Teaching students how to use financial management to make decisions, this new edition is written in an accessible style with ample examples and problems providing students with all of the practical skills needed to succeed. Atrill introduces each topic carefully to enable the user to build their knowledge gradually and has the right mix of qualitative and quantitative material that students need in this type of course.

Financial Management for Decision Makers, Second Canadian Edition (2nd Edition)

Business & Money

Hurley, Paul

Atrill, Peter

Finance

Pearson Education Canada

Against the Tyranny of Outcomes

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Beyond Consequentialism

Consequentialism, the theory that morality requires us to promote the best overall outcome, is the default alternative in contemporary moral philosophy, and is highly influential in public discourses beyond academic philosophy. Paul Hurley argues that current discussions of the challenge consequentialism tend to overlook a fundamental challenge to consequentialism. The standard consequentialist account of the content of morality, he argues, cannot be reconciled to the authoritativeness of moral standards for rational agents. If rational agents typically have decisive reasons to do what morality requires, then consequentialism cannot be the correct account of moral standards. Hurley builds upon this challenge to argue that the consequentialist case for grounding the impartial evaluation of actions in the impartial evaluation of outcomes is built upon a set of subtle and mutually reinforcing mistakes. Through exposing these mistakes and misappropriations, he undermines consequentialist arguments against alternative approaches that recognize a conception of impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of actions which is distinct from the impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of outcomes. A moral theory that recognizes a fundamental role for such a distinct conception of impartiality can account for the rational authority of moral standards, but does so, Hurley argues, by taking morality beyond consequentialism in both its standard and non-standard forms.

Consequentialism, the theory that morality requires us to promote the best overall outcome, is the default alternative in contemporary moral philosophy, and is highly influential in public discourses beyond academic philosophy. Paul Hurley argues that current discussions of the challenge consequentialism tend to overlook a fundamental challenge to consequentialism. The standard consequentialist account of the content of morality, he argues, cannot be reconciled to the authoritativeness of moral standards for rational agents. If rational agents typically have decisive reasons to do what morality requires, then consequentialism cannot be the correct account of moral standards. Hurley builds upon this challenge to argue that the consequentialist case for grounding the impartial evaluation of actions in the impartial evaluation of outcomes is built upon a set of subtle and mutually reinforcing mistakes. Through exposing these mistakes and misappropriations, he undermines consequentialist arguments against alternative approaches that recognize a conception of impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of actions which is distinct from the impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of outcomes. A moral theory that recognizes a fundamental role for such a distinct conception of impartiality can account for the rational authority of moral standards, but does so, Hurley argues, by taking morality beyond consequentialism in both its standard and non-standard forms.

Fifty years ago this year mainline steam in Britain ceased to exist, the last official date being August 11, 1968. The plan by British Railways at the time was that after this there would be no more steam traction. A special dispensation was given for Britannia Class 4-6-2 number 70013 Oliver Cromwell to travel under its own steam into preservation on the 12th and 13th of that month, but we now know that those plans never made it to fruition, though eventually steam locomotives would return to the main lines on highly popular Specials. This evocative book looks back at those days and years leading up to the end of steam on Britain’s railways with many original photographs from the period.

Remembering Steam: The End of British Rail Steam in Photographs

Engineering & Transportation

Braithwaite, Phil

Transportation

The History Press

AFTER steam finished on the main line on 11 August 1968, something had to take its place; something modern, less difficult to maintain, and that was a natural progression. 'Modernisation' was the word. British Railways - and later privatised companies - developed other methods of providing power.In the follow-up to Remembering Steam, Paul Hurley and Phil Braithwaite take the reader back down memory lane, exploring traction from the very first locomotive to the latest colourful multiple units, and of course the preserved locomotives, lovingly restored to their former glory and working heritage lines across the country. With over 200 never-before-seen photographs, paired with fond and nostalgic captions, The Changing Railways of Britain is a book not to be missed.

The Changing Railways of Britain: From Steam to Diesel and Electric

Over fifty years ago, main line steam in Britain ceased to exist: the last 'official' date was 11 August 1968.At the time, British Railways' plan was that this was to be the end of steam traction - although a special dispensation was given for Britannia Class 4-6-2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwellto travel under its own steam into preservation on the 12th and 13th of that month. We now know that this was not quite the end; that, in fact, steam locomotives would eventually return to the main lines on highly popular 'specials'. New in paperback, packed with over 200 rare photographs, Remembering Steamtakes a look back at the days and years that led up to the end of steam on Britain's railways.

In 1915 the railways of Britain consisted of 20,000 miles of track owned by 120 companies. The country could not support so many diverse and, in some cases, duplicitous operations and it was decided that they would have to be brought together into a neat bundle of just four companies to cover England, Scotland, Wales, and part of Northern Ireland. The Railways Act 1921, known as 'The Grouping Act', became law on 1 January 1923. After this, 120 separate railways were combined to make just four large companies, to control our railway network, including an airline, shipping and road haulage companies, hotels, rolling stock and infrastructure. They were known as The Big Four: The LMS (London Midland and Scottish Railway); the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway); the SR (Southern Railway) and the GWR (Great Western Railway). This book commemorates This new photographic book commemorates the Big Four across their heyday, 100 years after their introduction.

Remembering the Big Four: The GWR, LMS, LNER and Southern Railways in Photographs

History

Suter, Jeremy

Historical Study & Educational Resources

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Cheshire was a thriving part of the north-west of England. Bordered by Liverpool and Manchester to the north, much of the county was rural and agricultural, centred on the historic county city of Chester, the market towns of Macclesfield, Winsford and Northwich and also the industrial towns of Warrington, Crewe, Widnes, Runcorn and Ellesmere Port.It was a period of great social change as people from all walks of life moved with their families in search of work. Deprivation and poverty could often be found cheek by jowl with more affluent sections of society, and crime, as always, knew no boundaries. The stories were often chronicled in detail in local press at the time and in this book authors Paul and Rose Hurley have delved into the historical records to reveal the dark side of life of everyday people of Cheshire, which could turn to murder and death by execution.This collection of true-life crime stories gives a vivid insight into life in Cheshire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in the history of crime, as well as those who want to know more about the history of this area of the North West.

Cheshire Murders and Misdemeanours (Murders & Misdemeanours)

Arts & Photography

Hurley, Rose

Photography & Video

Amberley Publishing

Tragic Cheshire: Historic Tales of Misfortune and Disaster

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Financial Management for Decision Makers, Second Canadian Edition (2nd Edition)

Against the Tyranny of Outcomes

Beyond Consequentialism

Beyond Consequentialism

Remembering Steam: The End of British Rail Steam in Photographs

The Changing Railways of Britain: From Steam to Diesel and Electric

Remembering Steam: The End of British Rail Steam in Photographs

Remembering the Big Four: The GWR, LMS, LNER and Southern Railways in Photographs

Cheshire Murders and Misdemeanours (Murders & Misdemeanours)

Tragic Cheshire: Historic Tales of Misfortune and Disaster