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Stanford University, California, USA: Stanford Alumni Association, 1988. BX3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very, very minor overall wear plus some light creasing of the front cover at the top right corner. A title in the Portable Stanford series. A book that examines the ethical choices brought about by rapid technological and social changes. The questions considered include abortion, voluntary euthanasia and the doctor's role in it, treatment of near-death AIDS patients and surrogate parenthood. The book also looks at future developmental trends in medical technology and the ethical questions they may generate in turn. The author is a hospital chaplain and teacher of medical ethics. By the author of "A Time to Be Born, A time to Die." Endnotes, author biography, 199p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6.5"x9".

Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1973. CG2 - A hard cover first American edition book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine and gold lettering and graphics on the front with only very, very minor overall shelf wear plus the original owner's name and a date in ink on the front endpaper. An examination of the origin of the idea of peace. The author has looked both the ideas which inspired the major philosophical and political doctrines of antiquity plus the most significant literary works of those times. The idea presented is that violent warlike demands and the encouragement to heroism have often been inspired by both writers and philosophers but that peaceful undercurrents and tendencies have also always present and active in antiquity. The author was a member of the anti-Fascist Resistance in Italy and is a convinced pacifist. Translated from the Italian by Richard Dunn. Endnotes, indexed, 333p.. First American… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1983. CH6 - A hard cover first American edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. The words FIRST PUBLISHED must appear on back of the title page with the year and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured green paper covered boards with tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front free endpaper plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, title page, copyright page, and back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library labe on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A book that examines how humans have developed methods to reconcile the animal appetites of men with their awareness of gods and their intimations of immortality. References, indexed, 184p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

France: Hachette Littératures, 1998. CC1 - A French language text trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some light creasing on the spine, some creasing on the front cover at the bottom right corner, and a small dent on the back cover at the top left corner. Depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la nécessité est apparue d'une réflexion collective sur l'éthique des sciences. En 1955, le manifeste Russell-Einstein donna naissance au mouvement Pugwash, dont les << Conférences sur la science et les affaires mondiales >> ont voulu être << la conscience morale des scientifiques >>. Elles ont constitué un forum régulier, tolérant, ouvert aux savants et aux citoyens concernés, et contribué à écarter le spectre de l'apocalypse nucléaire. Elles ont bien mérité leur prix Nobel de la paix (1995).… Read More

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Abingdon Press, 1993. BX3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall wear plus a light stain to the extreme bottom left corner of pages 186-210. An ethical and theological analysis of the political reality of the pressure for the elimination of welfare at the same time that the amount of poverty in the United States is growing. It surveys the situation and the histories of poverty and welfare as public policy issues in the United States. Endnotes, suggestions for further reading, 210p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".