New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1932. First printing. 528 pp. First printing of the revised edition with a new preface by the authors. Scattered foxing and light annotation throughout, previous owner's name and date written on free front endpaper, notes written in pencil on the rear endpaper, traces of... More about Ethics; Revised Edition
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxx, [4], 3-317 pp., [3]. Bound in black cloth with bronze lettering on the spine. Gert was best known for his work in moral philosophy and he published numerous revised editions of his work focused upon presenting and defending... More about Morality; A New Justification of the Moral Rules
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (1978), 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xii, 1-393, [3] pp. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. First printing of the first edition. This is Gewirth's best-known work, in which he attempts to provide a rational foundation for ethics; in... More about Reason and Morality
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [4], 2-191, [7] pp. Bound in textured black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. A handsome copy of this collection of Hare's lectures on moral theory (his "A Taxonomy of Ethical Theories" lectures given in Uppsala in 1991)... More about Sorting Out Ethics
New York: The Modern Library, 1960. Later printing. Hardcover. 690 pp. Price of $1.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Edited with an introduction by Carl J. Friedrich. Immanuel Kant's moral and political writings. Jacket shows some very light edge wear, small area of slight fading to topstain. More about The Philosophy of Kant
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 263 pp. A comprehensive overview on human rights and moral personhood. Melden also explores the rights conferred by promises and the rights that special moral persons like infants and the terminally ill have. An exceptional copy. A very near Fine book... More about Rights and Persons
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press [1977], 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 505 pp. Translated into English by W. R. M. Lamb. Number 165 in the Loeb Classical Library. Includes the original publisher's price stamped on the free front endpaper. Book shows moderate age toning to the page block, else Very near Fine... More about Laches, Protagoras, Meno, Euthydemus
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, n.d. Reprint. Hardcover. 462 pp. Translated into English by Harold North Fowler. Number 123 in the Loeb Classical Library. A very near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of rubbing. More about Theaetetus; Sophist
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press [1975], 1975. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-x, [2], 3-128, [2] pp. Yellow cloth with black lettering on the spine. Rescher's arguments on humanity's motivation to be moral. Dust jacket shows minor fading to the front and spine panel, else Fine. More about Unselfishness; The Role of the Vicarious Affects in Moral Philosophy and Social Theory
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. 227 pp. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Lord Russell was a giant in the school of Analytic Philosophy, a known advocate for peace and the examination of ethical and moral issues using reason. This book... More about Human Society in Ethics and Politics
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 251 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Lacks the dust jacket. Blackwell & Ruja A57.1a. A presentable copy of this collection of Russell's essays aimed at a more general audience. Very Good with some... More about Sceptical Essays
New York: Knopf, 1961. First printing. Hardcover. Edgewear to jacket, a few pages have light underlining in pencil, slight lean, boards clean and bright. More about Generalization in Ethics
New York: New York Review (1990), 1990. Second edition. 320 pp. Bound in black cloth with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front jacket flap. Five plates with black and white photographs. First printing of the Second Edition incorporting new material and revisions. A prominent work in... More about Animal Liberation
New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers [1977], 1977. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 361 pp. Price of $15.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Michael Walzer’s Just and Unjust Wars, first published in 1977, has... More about Just and Unjust Wars