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Parallel paths : a study in biology ethics and art / by T. W. Rolleston. (1912) [LeatherBound]

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Dictionary of philosophy and psychology; including many of the principal conceptions of ethics logic aesthetics philosophy of religion mental pathology anthropology biology

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Pre-Owned Wolves and Human Communities : Biology Politics and Ethics 9781559638289

Like wolf restoration activities in the West the proposal to reintroduce wolves into the Adirondacks has generated intense public debate. The idea of returning top predators to settled landscapes raises complicated questions on issues ranging from... more

Medical Law and Ethics: Speaking for the Dead: The Human Body in Biology and Medicine (Hardcover)

Speaking for the Dead is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research. Fully revised and updated to include recent developments in this area this new edition... more

Pre-Owned Contract Ethics : Evolutionary Biology and the Moral Sentiments 9780847681181 Used

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Dictionary of philosophy and psychology; including many of the principal conceptions of ethics logic aesthetics philosophy of religion mental pathology anthropology biology neurology physiolog

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Blackwell Public Philosophy: In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence (Hardcover)

Religion is one of the most powerful forces running through human history and although often presented as a force for good its impact is frequently violent and divisive. This provocative work brings together cutting-edge research from both evolutionary... more

Ethics origin and development / by Prince Kropotkin ; authorized translation from the Russian by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff. 1924 [Leather Bound]

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Ethics : Origins and Development (Hardcover)

Ethics is the swan song of the great humanitarian scientist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin. It constitutes as it were the crowning work and the resume of all his scientific philosophical and sociological views at which he arrived in the course of his... more

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biol Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology (Paperback)

How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by examining how evolutionism can explain and justify the existence of ethical normativity and the... more

Pre-Owned The Origins of Walter Rauschenbusch s Social Ethics 9780773511637

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Ethics Origin And Development 1924 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned On Behalf of God : A Christian Ethic for Biology 9780802807274 Used

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Pre-Owned Thinking about Science : Max Delbruck and the Origins of Molecular Biology 9780393025088

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Cellular Origin Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology: Symbioses and Stress: Joint Ventures in Biology (Hardcover)

When one picks up a multiauthored book in a series like this one wonders what will be distinctive about its contents. one wonders about the Concept of Symbiosis. does it have the same meaning for all authors and all potential readers? one is further... more

Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory: Crossing the Boundaries of Life : Günter Blobel and the Origins of Molecular Cell Biology (Paperback)

A close look at Günter Blobel s transformative contributions to molecular cell biology. The difficulty of reconciling chemical mechanisms with the functions of whole living systems has plagued biologists since the development of cell theory in the... more

New Studies in Christian Ethics Human Evolution and Christian Ethics Book 28 (Paperback)

Can the origins of morality be explained entirely in evolutionary terms? If so what are the implications for Christian moral theology and ethics? Is the latter redundant as socio-biologists often assert? Stephen Pope argues that theologians need to... more

The Best Effect : Theology and the Origins of Consequentialism (Hardcover)

A theological history of consequentialism and a fresh agenda for teleological ethics. Consequentialism--the notion that we can judge an action by its effects alone--has been among the most influential approaches to ethics and public policy in the... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion: From Comte to Benjamin Kidd: The Appeal to Biology or Evolution for Human Guidance (Paperback)

Robert Mackintosh (1858-1933) a professor at the Congregationalist Lancashire Independent College traces the influence of biology and evolutionism on the study of human ethics and society during the second half of the nineteenth century in this 1899... more

Information Theory Evolution and the Origin of Life (Paperback)

Information Theory Evolution and the Origin of Life presents a timely introduction to the use of information theory and coding theory in molecular biology. The genetical information system because it is linear and digital resembles the algorithmic... more

Moral Traditions: The Origins of War (Paperback)

Debate rages within the Catholic Church about the ethics of war and peace but the simple question of why wars begin is too often neglected. Catholics assumptions about the causes of conflict are almost always drawn uncritically from international... more

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life (Hardcover)

This history of science analyzes how we came to be. It starts with life s origins and tracks the universe to present day covering astronomy physics chemistry and biology and offering biographical details of science s greatest thinkers. more

The Origin of Life (Paperback)

Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice... more

Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Langu Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language (Paperback)

Jean-Louis Dessalles explores the co-evolutionary paths of biology culture and the great human edifice of language linking the evolution of the language to the general evolutionary history of humankind. He provides searchingly original answers to such... more

On the Origin of Stories: Evolution Cognition and Fiction (Paperback)

A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects--anthropology archeology psychology economics religion morality politics... more

Eternal Ephemera : Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond 9780231153164 Used / Pre-owned

From one of evolutionary biology s major contributors a compelling work that unravels science s great Mystery of Mysteries : how new species arise. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the... more

Pre-Owned The Molecular Origins of Life : Assembling Pieces the Puzzle 9780521564120 /

This 1999 book integrates discoveries in astronomy palaeontology biology and chemistry and uses this knowledge to help us to understand the likely origin of life on Earth. Twenty-three top experts discuss everything from the environment and atmosphere... more

Pre-Owned The Origin of Brands : How Product Evolution Creates Endless Possibilities for New Brands 9780060570156

What Charles Darwin did for biology Al and Laura Ries do for branding. In their exciting new book The Origin of Brands the Rieses take Darwin s revolutionary idea of evolution and apply it to the branding process. What results is a new and strikingly... more

Virtue Ethics and the Environment (Hardcover)

Whatever its origins EVE (Environmental Virtue Ethics) now appears to be a vital part of the environmental philosophy landscape. Whether you look to it for an alternative to other theoretical approaches to environmental ethics or as a complement to... more

Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business Ethics in Victorian Britain (Paperback)

This is the story of 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists who came from relatively humble origins and rose through hard work inventiveness and application to become among the richest and most influential men of their generation. The businesses they... more

Culture and Civilization in the Middle E Islamic Ethics: Divine Command Theory in Arabo-Islamic Thought Book 22 (Hardcover)

This book explores philosophical ethics in Arabo-Islamic thought. Examining the meaning origin and development of Divine Command Theory it underscores the philosophical bases of religious fundamentalism that hinder social development and hamper... more

Computational Biology: Sequence Comparison: Theory and Methods (Hardcover)

Biomolecular sequence comparison is the origin of bioinformatics. This book gives a complete in-depth treatment of the study of sequence comparison. A comprehensive introduction is followed by a focus on alignment algorithms and techniques proceeded by... more

History and Theory of Human Experimentation : The Declaration of Helsinki and Modern Medical Ethics (Hardcover)

Despite having been revised and criticised over the years the Declaration of Helsinki remains one of the most important and internationally known ethics codes worldwide. Yet we know relatively little about its historical origins or about the prolonged... more

Methods in Molecular Biology: Suppression and Regulation of Immune Responses: Methods and Protocols (Hardcover)

This book highlights recent advances in the identification characterization and generation of regulatory cells not only of the T cell lineage but also of other origins as well as the role of several suppressive molecules in immunoregulation. more

The Dynamics of Connection : How Evolution and Biology Create Caregiving and Attachment (Hardcover)

This is a book about why people nurture. It traces the origins of caring and caregiving from the earliest mammals describes neurobiological evidence and explores the social psychological processes of both caregiving and attachment. This book helps us... more

Biology of Hevea Rubber (Hardcover)

In the second edition of this book the origin upkeep and latex harvest from the Hevea rubber tree are dealt with succinctly. New chapters have been included on Propagation Systems and Genetic Resources. The importance of Heterozygosis and Breeding is a... more

Society for the Study of Human Biology S Genetic Variation and Its Maintenance Book 27 (Paperback)

This volume considers the genetic variability of human populations particularly in the tropics: its origins and maintenance and its contribution to the phenotypic variability of complex characters. The first section deals with the ways of analysing... more

Nietzsche Biology and Metaphor (Paperback)

This study explores the German philosopher s response to the intellectual debates sparked by the publication of Charles Darwin s Origin of Species. By examining the abundance of biological metaphors in Nietzsche s writings Gregory Moore questions his... more