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Oxfam shop smithdown road a very clean copy of thomas nagel's' sustained defence of reason against the attacks of subjectivism, delivering systematic rebuttals of relativistic claims with respect to language, logic, science and ethicsas the continuing spread of relativistic thinking threatens to make public discourse increasingly difficult and unproductive, nagel's work sets a new standard in the debate on this crucially important questionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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Collection of fantastic stories, in the form of dialogues, among famous characters alive and dead, about history, philosophy and ethics whose main characteristic is the use of language, jocular, satirical and almost obsceneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo volumes bound in full leather with ribs and gold details in the spinerare to find in shopscovers somewhat scratchedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store18th-century edition of béroalde de verville's le moyen de parvenirare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
35 €
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In doing so, the book departs from the disciplinary purpose of international law, constitutional law and the just war tradition and instead examines discipline-specific defences of targeted killings to identify their requisite normative principles in order to compare these norms across disciplines
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Nussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics at the university of chicagojayal, professor in the center for the study of law and governance, jawaharlal nehru university) about the author wendy doniger is mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicagothe essays point to how challenges to a democratic public culture can be resisted by drawing upon india's long historical tradition of critical thinking, argument and dissentreview this is a timely conversation about the resilience of india's pluralist democracy in a variety of spheres, from education and the media to electoral politics, public institutions and the diaspora
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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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He calls for a freeze on cultural pessimism
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteex-library with the following features: removed label at the bottom of the spine, front endpaper glued to the boardthe map is restored on 1 fold on verso, with acid-free tapecorners slightly bentfull title: ‘wild bush tribes of tropical africa an account of adventure & travel amongst pagan people in tropical africa, with a description of their manners of life, customs, heathenish rites & ceremonies, secret societies, sport & warfare collected during a sojourn of twelve years’ original red cloth binding with print - 314 ppcondition: fair to goodcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecloth of bindings is slightly worn and discoloured, especially on the spinecontains 27 chapters, including: two thousand miles into the heart of africa, revolt of the ba-congolese, wilds of angola, congo men, women, children, native medicine, fetishes, sorecery and magic, spiritism and necromancy, native slavery, laws, customs, ethics, skilled arts and crafts, native music, wisdom and wit, comparative religion, death and after death, negroisms, etcno other traces were found41 illustrations + folding map ( cm) - cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeregistered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
51 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesuperb bibliophily work, superb realisation of woodcuts of many samurai, rare collectible bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableno number - "l'éthique des femmes" - no date () binding in good condition, work in its original soft cover binding, covers and spine in good condition despite some small spots of friction and some small stains visible on the covers, see photos, japanese titling on one of the covers - interior in good condition, nicely preserved, book with beautiful woodcuts, created in the edo era, book in japaneseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
56 €
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Using research conducted on three continents and drawing on the ideas of wittgenstein, benjamin and foucault, didier fassin attempts to do so by developing three concepts: forms of life, ethics of life and politics of lifebut is it possible to conceive of them together and thus reconcile naturalist and humanist approaches?
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In doing so, he explores the important role empathy, in all its forms, has played in the study of the mind, the emotions and aesthetics, and in ethicsin this insightful new book, derek matravers negotiates the evolution of this fascinating concept
15 €
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Examined within the context of their production and consumption, and through their economic, social, political and cultural underpinnings, a picture emerges which conveys how designers grapple with issues of identity and globalisation, nationhood and modernity, ethics and commerceit focuses on fashion, graphic and interior design as metaphors of the complex networks that constitute globalisation within key metropolitan centres of indiathis book is about the response of the design community to india's changing environmentinternally clean and brightoxfam shop kendal hardcover in very good condition with tight bindingbetween india's economic and political ascendancy were charted in the worlds pressthis period of dynamism ushered in an increased sense of confidence, aspiration and pride in being indiandustcover has minimal shelf wear with a few creases and small tear at the bottom of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Environment and law offers a greater understanding of international and national environmental law and has case-studies from all over the world, including examples from uk, us and australian lawit describes and explains law and legal systems, the concept of the environment, sources of environmental law and some of the techniques used in environmental lawoxfam bookshop hexham this textbook provides a concise introduction for students with little or no legal background, to the role of law in environmental protectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterdisciplinary in approach, the book explores some of the major connections between law and the disciplines of ethics, science, economics and politicsin good condition, some slight rubbing to the corners
13 €
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This book is a comprehensive, integrated discussion of 'the dilemma' of humanitarian interventionoxfam bookshop hexham 'the genocide in rwanda showed us how terrible the consequences of inaction can be in the face of mass murderthere are a few scuffs and minor scratches on the cover, front and back, and the spine is creasedthis volume is an invaluable contribution to the debate on all aspects of this vital global issueon the one hand, is it legitimate for a regional organisation to use force without a un mandate on the other, is it permissible to let gross and systematic violations of human rights, with grave humanitarian consequences, continue unchecked ' (united nations secretary-general kofi annan)this paperback first edition is in a good, used conditionwritten by leading analysts of international politics, ethics, and law, it seeks, among other things, to identify strategies that may, if not resolve, at least reduce the current tension between human rights and state sovereigntythe corners are bumpedthe text block appears to be clean and unmarkedbut the conflict in kosovo raised equally important questions about the consequences of action without international consensus and clear legal authoritysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
16 €
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The 30 chapters provide reference on a subject of major importance in medical ethicsoxfam bookshop hexham this is a comprehensive discussion of the ethical issues involved in informing patients of their rights and participation in medical treatment and researchit is in a very good condition, with few signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea previous owner's name has been removed from the top of the first endpaperthe book is divided into five parts: part 1: informed consent and medical research: a historical perspective; part 2: the bmj debate: informed consent in medical research; part 3: informed consent and the regulation of medical research; part 4: the limits of informed consent in medical research: rights, duties, skills; part 5: conclusionthis hardback edition was published in by bmj books
29 €
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Brian wood's new, sprawling, post-apocalyptic epic takes the crew of the kapital from the flooded remnants of hong kong to unalaska, with stops in antarctica and mogadishu, as post-crash ethics and economics are explored across a broken worldplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, nothing is certain and ideologies are meaninglesscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebut the mission remains: search this crumbling world for answers to the cause of the crash, and keep up the hunt for their missing sister ship, the massive, lost and adrift in the chaosare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplot what does it mean to be an environmentalist after the world has already ended? for callum israel, leader of the ninth wave oceanic activist group, this is the question that cuts to the core of his identity
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Author(s): frank, arthurpublisher: university of chicago pressproduct detailspublication date
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We appreciate the impact a good book can havepublisher:pearson education limitedwe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!author:lovell, prof alan
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He was a priest and professor of ethics at the academy of bernplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe book consists of 4 partshalf parchment (spine and part of binding) with papercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis book contains 4 volumes of his “heilige reden bey verschiedene gelegenheiten vorgetragen in der grossen münster-kirche zu bern”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejohann georg altmann () was born in zofingue in switzerlandinside (texts) perfectthe only other copy we could find is in the rostock-universitätsbibliothek read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
170 €
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The contributors to this book, drawn from fields such as education, allied health, psychology and business, explore different aspects of practice in the professions, professionalism, and researchthis includes engaging with the burgeoning literature on practice theory and philosophy, including the increasingly influential neo-aristotelian tradition, and taking account of growing interest in practice thinking across contemporary scholarshipyet professional practice remains something that is little known, theoretically and philosophically, despite a longstanding interest in what might be called the meta-field of professional practice, learning and educationoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear understanding and researching professional practice is crucial both to enhancing the quality of professional learning and to improving professional education more generallysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is especially needed in a context otherwise increasingly organised by neoliberalism, economic rationality, anxious managerialism, and what some see as a general drive towards de-professionalisation and new nuances and intensities of regulationit considers issues such as the primacy of practice, the nature of professional judgement, the role of 'experience', ethics, context, and the practitioner standpointas such, it raises important and timely questions about practice ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies, and also praxis and politics
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Embraces strength of character and ethics to oneself and othersplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea solitaire piece embeblished with a 18k white gold 44 cm chainthe diamond is a symbol of innocence, of love and purityg-h colour • total weight: 3closely associated with the 7th chakra (crown) as it unites the mind and body into one spiritual beingencouraging aspects of truth and trust had been a symbol of commitment and engagement for hundreds of yearsthe perfect gift for love one or yourselfa simple magic bright touch for the heartcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available• 18 karat white gold • natural diamond: round brilliant cut, 1 piece / 0one of a kind 18 karat white gold square design holding a 0,2 carat round brilliant diamondat intini jewels we are committed to provide a unique luxury experience, through jewelry designed by us and inspired by beauty and authenticityknown as high frequency stone that can open all chakra channelsa beautiful and very positive healing stone with diverse propertiesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefast, trackable, insured express shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
464 €
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I am national mouse club registered hobby breeder and abide to their ethics and standardsno time wasters pleaseif i don’t respond her feel free to message mali’s mousery on fbnow just turning 6 weeks oldmale mice must live alone or be neutered to live with other mice as they’re very territorial they can also live with asf ratsall my mice are bred and raised indoors so he’s used to all household noisesdad is show agoutimany thanks:) read morestandard splash and came from a litter of 5lovely temperament and has been handled from birthhe will come treated with spot on and a small bag of foodsingle male fancy mousemum is himi splash and can be seen
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She 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 beyondfine unclipped dust-wrapperin 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 philosophyin 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 britainusing 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 egalitariansthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their critics"-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 rawlsoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin 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 rightrecasting 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 limitssee oxfam website for delivery information read more "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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25 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the flyfishers annual is produced by the australian fishing network with the aim of promoting the ethics of flyfishing, educating flyfishers on the latest techniques and motivating them to expand their horizonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear how can medical law and ethics take forward the issue of children's empowerment and protection? what are the key factors in considering the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and allowing them rights to autonomy? the child as vulnerable patient investigates the role that a human rights approach can play in establishing the parameters of autonomy and discusses the opportunities presented in the human rights act, the european convention on the rights of the child and new policy initiatives in the nhssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea valuable addition to existing literature in this area, this volume will be of interest to lawyers, health professionals and students of medical law
18 €
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Writing with what steven pinker has called "his trademark wit and lack of pretension," gazzaniga ranges across neuroscience, psychology and ethics to show how incorrect it is to blame our brains for our behaviournot so, argues the renowned neuroscientist michael seven given the latest insights into the physical mechanisms of the mind, he explains, we are responsible agents who should be held accountable for our actions, because responsibility is found in how people interact, not in brainsfree will is meaningless, goes the mantra; we live in a "determined" worldan extraordinary book, combining a light touch with profound implications, who's in charge? is a lasting contribution from one of the leading thinkers of our timeoxfam bookshop wallingford the prevailing orthodoxy in brain science is that since physical laws govern our physical brains, physical laws therefore govern our behaviour and even our conscious selvessee oxfam website for delivery information read moregazzaniga as he explains how the mind, "constrains" the brain just as cars are constrained by the traffic they create
9 €
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This interdisciplinary book will benefit everybody trying to understand whether evolution and ethics are unique to earth, or whether they are built into the fabric of the universethe book is carefully edited by douglas vakoch, director of interstellar message composition at the seti institute and professor of clinical psychology at the california institute of integral studiesoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street extraterrestrial altruism examines a basic assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (seti): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefitthis question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as seti scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from earth to make contacttechnological civilizations that transmit signals for the benefit of others, but with no immediate gain for themselves, certainly seem to be altruisticthe foreword is by frank drakesee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition with only some minor creasing to the corners of the coverchapters are authored by leading scholars from diverse disciplines-anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, cosmology, engineering, history of science, law, philosophy, psychology, public policy, and sociologybut does this make biological sense? should we expect altruism to evolve throughout the cosmos, or is this only wishful thinking? is it dangerous to send messages to other worlds, as stephen hawking has suggested, or might humankind benefit from an exchange with intelligence elsewhere in the galaxy? would extraterrestrial societies be based on different ethical principles, or would we see commonalities with earthly notions of morality? extraterrestrial altruism explores these and related questions about the motivations of civilizations beyond earth, providing new insights that are critical for seti
45 €
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Although dogen was a zen priest, his preaching, especially in practical ethics has a universal applicationoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the essence of dogen masanobu takahashi very good condition hardback dust jacket intact, boards excellent, pages unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredogen was one of the great zen masters in japan, and in this book his thought is explained in the clearest terms
11 €
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Oxfam bookshop byres road this book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith case studies of films like parenthood (), american beauty (), little miss sunshine () and the kids are all right (), this original study synthesises leading discourses on media and cognition, evolutionary anthropology, literature and film analysis into a new theory of the storytelling instinct
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9 €
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Structured to follow the entire mrcpsych exam syllabus, the book covers the following key areas, along with the cacs examination: paper 1: - general and adult psychiatric disorder - history and mental state examination - cognitive assessment - neurology and psychology for psychiatrists - psychopathology - history of psychiatry and psychiatric ethics paper 2: - psychopharmacology - neurobiology for psychiatrists - psychiatric genetics - epidemiology - advanced psychological processes and treatments paper 3: - critical appraisal - learning disability - child and adolescent psychiatry - old age psychiatry - forensic psychiatry - consultation liaison psychiatry - neuropsychiatry - psychosexual medicine fully updated with recent references and many additional figures, this third edition features a wealth of new material (including nice guidelines) and updates the dsm-iv-tr criteria to the new dsm-5oxfam bookshop ashbourne revision notes in psychiatry, third edition continues to provide a clear and contemporary summary of clinical psychiatry and the scientific fundamentals of the disciplinedesigned to meet the needs of today's candidates, revision notes in psychiatry, third edition continues to provide a source of trusted expert information to ensure examination success for all those taking higher examinations in psychiatry see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an essential study aid for all those preparing for postgraduate examinations in psychiatry and a superb reference for practising psychiatristscondition is very good with no remarkable damage or wear
49 €
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In god still matters we have the chance to read mccabe on the topics that interested him most - philosophy of god, christology, fundamental theology, sacramental theology and ethicsequally at home in philosophy and theology, he despised jargon and intellectual posturing as a substitute for reason and argumentoxfam shop mold herbert mccabe, who died in , was one of the most intelligent roman catholic thinkers of the twentieth centuryno-one who reads this volume will doubt that mccabe was one of the outstanding christian thinkers of his generation and the epitome of dominican intellectual openness and rigouran influence on philosophers such as anthony kenny and alasdair macintyre he was also befriended by poets and literary critics such as seamus heaney and terry eagletonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the time of his death, he left a wealth of unpublished material- so outstanding in its quality and originality that it is surprising that it was never published in book formthis is now put to rights
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