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Academic Press dictionary of science and technology
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ISBN: 0122004000 9780122004001 Year: 1992 Publisher: San Diego, Calif. Academic Press

An essay on the modern state
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ISBN: 052149625X 0521524075 0511609124 9780521496254 9780511609121 9780521524070 Year: 1998 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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This important book is the first serious philosophical examination of the modern state. It inquires into the justification of this particular form of political society. It asks whether all states are 'nation-states', what are the alternative ways of organizing society, and which conditions make a state legitimate. The author concludes that, while states can be legitimate, they typically fail to have the powers (e.g sovereignty) that they claim. Many books analyze government and its functions but none focuses on the state as a distinctive form of political organization or examines critically the claims states make for themselves. In filling this lacuna Christopher Morris has written a book that will command the attention of political philosophers, political scientists, legal theorists, and specialists in international relations.

The social contract theorists : critical essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
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ISBN: 0847689077 Year: 1999 Publisher: Totowa Rowman & Littlefield

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques --- Hobbes, Thomas --- Locke, John --- 321.01 --- Social contract --- Social compact --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Political science --- Sociology --- Sovereignty --- Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- -Locke, John --- -Rousseau, Jean-Jacques --- -ロック --- 로크 --- Contributions in political science --- Social contract. --- -Contributions in political science --- 321.01 Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Hobbes, Thomas, --- Locke, John, --- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, --- Rousseau, Jean Jacques --- Rouseau, Jan Jakub, --- Russo, Zhan Zhak, --- Rousseau, John James, --- Rūssū, Jān Jāk, --- Lu-so, --- Ru-xô, Giăng-Giá̆c, --- Rousseau, Jean Jaques, --- Rousseau, Jean Jeacques, --- Rousseau, J. J. --- Rusō, Jan Jakku, --- Rousseau, Gian Giacomo, --- Ruso, Z'an Z'aḳ, --- Rūcō, --- Citoyen de Genève, --- Citizen of Geneva, --- Roussō, --- Rousseau, --- Rūssō, --- Rousseau, Johann Jacob, --- Руссо, Жан-Жак, --- רוסא, זשאן־זשאק --- רוסא, י׳ן י׳ק, --- רוסו, זאאן זאאק, --- רוסו, ז׳אן־ז׳אק, --- روسو، چان چاك --- روسو، ژان ژاك --- 卢梭, --- Rousseau, Juan Jacobo, --- Rousseau, G. G. --- Ruso, Jan Jak, --- Rūsaw, Zhān Zhāk, --- Rūsū, Zhān Zhāk, --- Philanthropus, --- Lokk, Dzhon, --- Lūk, Jūn, --- Lo-kʻo, --- Locke, Giovanni, --- Lock, --- Lock, John, --- Rokku, Jon, --- לוק, י׳ון, --- Gobbs, Tomas, --- Hobbs, Thomas, --- Gobbes, Tomas, --- T. H. --- H., T. --- Hobs, Thomas, --- Hobbes, --- Hobbes, Thom. --- Hobbius, Thomas, --- Hobbuzu, Tomasu, --- Huobusi, --- Hobbs, Tho. --- הובס, תומס, --- 霍布斯, --- ホッブズ, トマス,

Models of misrepresentation : on the fiction of E. L. Doctorow
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ISBN: 087805524X Year: 1991 Publisher: Jackson : University press of Mississippi,

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Questions of life and death : readings in practical ethics.
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ISBN: 9780195156980 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York Oxford university press

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Amartya Sen
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ISBN: 9780521852913 9780521618069 9780511800511 9780511651991 0511651996 0521852919 0521618061 0511800517 1107209900 051169976X 1282393952 9786612393952 0511647913 0511633041 0511631839 0511634250 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1998 'for his contributions in welfare economics'. Although his primary academic appointments have been mostly in economics, Sen is also an important and influential social theorist and philosopher. His work on social choice theory is seminal, and his writings on poverty, famine, and development, as well his contributions to moral and political philosophy, are important and influential. Sen's views about the nature and primacy of liberty also make him a major contemporary liberal thinker. This volume of essays on aspects of Sen's work is aimed at a broad audience of readers interested in social theory, political philosophy, ethics, public policy, welfare economics, the theory of rational choice, poverty, and development. Written by a team of well-known experts, each chapter provides an overview of Sen's work in a particular area and a critical assessment of his contributions to the field.


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Marriage and murder in eleventh-century Northumbria : a study of De obsessionedunelmi.
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Year: 1992 Publisher: York : University of York. Borthwick institute of historical research,

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Practical rationality and preference : essays for David Gauthier
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ISBN: 0511570805 0521781841 0521038847 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What are preferences and are they reasons for action? Is it rational to cooperate with others even if that entails acting against one's preferences? The dominant position in philosophy on the topic of practical rationality is that one acts so as to maximize the satisfaction of one's preferences. This view is most closely associated with the work of David Gauthier, and in this collection of essays some of the most innovative philosophers working in this field explore the controversies surrounding Gauthier's position. Several essays argue against influential conceptions of preference, while others suggest that received conceptions of rational action misidentify the normative significance of rules and practices. This collection will be of particular interest to philosophers of social theory and to reflective social scientists in such fields as economics, political science and psychology.

Dictionary of energy
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ISBN: 0080445780 9780080445780 9786610621699 1280621699 0080457231 9780080457239 9780080445786 9781280621697 6610621691 Year: 2006 Publisher: Amsterdam Boston Elsevier

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At a time when the topic of energy prices, resources and environmental impacts are at the forefront of news stories and political discussions, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exciting new Dictionary of Energy. This authoritative resource, called ""an essential reference for energy researchers"" by Mark Jaccard, Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group at Simon Fraser University, covers all aspects of energy and its role in society. * Over 8,000 definitions spanning 40 scientific disciplines* More than 100 'window essays' written

Value, welfare, and morality
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ISBN: 0521416965 0521039592 0511625022 0511880669 Year: 1993 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press

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This book addresses critical issues in normative ethical theory. Every such theory must contain not only a theory of motivation but also a theory of value, and the link that is often forged between what is valuable and what would be right is human welfare or well-being. This topic is a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, not least because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism. Indeed, there is as much disagreement about the nature of value and its relationship to welfare and morality, as there is about the substantive content of normative ethical theories. The essays in this collection, all written by a distinguished team of moral philosophers, provide an overview, analysis and an attempted resolution of those controversies. They constitute a rigorous account of the relationships among value, welfare and morality.

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