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Product Description: This book invites philosophers and their students to consider two of the most fundamental questions in moral and political philosophy: Why be moral? And, what does morality require? Distinguished philosopher James P. Sterba presents his unique views on these topics...read more
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9780813346816 | 1 edition (Westview Pr, February 28, 2012), cover price $28.00 | About this edition: This book invites philosophers and their students to consider two of the most fundamental questions in moral and political philosophy: Why be moral?

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Product Description: Students learn how traditional ethical theories can be applied to practical problems.   Introducing Ethics is a brief text that encourages students to determine how the common wisdom of traditional ethical theories can be applied to practical problems such as the distribution of income and wealth, torture, terrorism, and gay and lesbian rights...read more
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9780205226689 | Student edition (Prentice Hall, February 8, 2012), cover price $46.80 | About this edition: Students learn how traditional ethical theories can be applied to practical problems.

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9780205847594 | Psc edition (Prentice Hall, January 1, 2012), cover price $46.67
9780205847617 | Psc edition (Prentice Hall, December 2, 2011), cover price $53.33

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9780136006541 | 3 edition (Prentice Hall, November 30, 2010), cover price $53.33

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9780521883825 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, June 30, 2010), cover price $89.00

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Product Description: At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open...read more
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9780801446078 | Cornell Univ Pr, September 1, 2009, cover price $52.50 | About this edition: At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open.

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9780801475917 | Cornell Univ Pr, September 1, 2009, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open.

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Product Description: Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world? Or is the world not really patriarchal? Has feminism begun to level the playing field in a world in which women are more often paid less at work and abused at home? Or are women paid equally for the same work and not abused more at home? Does feminism support equality in education and in the military, or does it discriminate against men by ignoring such issues as male-only draft registration and boys lagging behind in school? The only book of its kind, this volume offers a sharp, lively, and provocative debate on the impact of feminism on men...read more
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9780195312829 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 10, 2007, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world?

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Product Description: Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world? Or is the world not really patriarchal? Has feminism begun to level the playing field in a world in which women are more often paid less at work and abused at home? Or are women paid equally for the same work and not abused more at home? Does feminism support equality in education and in the military, or does it discriminate against men by ignoring such issues as male-only draft registration and boys lagging behind in school? The only book of its kind, this volume offers a sharp, lively, and provocative debate on the impact of feminism on men...read more
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9780195312836 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 10, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Does feminism give a much-needed voice to women in a patriarchal world?

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Product Description: Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task over the years has been to determine which of the three is right. Is this book yet another attempt to fulfill this same old task? Not at all...read more
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9780195132847 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 2, 2004, cover price $64.95 | About this edition: Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task over the years has been to determine which of the three is right.

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9780195132854 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, December 2, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task over the years has been to determine which of the three is right.

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Product Description: Philosophy: The Big Questions occupies a unique position among introductory texts in philosophy. Designed for a single-semester introductory course in philosophy, it includes both classic readings in philosophy and newer articles...read more
By Charles W. Mills (editor), Ruth J. Sample (editor) and James P. Sterba (editor)
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9781405108287 | Blackwell Pub, February 23, 2004, cover price $159.95 | About this edition: Philosophy: The Big Questions occupies a unique position among introductory texts in philosophy.

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9781405108270 | Blackwell Pub, February 23, 2004, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Philosophy: The Big Questions occupies a unique position among introductory texts in philosophy.
9789990193459 | Blackwell Pub, December 30, 2003, cover price $0.02

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Product Description: The most timely anthology available, MORALITY IN PRACTICE covers a number of critical contemporary issues, including war and terrorism, cloning, and the environment. Providing broad coverage of topics and opinions, Sterba draws from current journalism as well as philosophy to present opposing viewpoints on each issue...read more
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780534595531 | 7 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, November 1, 2003), cover price $167.95 | About this edition: The most timely anthology available, MORALITY IN PRACTICE covers a number of critical contemporary issues, including war and terrorism, cloning, and the environment.
9780534521110 | 6th edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 2000), cover price $66.95 | About this edition: This book should be of interest to courses on ethics and society.

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Product Description: Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action. Now two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side...read more
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9780195148954 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, September 11, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action.

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Product Description: Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action. Now two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side...read more
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9780195148947 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 23, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action.

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Product Description: Since 9/11, we need to better understand the terrorism we face and reflect upon how we should best respond to it. Edited by James P. Sterba, this collection of new essays on terrorism and international justice focuses on three central questions: What is the nature and rhetoric of terrorism? Who are the terrorists and why do they hate? and What is a morally justified response to terrorism? Prominent philosophers and political thinkers--including Shannon E...read more
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780195158878 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $50.50 | About this edition: Since 9/11, we need to better understand the terrorism we face and reflect upon how we should best respond to it.

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9780195158885 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 3, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Since 9/11, we need to better understand the terrorism we face and reflect upon how we should best respond to it.
9789990055900 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $0.02

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Social and Political Philosophy introduces some of the most important topics in contemporary political philosophy and questions whether these can be accommodated within the framework of liberal theory. It consists of specially written essays by prominent figures in social and political philosophy. Each essay carefully considers both the theoretical and practical problems of a major topic. Traditional perspectives are balanced with new challenges. Topics include: * Moral Methodology* Libertarianism* Socialism* Lesbian and Gay Perspectives* Feminism* Racial and Multicultural Perspectives* Rationality* Welfare Liberalism* Environmentalism* Virtue Ethics and Community* Just War Theory and Pacifism* Civil Disobedience.
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780415217958 | Routledge, March 1, 2001, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: Social and Political Philosophy introduces some of the most important topics in contemporary political philosophy and questions whether these can be accommodated within the framework of liberal theory.

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9780203462645 | Routledge, November 1, 2002, cover price $34.95 | also contains Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives

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Product Description: The only anthology of its kind, this comprehensive work presents defenses and critiques-both classical and contemporary--of seven seminal conceptions of justice: the Libertarian, the Socialist, the Liberal-Democratic, the Communitarian, the Feminist, the Postmodern, and the Environmental...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780534602192 | 4th edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 2002), cover price $112.95 | About this edition: The only anthology of its kind, this comprehensive work presents defenses and critiques-both classical and contemporary--of seven seminal conceptions of justice: the Libertarian, the Socialist, the Liberal-Democratic, the Communitarian, the Feminist, the Postmodern, and the Environmental.
9780534527495 | 3rd edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, July 1, 1998), cover price $43.95 | About this edition: Intended for courses in Social Ethics, Justice, and Political Philosophy found in departments of philosophy and political science.
9780534161644 | 2 sub edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1991), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: An anthology presenting classical and contemporary defenses and critiques of the five main conceptions of justice, including communitarian and feminist viewpoints.

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Intended for upper-division courses in Social and Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, and Political Philosophy that are taken by philosophy majors and often by political science and pre-law students.This anthology, with general and special introductions by the author, puts the historical development of Western social and political philosophy into both feminist and multicultural perspectives. Each of the book's sections provides a solid foundation of classic western readings, followed by articles with feminist and multicultural perspectives.
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780534247263 | Wadsworth Pub Co, February 1, 1995, cover price $41.95

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9789990095937 | 3 edition (Thomson Learning, August 1, 2002), cover price $0.02 | also contains Social and Political Philosophy: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives
9780534527440 | 2nd edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1997), cover price $66.95 | About this edition: Intended for upper-division courses in Social and Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, and Political Philosophy that are taken by philosophy majors and often by political science and pre-law students.

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Product Description: Feminism was born in controversy and it continues to flourish in controversy. The distinguished contributors to this volume provide an array of perspectives on issues including: universal values, justice and care, a feminist philosophy of science, and the relationship of biology to social theory...read more
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780742507128 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, January 1, 2001, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: Feminism was born in controversy and it continues to flourish in controversy.

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9780742507135 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, January 1, 2001, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Feminism was born in controversy and it continues to flourish in controversy.

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Product Description: Bringing together fifty-seven contemporary popular and scholarly selections, Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers clarifies and enriches readers' understanding of this complex and sensitive topic. Featuring a more comprehensive and in-depth treatment than specialized anthologies, it covers the nature of sexual harassment, various types of sexual harassment, and a wide range of current perspectives on the issue...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Linda Lemoncheck (editor) and James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780195142990 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 28, 2000, cover price $57.00 | About this edition: Bringing together fifty-seven contemporary popular and scholarly selections, Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers clarifies and enriches readers' understanding of this complex and sensitive topic.

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9780195134810 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, December 28, 2000, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Bringing together fifty-seven contemporary popular and scholarly selections, Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers clarifies and enriches readers' understanding of this complex and sensitive topic.

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Product Description: The author argues that traditional ethics has yet to face up to three important challenges that come from environmentalism, feminism and multiculturalism. This failure to face up to these challenges has meant that no matter how successful traditional ethics has been at dealing with the problems it recognizes, it has failed to deal with the possibility that its solutions to these problems are biased in favour of humans, biased in favour of men, and biased in favour of Western culture...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780195124750 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 31, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The author argues that traditional ethics has yet to face up to three important challenges that come from environmentalism, feminism and multiculturalism.

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9780195124767 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 31, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In this unique work, James P.

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Product Description: This volume covers a number of critical contemporary issues. It provides very broad coverage of topics and opinions, drawing on current journalism in 2000, as well as philosophy. Each chapter covers a different area of moral concern and contains readings covering alternative views as well as practical applications...read more
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780534521127 | 6th edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 2000), cover price $64.95 | About this edition: This volume covers a number of critical contemporary issues.
9780534506551 | 5th edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, August 1, 1996), cover price $56.95 | About this edition: For courses in Ethics, Moral Issues, Ethical Issues, and Contemporary Moral Problems.
9780534212773 | 4th edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, September 1, 1993), cover price $41.95 | About this edition: A collection of readings about current and emerging issues in moral problems, this anthology brings together the works of writers and thinkers speaking out from opposing positions.

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Product Description: Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives offers students a unique introduction to ethics by integrating the historical development of Western moral philosophy with both feminist and multicultural approaches...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780195127263 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 16, 1999, cover price $84.95 | About this edition: Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives offers students a unique introduction to ethics by integrating the historical development of Western moral philosophy with both feminist and multicultural approaches.

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Product Description: This anthology contains numerous up-to-date, well-related readings on animal rights/animal liberation and environmental ethics—in addition to current topics such as ecological feminism, and practical applications. Approaching its subjects through a set of opposing readings shows the strength and weaknesses of various alternative positions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By James P. Sterba (editor)
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9780130148278 | 2 sub edition (Prentice Hall, September 1, 1999), cover price $83.60 | About this edition: This anthology contains numerous up-to-date, well-related readings on animal rights/animal liberation and environmental ethics—in addition to current topics such as ecological feminism, and practical applications.

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Product Description: This anthology of 40 readings covers a broad range of problems, theories and applications in feminism and women's studies - from sex-role socialization and the cultural invisibility of women to liberal, psychoanalytic and postmodern feminisms...read more
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9780133135602 | Prentice Hall, January 1, 1992, cover price $51.00 | About this edition: This anthology of 40 readings covers a broad range of problems, theories and applications in feminism and women's studies - from sex-role socialization and the cultural invisibility of women to liberal, psychoanalytic and postmodern feminisms.

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