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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Mild scuffing and wear to cover, corners, otherwise very clean, sound, unread copy. 472 pgs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. Beige glossy hardcover with blue lettering and trim on covers and spine, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, cover shows light rubbing. Binding tight, pages white and clean, possible author inscription on first free end page is the only marking. 371 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover, 8vo., 297pp. Ex-Lib with usual faults, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Oversized Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None Issued. 1st Edition. This is a Fine copy of the first edition. The NATO Science Series.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover, 8vo., 228 pp. Ex-Lib, with usual faults, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Fine. First Edition. A very clean, unmarked copy.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 8vo. 341 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in white/orange & blue wrappers. Nice clean sound copy. INSCRIBED by author. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. AS NEW/NO DJ (as issued), HB, 8vo., 464 pgs. Compilation of papers presented at the IFIP TC8 %& TC9/WG8.2 & WG9.4 Working Conference June 15-17, 2003, Athens, Greece. This copy as new. 27 papers + 2 Panel Discussions.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. xiii, 242 p. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Very clean, sound, unread copy. Proceedings of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Computational Methods for Polymers and Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Erice, Italy from 16 to 22 July 2003. 363 pgs.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket (as issued). First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. AS NEW-/NO DJ (as issued), HB, 8vo., 298 pgs. Compilation pf papers presented at the IFIP TC8 WG8.2 Intl. Working Conference August 21-22, 1999 St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Virtually as new save for penned Former owner's name to the front pastedown. 19 papers presented.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Fore-edge page block has been stamped in black ink. Label from library at tail of spine. Front paste down and first free end pages have been stamped in black ink. Pencil markings on title, copyright and contents pages. Label from library on back paste down page. Otherwise very good.

275pp. roy.8vo. orangge boards. edges spotted.

Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Near Fine, tiny rub at head of spine. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. xviii, 321 pages ; 24 cm I. Introduction.- One: An Overview of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Concepts of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis.- 2.1. TA and EIA: Similarities and Differences.- 2.2. The Components of TA and EIA.- 2.3. The Uses and Users of TA's and EIA's.- 3. The Institutionalization of TA and EIA.- 3.1. The National Environmental Policy ACT (NEPA).- 3.2. The US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).- 3.3. TA/EIA Outside the OTA.- 4. TA/EIA Methodology.- 5. The Preeminence of Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis in TA/EIA.- 5.1. The Origins of RCBA.- 5.2. The Techniques of RCBA.- 6. The Role of the Philosopher in TA and EIA.- 6.1. The Role of the Ethicist in TA and EIA.- 6.2. The Role of the Applied Philosopher of Science.- 7. Criticism of TA/EIA and an Outline for Reform.- Notes.- Two: Assessing Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis, the Preeminent Method of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Deficiency Argument.- 2.1. Phenomenological Variants of the Deficiency Argument.- 2.2. Kantian Variants of the Deficiency Argument.- 3. Assumptions Underlying the Main Inference of the Deficiency Argument.- 3.1. The Assumption that RCBA Deficiencies Are a Sufficient Condition for Rejecting It.- 3.2. The Assumption That Any Systematic, Rational Form of Policymaking Ought to Be Rejected.- 3.3. The Assumption That Not all Policy Alternatives Have Theoretical Residuals.- 3.4. The Assumption That Wholly Rational Decisionmaking Is Possible.- 3.5. The Assumption That Many of the Constraints on Real-World Decisionmaking May Be Ignored.- 4. The First Premise of the Kantian Argument: RCBA Is Utilitarian.- 5. Conclusion.- Notes.- II. General Methodological Problems.- Three: The Retreat from Ethical Analysis.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Principle of Complete Neutrality.- 2.1. One Case Against Complete Neutrality: Constitutive Values.- 2.2. Another Case Against Neutrality: Contextual Values.- 2.3. The Fact-Value Dichotomy.- 3. The Impossibility of Wholly Objective Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analyses.- 3.1. Methodological Assumptions in Technology Assessment.- 3.2. Evaluative Assumptions in the Light of Inadequate Data.- 3.3. Political Assumptions in TA and EIA.- 4. The Ideal of Complete Neutrality.- 4.1. The Presupposition That Objectivity = Neutrality.- 4.2. The Presupposition That There Is No Place for Philosophical Evaluation in Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis.- 4.3. Consequences of Condemning Applied Ethics and Philosophy of Science.- 4.3.1. Sanctioning Ethical Relativism.- 4.3.2. Accepting the Status Quo.- 4.3.3. Masking Central Evaluational Assumptions.- 5. Deemphasizing Nontechnical Policy Solutions.- 6. Alternatives to the Principle and the Ideal of Complete Neutrality.- 6.1. The Importance of Including Philosophical Analysis.- 6.2. The Positivistic Attack on Philosophy.- 7. Conclusion.- Notes.- Four: The Fallacy of Unfinished Business.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Suboptimization and the Status Quo.- 3. The Fallacy of Unifinished Business and the Naturalistic Fallacy.- 4. One Solution: Broadening the Scope of TA and EIA.- 5. Objections to Broadening the Scope of TA and EIA So As to Avoid the Fallacy of Unfinished Business.- 6. Conclusion.- Notes.- III. Particular Methodological Problems.- Five: RCBA and the Aggregation Assumption.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Aggregation Assumption.- 3. Methodological Presuppositions Implicit in the Aggregation Assumption.- 3.1. The Aggregation Assumption and the First Presupposition.- 3.2. The Aggregation Assumption and the Second Presupposition.- 3.3. The Aggregation Assumption and the Third Presupposition.- 4. Theoretical Status of the Aggregation Assumption.- 5. Applications of the Aggregation Assumption to Technology Assessment and Environmental Analysis.- 5.1. Consequences of Ignoring Distributive Impacts.- 5.2. Consequences of Using Subjective Feelings as Criteria.- 5.3. Consequences of Assuming That the Individual Can Best Judge His Welfare.- 5.4. Consequences of Accepting the Market System.- 6. Future Directions and the Aggregation Assumption.- 7. Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- Six: RCBA and the Assumption of Partial Quantification.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Problem of Quantification.- 3. Arguments Against the Assumption of Partial Quantification.- 3.1. The Argument from Objectivity.- 3.2. The Argument from Misuse.- 3.3. The Argument from Alternatives.- 3.4. The Argument from Simplicity.- 3.5. The Argument from Politics.- 3.6. The Argument from Horse and Rabbit Stew.- 3.7. The Argument from Dehumanization.- 3.8. The Argument from Arbitrariness.- 4. Arguments in Favor of Complete Quantification.- 4.1. The Argument from Uniformity.- 4.2. The Argument from Utility.- 4.3. The Argument from Democracy.- 4.4. The Argument from Intuition.- 4.5. The Argument from Gresham's Law.- 4.6. The Argument from Clarity.- 4.7. The Argument from Heuristic Power.- 4.8. The Argument from Circularity.- 4.9. The Argument from Realism.- 5. The Consequences of Partial Quantification in Actual RCBA's.- 6. Conclusion.- Notes.- Seven: The Problem of Regional Equity.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Methodological Problems with Analysis of Distributive Impacts.- 3. Problems with Geographical Distribution of Impacts.- 3.1. The Dilemma of Federalism.- 3.1.1. Federal Supremacy and the War Power.- 3.1.2. Federal Supremacy and Preemption.- 3.1.3. Federal Supremacy and the Interstate Commerce Clause.- 3.1.4. Federal Supremacy and the Law of Eminent Domain.- 3.2. The Ethics of Equality.- 3.2.1. The Principle of Political Equality.- 3.2.1.1. Equality or Sameness of Treatment?.- 3.2.1.2. Equality of Treatment or Equality of Respect?.- 3.2.2. The Principle of Prima-Facie Political Equality.- 3.3. Relevant Bases for Justifying Inequality of Treatment.- 3.3.1. Does Inequality Serve Long-Term Equality?.- 3.3.2. Morally Relevant Reasons Do Not Support Geographical Disc.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A clean, tight and unmarked book in similar dust jacket showing just a hint of discoloration to spine. Very neat. Bibliography, index. xx,523pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Front flyleaf is missing and the previous owner's name on the title page has white-out. Otherwise: No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. Light sun fading. No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. SECOND EDITION. "general electric fore-edge stamp, otherwise as new, unread condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition.

250pp. Roy.8vo. original boards. fine.