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Bioethics

Principles, Issues, and Cases
Second Edition

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Bioethics / Biomedical Ethics

Ending Life

Ethics and the Way We Die
ISBN13: 9780195140279ISBN10: 0195140273 Paperback , 352 pages
Apr 2005,  In Stock

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$30.00 (01)
Written by Margaret Pabst Battin, one of the top philosophers working in bioethics today, this work is a sequel to her 1994 volume The Least Worst Death.

Principles of Biomedical Ethics

Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780199924585ISBN10: 0199924589 Paperback , 480 pages
Oct 2012,  In Stock

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$64.95 (04)
The classic work that helped define the field of biomedical ethics, fully updated to include cutting-edge approaches

Biomedical Ethics

ISBN13: 9780195144314ISBN10: 0195144317 Paperback , 192 pages
Jul 2004,  In Stock

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$24.95 (04)
An engaging philosophical introduction to the most important ethical positions and arguments in the major areas of biomedicine. Now in paperback!

Bioethics

Principles, Issues, and Cases
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199796236ISBN10: 0199796238 Paperback , 768 pages
Sep 2012,  In Stock

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$84.95 (04)
A truly unique hybrid text that combines extensive introductory and explanatory material, a wide variety of current readings, classic and contemporary cases, and more robust pedagogy than any other text

Case Studies in Biomedical Ethics

Decision-Making, Principles, and Cases
ISBN13: 9780195309720ISBN10: 0195309723 Paperback , 480 pages
Jan 2009,  In Stock

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$62.95 (04)
Featuring a wide range of more than 100 case studies drawn from current events, court cases, and physicians' experiences, this timely volume explores fundamental ethical questions arising from real situations faced by health professionals, patients, and others.

The Ethics of Reproductive Technology

ISBN13: 9780195074352ISBN10: 0195074351 Paperback , 376 pages
Oct 1992,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780192802828ISBN10: 0192802828 Paperback , 170 pages
Oct 2004,  In Stock

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$11.95 (03)
A concise and readable introduction to some of the most confusing issues facing the field of medicine today

The Least Worst Death

Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life
ISBN13: 9780195082654ISBN10: 0195082656 Paperback , 320 pages
Jan 1994,  In Stock

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$57.95 (04)

Bioethics

An Introduction for the Biosciences
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199214303ISBN10: 0199214301 Paperback , 450 pages
Apr 2008,  In Stock

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$64.95 (04)
The most wide-ranging and balanced textbook in bioethics, this volume offers students just the right mix of science and philosophy

Contemporary Bioethics

A Reader with Cases
ISBN13: 9780195313826ISBN10: 0195313828 Paperback , 736 pages
Oct 2009,  In Stock

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$92.95 (04)

Business Ethics

ISBN13: 9780195369113ISBN10: 0195369114 Hardcover , 176 pages
Jul 2008,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)
"A virtuoso performance by one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of business ethics."--Edwin M. Hartman, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Ethical Issues in Professional Life

ISBN13: 9780195050264ISBN10: 0195050266 Paperback , 496 pages
Mar 1988,  In Stock

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$74.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780195082265ISBN10: 0195082265 Paperback , 256 pages
Aug 1993,  In Stock

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$58.95 (04)

Business, Institutions, and Ethics

A Text with Cases and Readings
ISBN13: 9780195080803ISBN10: 0195080807 Paperback , 512 pages
Oct 1999,  In Stock

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$79.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780195369106ISBN10: 0195369106 Paperback , 176 pages
Jul 2008,  In Stock

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$29.95 (04)
"A virtuoso performance by one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of business ethics."--Edwin M. Hartman, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Ethics Across the Professions

A Reader for Professional Ethics
ISBN13: 9780195326680ISBN10: 0195326687 Paperback , 464 pages
Oct 2009,  In Stock

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$74.95 (04)
The most up-to-date reader with cases in professional ethics

Ethics at Work

Basic Readings in Business Ethics
ISBN13: 9780195139426ISBN10: 0195139429 Paperback , 192 pages
Nov 2002,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)

Honest Work

A Business Ethics Reader
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195383157ISBN10: 019538315X Paperback , 688 pages
Feb 2010,  In Stock

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$84.95 (04)
The only business ethics reader that makes ethical issues personal

Contemporary Moral Issues

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Abortion

Three Perspectives
ISBN13: 9780195380279ISBN10: 0195380274 Hardcover , 272 pages
Dec 2008,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)

Moral Issues

ISBN13: 9780195404265ISBN10: 0195404262 Paperback , 464 pages
Aug 1983,  In Stock

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$69.95 (04)

Exploring Ethics

An Introductory Anthology
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199757510ISBN10: 0199757518 Paperback , 432 pages
Oct 2010,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
A compact and cost-effective collection of readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral problems
ISBN13: 9780195080315ISBN10: 0195080319 Paperback , 352 pages
Jan 1995,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
Featuring the work of thinkers from antiquity to the modern era, this eclectic anthology presents many and varied perspectives on sexual roles and norms, eroticism, pornography, feminism, prostitution, perversion, friendship, and familial love.

Philosophical Issues in Journalism

ISBN13: 9780195068986ISBN10: 019506898X Paperback , 288 pages
Feb 1992,  In Stock

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$54.95 (04)

Animal Rights

Current Debates and New Directions
ISBN13: 9780195305104ISBN10: 0195305108 Paperback , 352 pages
Oct 2005,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
"This is a veritable hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy of animal rights and animal welfare. Anyone genuinely concerned about the creatures who are our kin will have to read this book from cover to cover."--Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School

Disputed Moral Issues

A Reader
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195388725ISBN10: 0195388720 Paperback , 696 pages
Oct 2010,  In Stock

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$85.95 (04)
This unique reader shows how theory applies to contemporary moral issues

Contemporary Moral Arguments

Readings in Ethical Issues
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199922260ISBN10: 0199922268 Paperback , 736 pages
Oct 2012,  In Stock

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$82.95 (04)
Offering numerous pedagogical features, this contemporary moral issues reader shows students how to understand and evaluate moral arguments

Ethical Choices

An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with Cases
ISBN13: 9780195332957ISBN10: 0195332954 Paperback , 320 pages
Jul 2010,  In Stock

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$35.95 (04)
A concise and accessible introductory ethics survey, featuring a large variety of real-life case studies

Sexual Harassment

Issues and Answers
ISBN13: 9780195134810ISBN10: 0195134818 Paperback , 416 pages
Dec 2000,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)

What's Wrong?

Applied Ethicists and Their Critics
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195337808ISBN10: 0195337808 Paperback , 640 pages
Jan 2009,  In Stock

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$92.95 (04)
Authors meet their critics in the second edition of this unique contemporary moral problems reader

A Practical Companion to Ethics

Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199730582ISBN10: 019973058X Paperback , 144 pages
Sep 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
A brief, hands-on critical-thinking approach to ethics that offers practical instruction in problem-solving

Abortion

Three Perspectives
ISBN13: 9780195308952ISBN10: 0195308956 Paperback , 272 pages
Dec 2008,  In Stock

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$26.95 (01)
This engaging three-way debate goes beyond the typical liberal vs. conservative arguments for and against abortion.

Conversations on Ethics

ISBN13: 9780199602940ISBN10: 0199602948 Paperback , 272 pages
May 2011,  In Stock

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$24.95 (04)
Eleven outstanding contemporary thinkers discuss fascinating moral questions in accessible informal conversations

The Fundamentals of Ethics

Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199773558ISBN10: 0199773556 Paperback , 338 pages
Jul 2011,  In Stock

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$29.95 (04)
The broadest--yet also concise--introduction to moral philosophy available

The Ethical Life

Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199773527ISBN10: 0199773521 Paperback , 464 pages
Jul 2011,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
A compact yet thorough collection of readings in ethical theory and contemporary moral problems--at the best price

Questions of Life and Death

Readings in Practical Ethics
ISBN13: 9780195156980ISBN10: 0195156986 Paperback , 544 pages
Sep 2011,  In Stock

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$87.95 (04)
This unique anthology on contemporary moral issues focuses on the major questions of life and death--the ethics of saving lives and the ethics of killing

Exploring Ethics

An Introductory Anthology
Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199946587ISBN10: 0199946582 Paperback , 496 pages
Sep 2013,  Not Yet Published

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$49.95 (04)
A compact and cost-effective collection of readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral problems

Environmental Ethics

An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy

ISBN13: 9780195122046ISBN10: 0195122046 Paperback , 208 pages
Sep 1998,  In Stock

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$37.95 (04)
A concise and engaging introduction to environmental ethics
ISBN13: 9780195133844ISBN10: 0195133846 Paperback , 368 pages
Dec 2000,  In Stock

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$62.95 (04)
Journalistic style allows for detailed accounts of actual human dramas that manifest problems

Environmental Ethics

What Really Matters, What Really Works
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199793518ISBN10: 0199793514 Paperback , 688 pages
Nov 2011,  In Stock

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$74.95 (04)
Exploring morality from an environmental perspective, this exceptional anthology offers a perfect balance of classic readings and cutting-edge essays, at an affordable price

Reflecting on Nature

Readings in Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199782437ISBN10: 0199782431 Paperback , 336 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

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$59.95 (04)
A wide-ranging and timely anthology that shows how environmental philosophy helps us understand and respond to environmental issues

Introduction to Ethics

Ethics

ISBN13: 9780198752141ISBN10: 0198752148 Paperback , 368 pages
Jul 2000,  In Stock

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$37.95 (04)
Part of the successful Oxford Philosophical Texts series

The Moral Philosophers

An Introduction to Ethics
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780198752165ISBN10: 0198752164 Paperback , 240 pages
Jan 1998,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780195306200ISBN10: 0195306201 Paperback , 96 pages
Jun 2006,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
Offering a uniquely constructive set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems, this concise volume is an ideal supplement for any general ethics course and can also be used in more specific applied courses like bioethics, business ethics, and social ethics.

A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox

Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199758814ISBN10: 0199758816 Paperback , 560 pages
Nov 2012,  In Stock

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$64.95 (04)
Offers a uniquely practical, hands-on, and socially engaged introduction to ethics

Exploring Ethics

An Introductory Anthology
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199757510ISBN10: 0199757518 Paperback , 432 pages
Oct 2010,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
A compact and cost-effective collection of readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral problems

Ethics

ISBN13: 9780192892454ISBN10: 0192892452 Paperback , 432 pages
Mar 1994,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)

Three Challenges to Ethics

Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism
ISBN13: 9780195124767ISBN10: 0195124766 Paperback , 160 pages
Aug 2000,  In Stock

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$25.95 (04)
The only book devoted to these basic challenges to ethics
ISBN13: 9780195132854ISBN10: 0195132858 Paperback , 224 pages
Nov 2004,  In Stock

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$42.95 (04)
In The Triumph of Practice over Theory in Ethics, James P. Sterba reconciles three theories of ethics--Aristotelian, Kantian, and utilitarian--by focusing on putting ethics into practice and taking up some of the most challenging moral problems of our time.

Ethics

Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives
ISBN13: 9780195127263ISBN10: 0195127269 Paperback , 576 pages
Dec 1999,  In Stock

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$87.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780192853608ISBN10: 0192853600 Paperback , 144 pages
Mar 2002,  In Stock

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$11.95 (03)

Happiness

Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy
ISBN13: 9780195321401ISBN10: 0195321405 Paperback , 289 pages
Mar 2007,  In Stock

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$29.95 (04)

Moral Relativism

A Reader
ISBN13: 9780195131307ISBN10: 0195131304 Paperback , 352 pages
Aug 2000,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780195168730ISBN10: 0195168739 Paperback , 160 pages
Sep 2003,  In Stock

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$34.95 (04)

Ethical Argument

Critical Thinking in Ethics
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195173161ISBN10: 0195173163 Paperback , 208 pages
Feb 2004,  In Stock

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$39.95 (04)

Disputed Moral Issues

A Reader
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195388725ISBN10: 0195388720 Paperback , 696 pages
Oct 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$85.95 (04)
This unique reader shows how theory applies to contemporary moral issues

Contemporary Moral Arguments

Readings in Ethical Issues
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199922260ISBN10: 0199922268 Paperback , 736 pages
Oct 2012,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$82.95 (04)
Offering numerous pedagogical features, this contemporary moral issues reader shows students how to understand and evaluate moral arguments

Ethical Choices

An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with Cases
ISBN13: 9780195332957ISBN10: 0195332954 Paperback , 320 pages
Jul 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$35.95 (04)
A concise and accessible introductory ethics survey, featuring a large variety of real-life case studies

Being Good

A Short Introduction to Ethics
ISBN13: 9780192853776ISBN10: 0192853775 Paperback , 172 pages
Feb 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$14.95 (03)
Eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn delivers an eloquent, engaging companion to his best-selling book Think, illuminating the basic questions of ethics

What's Wrong?

Applied Ethicists and Their Critics
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195337808ISBN10: 0195337808 Paperback , 640 pages
Jan 2009,  In Stock

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$92.95 (04)
Authors meet their critics in the second edition of this unique contemporary moral problems reader

Why Be Good?

A Historical Introduction to Ethics
First Edition
ISBN13: 9780195325058ISBN10: 0195325052 Paperback , 224 pages
Dec 2007,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)
Ideal for courses in introductory ethics or the history of ethics, this unique volume explores the vital question of why we should be good.

A Practical Companion to Ethics

Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199730582ISBN10: 019973058X Paperback , 144 pages
Sep 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$19.95 (04)
A brief, hands-on critical-thinking approach to ethics that offers practical instruction in problem-solving

The Moral Domain

Guided Readings in Philosophical and Literary Texts
ISBN13: 9780195148084ISBN10: 0195148088 Paperback , 336 pages
Aug 2009,  In Stock

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$69.95 (04)
This engaging, interactive and pedagogical introduction to ethics combines the best features of a textbook and an anthology. It is the only hybrid text that includes literature and a built-in study guide.

Abortion

Three Perspectives
ISBN13: 9780195308952ISBN10: 0195308956 Paperback , 272 pages
Dec 2008,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$26.95 (01)
This engaging three-way debate goes beyond the typical liberal vs. conservative arguments for and against abortion.

Conversations on Ethics

ISBN13: 9780199602940ISBN10: 0199602948 Paperback , 272 pages
May 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$24.95 (04)
Eleven outstanding contemporary thinkers discuss fascinating moral questions in accessible informal conversations

The Moral Life

An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature
Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780195396256ISBN10: 0195396251 Paperback , 1008 pages
Apr 2010,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$84.95 (04)

The Fundamentals of Ethics

Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199773558ISBN10: 0199773556 Paperback , 338 pages
Jul 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$29.95 (04)
The broadest--yet also concise--introduction to moral philosophy available

The Ethical Life

Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199773527ISBN10: 0199773521 Paperback , 464 pages
Jul 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
A compact yet thorough collection of readings in ethical theory and contemporary moral problems--at the best price

Ethics

History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues
Fifth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199797264ISBN10: 0199797269 Paperback , 992 pages
Sep 2011,  In Stock

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$84.95 (04)
Essentially three books in one, Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues is the most comprehensive and affordable ethics anthology available

Exploring Ethics

An Introductory Anthology
Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199946587ISBN10: 0199946582 Paperback , 496 pages
Sep 2013,  Not Yet Published

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
A compact and cost-effective collection of readings on ethical theory and contemporary moral problems

Military Ethics

Military Ethics

An Introduction with Case Studies
ISBN13: 9780199846290ISBN10: 0199846294 Paperback , 320 pages
Jul 2012,  In Stock

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$39.95 (04)
This truly introductory textbook on military ethics uses case studies to engage students in real-world issues

Professional Ethics

Ethics Across the Professions

A Reader for Professional Ethics
ISBN13: 9780195326680ISBN10: 0195326687 Paperback , 464 pages
Oct 2009,  In Stock

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$74.95 (04)
The most up-to-date reader with cases in professional ethics

Social and Political Ethics

Terrorism and International Justice

ISBN13: 9780195158885ISBN10: 0195158881 Paperback , 272 pages
Mar 2003,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$37.95 (04)

Justice

A Reader
ISBN13: 9780195335125ISBN10: 0195335120 Paperback , 432 pages
Aug 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$35.00 (06)
The essential readings on justice and moral reasoning in one indispensable volume

Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy

Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199791156ISBN10: 0199791155 Paperback , 1232 pages
Feb 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
The most comprehensive and economical collection of readings in political and moral philosophy