A2 ethics and philosophy
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These thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right "a forceful, encyclopedic studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefine unclipped dust-wrapperoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits
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Ocr a level religious studies revision notes - 3book set specification philosophy of religion religon & ethics developments in christian thought excellent condition - tiny wear and tear no marks in books selling as finished a level course buyer collects read more
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The title is ocr philosophy of religion for as and a2below is a more detailed summary of this specific item for salethe sleeve condition is newthe item format is a book paperbacksleeve condition-new
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In providing an educational reading of spinoza’s moral theory, this book sets up a critical dialogue between educational theory and recent studies which highlight the centrality of ethics in spinoza’s overall philosophy
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It looks closely at questions of evaluation, ethics and purposeusing both philosophy of language and an editor's literary ear, theory and the author's own experience as a poet, this book examines good writing practice from the inside out; and asks how it can be developed: by teaching and community facilitation, by reading and travelling and, where those two interests come together, in translationranging from scholarly papers to literary non-fiction, critical writing to lectures, each allows a different way in to the book's central preoccupationincluded is a set of 'reviews' of exemplary translations'travelling' explores issues of cultural translation: whether those originate in the geographical or between discursive cultureson listening is an indispensable vade mecum for teachers and students of creative writing; it is also, however, a topical read for anyone concerned with the state of poetry in britain todayafter an introductory essay which sets the scene by looking at contemporary british poet-critics, the book is divided into four sections - 'translating', 'travelling', 'teaching' and 'reading' - though its thesis suggests these categories are linkedoxfam bookshop cheltenham on listening is a collection of essays on poetry, written for various occasions over the last few yearsan epilogue reflects on 'the ephemeral''teaching' draws on more than a dozen years' experience in universities, schools and, particularly, in pioneering writing in health and social care, to explore the differences between community and education practice'translating' looks at the nature of that practice and its context, with particular reference to the writer's work with central european literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon listening is concerned, centrally, with the nature of poetic practice'reading' surveys some of the writer's personal poetic enthusiasms, with particular stress on writing from beyond britain and by women
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The book is used in a variety of programs including undergraduate courses offered by philosophy departmentsoxfam shop dumfries for many years this has been the leading textbook of bioethicsit established the framework of principles within the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a very thorough revision with a new chapter on methods and moral justification
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Oxfam shop dumfries peter singer's remarkably clear and comprehensive practical ethics has become a classic introduction to applied ethics since its publication in and has been translated into many languagesthe focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questionssome helpful annotations in pencil by the previous ownersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe has also added an appendix describing some of the deep misunderstanding of and consequent violent reaction to the book in germany, austria and switzerland where the book has tested the limits of freedom of speechfor this second edition the author has revised all the existing chapters, added two new ones, and updated the bibliography
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Title: religion and ethics for ocr: the complete resource for component 02 of the new as and a level specificationstitle: religion and ethics for ocr: the complete resource for component 02 of the new as and a level specifications
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Handbook discusses the foundations of buddhist ethics focusing on karma and the precepts looking at abstinence from harming others, stealing, and intoxicationthe final section focuses on contemporary issues surrounding buddhist ethics, including gender, sexuality, animal rights, and euthanasia
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Oxfam bookshop preston key concepts in philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and topics encountered in the study of philosophythe series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further studyepistemology - inquiry into the nature, possibility and scope of human knowledge - has been at the heart of the philosophy from ancient greek times to the presentphilosophy undergraduates will find this an invaluable aid to study, one that goes beyond simple definitions and summaries to open up a new and stimulating range of ideashe also brings out with exceptional clarity the ways in which certain 'technical' issues in epistemology can have a decisive bearing on matters of practical concernspecially written to meet the needs of students and those with little prior knowledge of the subject, these books open up a whole range of important, yet often difficult ideasnorris introduces the main topics of debate, among them arguments for and against adopting a realist position with regard to various fields of knowledge, from mathematics to the physical sciences and historythe text highlights continuities and contrasts between early and contemporary approaches, and between the sorts of thinking that have typified the mainstream analytic and the modern 'continental' lines of descentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morechristopher norris provides a lucid survey and analysis of the issues that have shaped that enterprise and continue to dominate present-day discussion
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His seminal individuals rehabilitated metaphysics as a respectable enterprise within analytic philosophythe collection ranges from kant interpretation and the history of analytic philosophy through philosophical logic, metaphysics, and epistemology to the philosophy of mind and aestheticsamong the contributors are leading kant scholars, metaphysicians and historians of analytic philosophythe questions discussed are of central importance not just to kant scholarship but also to contemporary analytic philosophythey include the question of whether philosophy can achieve a priori insights and whether these insights concern reality or our way of thinking about reality, the nature of the self, the character of aesthetic appreciation and of perception, and the prospects for meeting the challenge of scepticismit also inaugurated a distinctly kantian project - descriptive metaphysics - and placed the idea of transcendental arguments at the centre of epistemological, metaphysical, and methodological debatethis was followed by the bounds of sense, a brilliant and provocative discussion of the first critique which continues to influence kant scholarship by way of inspiration and opposition alikethe papers divide into three kindsoxfam bookshop preston sir peter strawson is not just among the greatest living philosophers, but also the leading proponent of analytic kantianismit combines strawson's own account of that relation with papers by eminent pupils, admirers and criticssome of them (strawson, glock, hacker, bird, cassam, stroud) deal with general questions concerning the nature of strawson's kantianism and of his rehabilitation of metaphysicssome (westphal, rosefeldt, de gaynesford, allison, förster) are devoted to more specific topics in kantin others, (grundmann and misselhorn, stern, hyman), the focus is more on strawson than on kantin this, it reflects the range of strawson's own philosophical interests and achievementssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile there have been anthologies on strawson and on transcendental arguments, this is the first book to cover strawson's relation to kant as a whole
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"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read more"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madebowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding wasit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself editsmoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encounteredi share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativismhull takes an unusual approach to his subject"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedit contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical changeoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donethe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being accepted"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencehe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideas
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Ideal for any student of philosophy of psychology or philosophy of mindoxfam shop dumfries philosophy of psychology: contemporary readings is a comprehensive anthology that includes classic and contemporary readings from leading philosophersaddressing in depth the major topics within philosophy of psychology, the editor has carefully selected articles under the following headings: pictures of the mind commonsense psychology representation and cognitive architecturethe book is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject, including discussion of the leading philosophers in the fieldarticles by the following philosophers are included: blackburn, churchland, clark, cummins, dennett, davidson, fodor, kitcher, lewis, lycan, mcdowell, mcleod, rey, segal, sticheach section includes a helpful introduction by the editor which aims to guide the student gently into the topicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A philosophy which takes its name from ecological and biological concepts, it puts forward ideals developed from traditional japanese philosophy and culture, while continually acknowledging the presence of the multivalent, contemporary worldit is a philosophy of "both-and" rather than "either-or", a practice of mix-and-match rather than creation from scratch, an ethic of inclusion rather than exclusionoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street symbiosis, as defined by kisho kurokawa, one of japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culturekurokawa feels that we will recognize each other's differing personalities while competing and will co-operate while we oppose and criticize each otheras such, it is thought to be one of the most essential statements of post-modern culture to datesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Julian young argues that nietzsche's thought about art can only be understood in the context of his wider philosophy this is a clear and lucid account of nietzsche's philosophy of art, combining exegesis, interpretation and criticism in a judicious balanceyoung then divides nietzsche's career and his philosophy of art into four distinct phases, but suggests that these phases describe a circlein particular, he discusses the dramatic changes in nietzschean aesthetics against the background of the celebrated themes of the death of god, eternal recurrence, and the idea of the übermenschoxfam books & music olneyan attempt at world-affirmation is made in the central phases, but nietzsche is predominantly influenced at the beginning and end of his career by a schopenhauerian pessimismat the beginning and end art is important because it 'redeems' us from lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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Oxfam books & music durham philosophy is a crucial, yet often overlooked, part of kinesiology students' educationpractical philosophy of sport and physical activity, second edition, provides students with a thorough, clear, and practical introduction to the philosophy of physical activity and sport, and in doing so, prepares them for the ethical questions they will face as professionals each chapter includes objectives, philosophical exercises, reviews, and study questions to reinforce understanding see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Strongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workin the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitywhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areain contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timea preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writings mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgenstein
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Law and ethics in educational leadership by david l%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsstader (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working days
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Media ethics issues and cases by philip patterson (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The ethics of research with children and young people: a practical handbook by …please note has been used so some comments, highlighted parts see pictures make be within the book but otherwise good condition dispatched with royal mail 1st classcondition is good
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Dostoevsky and the ethics of narrative form suspense, closure, minor characters by greta matzner-gore (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 4 to 6 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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International delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsartificial intelligence ethics, governance and policy challenges by andrea renda (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days
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This title reopens the question of media ethicsoxfam books & music wells a good clean copy of this paper back which is signed on the pre-title page by one of the editors (nick couldry) and this is the only marking or annotationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe top corner of the front cover is slightly turnedtaking an exploratory rather than prescriptive approach, an esteemed collection of contributors tackle the diverse areas of moral questioning at work within various broadcasting practices, accommodating the plurality and complexity of present-day ethical challenges posed by the world of media
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Oxfam shop st giles street since it first appeared in , this highly acclaimed text has been the leading guide to counselling ethicsin this fully revised and updated edition, the author takes account of the changing legal, professional and cultural context of counselling and considers recent developments in law concerning the implementation of the human rights act and child protection that impact on counsellingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredeveloped in line with the bacp's own guidelines, its discussion of a wide range of ethical problems and advice on identifying and resolving these dilemmas has made it an invaluable resource
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ethics, humans and other animals bookfrom a smoke free and pet free homecollection onlyplease ask for more information
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Never used £ - a2 size high quality portfolio ring binder folder/case a2 (64 x 50 x 5 cm) blackc/w 5 x strong display sleevesvery good condition ad id: delivery service consumer credit£ - a3 size high quality portfolio ring binder folder/case a3 (48 x 35 x 4extra strong and firm£ aluminium briefcase silver - falcon fi excellent condition - as new
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A comedy and a philosophya comedy and a philosophy by bernard shawfront cover seperated from the rest of the bookyear of publication******there is a note written on the flyleaf, please see picturepublished by constable and compsny ltdby bernard shawman and supermanit is signed by dr, maudsleyman and supermanspine badly damaged, please see picturescould this be something to do with drpages clean but a couple may have small mark, thereonmaudsley of the maudsely hospital london ?****** read more
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Amazing condition youth work ethics by howard sercombeposted by amy in books, comics & magazines, books in braunton
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