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by Theresa Man Ling Lee  Publisher Comments The concept of truth is as contested in late-twentieth-century politics as it was in the Cold War era. The political momentum gathered by the postmodernist challenge to Enlightenment ideals has made the notion of truth more central than ever in politics.... (read more)  List Price $17.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Walter Scott Publisher Comments Testimonia with Introduction, Addenda and Indices by A.S. Furguson.... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price $29.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Hubert L. Dreyfus Publisher Comments Being-in-the-World is a guide to one of the most influential philosophical works of this century: Division I of Part One of Being and Time, where Martin Heidegger works out an original and powerful account of being-in-the-world which he then uses to... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $24.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Arthur Schopenhauer Publisher Comments Persuasive and humane, this classic offers Schopenhauer's fullest examination of ethical themes. A defiance of Kant's ethics of duty, it proclaims compassion as the basis of morality and outlines a perspective on ethics in which passion and desire... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rene R Khawam Publisher Comments Escrita a finales del siglo XIII o principios del XIV, la presente obra -publicada en dos tomos en su edicin castellana- revela a un autor interesado por todas las corrientes de pensamiento y por todas las tendencias polticas de la poca, pues se trata de... (read more) Your price $22.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Merlin Donald Synopsis Drawing on his theory of the origins of the modern mind, Merlin Donald's thesis presents the forces, both cultural and neuronal, that power our distinctively human modes of awareness. Donald proposes a hybrid mind is an evolutionary advantage for humans... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Andre Gallois Publisher Comments A challenging study of the character of our knowledge of our own intentional states.... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your price $37.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Payne Synopsis Is there life after theory? If the death of the Author has now been followed by the death of the Theorist, what's left? Indeed, who's left? To explore such riddles, this text interviews four theorists: Jacques Derrida, Frank Kermode, Toril Moi and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments Brief and enlightening exploration of our greatest thinkers breing their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion.... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jacques Thiroux Publisher Comments Well renowned and highly acclaimed, "Ethics: Theory and Practice" introduces readers with little or no background in philosophy or ethics to traditional and contemporary ethical theory using a clear, jargon-free style and a flexible organization... (read more) List Price $69.60 Your price $56.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles J. Sykes Publisher Comments One of the most talked-about books in years, A Nation of Victims established Charles Sykes as a persuasive, witty, and controversial commentator on American life and society. The plaint of the victim-- It's not my fault-- has become the loudest and most... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John K. (edt) Roth Publisher Comments This set addresses the many ethics issues that have come to prominence over the past decade. These include such religious topics as church-state separation, faith healers, Islamic ethics, the jihad concept, religion and violence, the Roman Catholic... (read more) List Price $331.00 Your price $327.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Luis E. Navia Publisher Comments Well-written and engaging, this volume explores the most important questions and issues that have absorbed philosophers over the past twenty-five centuries. The quest to define reality, the problem of the existence of God, the search for moral values... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price $28.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Olive Gallagher Publisher Comments Got your attention? What does it say about our culture when the amount of attention one gets or fame one achieves is in direct proportion to the amount of sizzle, sensationalism, sex or controversy used to market the concept? Isn't there something wrong... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ralph Dolgoff Publisher Comments ETHICAL DECISIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE will help you recognize ethical issues and dilemmas, reason carefully about ethical issues, clarify your ethical aspirations at the level demanded by the profession, and achieve a more ethical stance in your... (read more) List Price $68.45 Your price $47.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Steve Biko Publisher Comments Written by one of the foremost figures in South Africa's struggle for liberation -- this new edition of Steve Biko's classic text celebrates the 50th anniversary of his birth. I Write What I Like is Biko's only published work. In it readers will find all... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Clarence I. Lewis Publisher Comments Thought-provoking work outlines theory of "conceptual pragmatism," taking into account modern philosophic thought and implications of modern mathematics. Topics include philosophic method, metaphysics, given element in experience, nature of the a priori,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Hanna Arendt Publisher Comments The author's final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man's mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Deborah G. Johnson Synopsis Focuses on ethical issues confronting individual engineers and the profession. Case studies provide a variety of perspectives on issues such as codes of conduct, protecting public safety and welfare, conflicts of interest, covering design flaws and the... (read more) List Price $62.75 Your price $40.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Wolk Publisher Comments In the tradition of "Care of the Soul", this inspirational book grew out of the responses Daniel Wolk got when he asked people from all walks of life this question: "Assuming you were in fine health but knew that you had only a short period to live, how... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $6.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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