The People's Duty: Collective Agency and the Morality of Public Policy, Hardcover - Shmuel Nili

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Centuries of Meditations is a devotional manual from the English literary Thomas Traherne; undiscovered for over 200 years, this manuscript was fir...

In economic philosophy, morality is usually seen as a constraint on self-interested maximisation and economic behaviour. The Morality of Economic B...

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Toby Walsh explores how AI is here to stay and although it may not be the stuff of science fiction, but it will undoubtedly change the future of th...

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DescriptionThis new edition restructures and updates the political economy view of the responsibilities and limitations of government. Public-choic...

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An indispensable guide to the moral quandaries confronting those engaged in humanitarian action.

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This element explores the reconfiguration of interactions between universities and the state, while highlighting the role policy analysis can play ...

Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and ...

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This substantially updated new edition sets out the contexts of children's and young people's lives and encourages students to explore their comple...

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This groundbreaking book argues that philosophy is not just useful, but vital, for thinking coherently about priorities in health policy and public...

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Fully revised and expanded to encompass the most up-to-date theory, policy and practice, this comprehensive text considers the different aspects of...

situates the discussion of older people's interests in the international context and outlines the findings of an Irish case study -- .

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