London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 vol. 4to. [5], 2-275, [3]; [5], 2-261, [3] pp. Full original calf, spines in six compartments, with a red morocco label lettered in gold on each spine, a light brown morocco label on each spine lettered in gold, spines decorated..... More
New York: Cambridge University Press (1989), 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xii, 1-340 pp. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Brink is one of the "Cornell realists" and in this book he explores a number of issues in the foundations of ethics including the..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company [1932], 1932. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], iii, 528 pp. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. First printing of the revised edition with a new preface by the authors. A Near Very Good book with the front hinge starting, some..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell [1978], 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], xii-xiv, [3], 2-207, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Slater 337. A collection of essays spanning twenty years of Foot's work. The first section contains her work on abortion, euthanasia, Hume's moral philosophy, free will and..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxx, [4], 3-317 pp., [3]. Bound in black cloth with orange 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
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
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
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [3], 2-225, [1] pp. Navy cloth with copper lettering on the spine. Price of 45s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. SEP, "Promises". Slater 581. Lyons' first book: here the classic objection to rule utilitarianism..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009. Third printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [1], 2-250, [10] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. An important installation in the literature of Just-War Theory. McMahan argues that the permissibility of killing in war remains the same as killing in the name of self-defence..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [1], 2-250, [10] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. An important installation in the literature of Just-War Theory. McMahan argues that the permissibility of killing in war remains the same as killing in the name of self-defence..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [9], 2-263, [1] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. 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..... More
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
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
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
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
New York: Simon and Schuster [1951], 1951. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 3-213, [5] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, red topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Blackwell and Ruja A89.2a. Russell's treatise on optimism and maintaining hope..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 12-251, [5] 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..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], viii-xvii, [4], 3-351, [2], ii-x, [2] pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Near Fine book with some scattered light underlining in pencil in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with traces..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (1977), 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-274, [6] pp. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering on the spine. Small book plate of philosopher and well-known pacifist Henry LeRoy Finch on the front pastedown. Slater 927. Thomson was one of the most significant and..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press [1990], 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-viii, [4], 383, [5] pp. Blue cloth with white lettering on the spine. Thomson is one of the most significant and well-regarded moral philosophers of the 20th century. In this book, she explores what conditions must be satisfied..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [2], 3-187, [1] pp. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. One gathering (four leaves) bound upside down. Following in the footsteps of Peter Singer's landmark essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", Unger examines a number..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1963), 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xviii, 1-214, [1], 2-11, [1] pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Edited by A.J. Ayer. One of the major works by a key figure in the development of deontic logic. A Near Fine..... More
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