read more) Your price $225.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rudiger Bubner Publisher Comments The quest for systematic knowledge in the decades around 1800 gave rise to--among other schools of thought--German Idealist philosophy. In this masterful introduction to the subject, Rudiger Bubner brings together key texts and lesser known extracts from... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Lechte Synopsis Lechte focuses on both the developers of structuralist theory and key thinkers opposed to this tendency. For each entry, he provides biographical information and suggests further reading. He aims to show that 20th-century thought emphasizes the... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karl Popper Publisher Comments This classic remains one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simone Weil Publisher Comments "What is required if men and women are to feel at home in society and are to recover their vitality? Into wrestling with that question, Simone Weil put the very substance of her mind and temperament. The apparently solid edifices of our prepossessions... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sue Hamilton Publisher Comments India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gary E. Kessler Publisher Comments First published in 1992 this anthology quickly became the standard for multicultural introductions to philosophy. Composed of a group of culturally diverse readings addressing a selection of seminal philosophical questions in ethics, epistemology, and... (read more) List Price $82.85 Your price $56.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Calvin O Schrag Publisher Comments The most important American Continental philosopher of his generation and one of the discipline's founders offers an exceptionally clear, balanced, and informative discussion of a complex question vexing postmodern currents of philosophical and... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $17.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Isaiah Berlin Publisher Comments In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $14.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary C. Bateson Publisher Comments Mary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life, is our guide on a fascinating intellectual exploration of lifetime learning from experience and encountering the unfamiliar. Peripheral Visions begins with a sacrifice in a Persian garden, moving on to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Friedrich W. Nietzsche Publisher Comments The four early essays in Untimely Meditations are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of his later writings. They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joshua Soffer Publisher Comments Sense and Affect exposes the limits of important recent strands in continental philosophy.... (read more) Your price $47.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ilsetraut Hadot Publisher Comments The French translation with commentary, the first in a modern language, allows historians of philosophy access to a fundamental work for the understanding of medieval and modern thought. They could also explore more easily the great variety of... (read more) Your price $119.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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