Cuprins
Preface
Introduction: What is Philosophy?The Search for Bedrock: Paradox
The Search for System: DiscoveryPhilosophy and Science
Value of PhilosophyPART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
The Paradoxes of Religion
CHAPTER 1: IS THERE A GOD?Problem Introduction
Anselm of Canterbury The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God (from the PROSLOGION)Thomas Aquina The Five Ways (from SUMMA THEOLOGICA)
Thomas Jefferson God as the Designer of the Universe (from a Letter to John Adams)Paul Kurt A Critique of Belief in God (from THE NEW SKEPTICISM)
CHAPTER 2: THE PROBLEM OF EVILProblem Introduction
Mark Twain Letters From The EarthJohn Hick Free Will, Moral Growth, and Evil (from THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION)
J. L. Mackie Evil and OmnipotenceCHAPTER 3: FAITH AND REASON
Problem IntroductionW. K. Clifford The Ethics of Belief
William James The Will to BelievePART 2: KNOWLEDGE
The Paradoxes of Appearance
CHAPTER 4: SKEPTICISM AND THE SELFProblem Introduction
Rene Descarti Meditations I and (from MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY)Gilbert Ryle The Myth of the Ghost in the Machine (from THE CONCEPT OF MIND)
Christopher Bach Evidence Suggestive of Reincarnation (from LIFECYCLES)CHAPTER 5: PERCEPTION AND KNOWLEDGE
Problem IntroductionPlato The Role of Perception in Knowing (from THEAETETUS and THE REPUBLIC)
George Berkeley Perception and Matter (from THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS)David Hume Our Knowledge of Cause and Effect (from AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING)
CHAPTER 6: TRUTHProblem Introduction
William Jame The Pragmatic Test (from PRAGMATISM)Bertrand Russel Truth as Correspondence: A Reply to James (from PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS)
Brand Blanshard Truth as Coherence (from THE NATURE OF THOUGHT)PART 3: FREE WILL AND DETERMINIST
The Paradox of Freedom
CHAPTER 7: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITYProblem Introduction
Clarence DarrowLeopold and Loe The Crime of Compulsion
Jean-Paul Sartre Existence Precedes EssenceWilliam James The Dilemma of Determinist
Bruce Wallet Freedom Without ResponsibilitySidney Hood Moral Freedom in a Determined World (from THE QUEST FOR BEING)
PART 4: MORALITY
The Paradox of Moral Experience
CHAPTER 8: SOURCES OF MORALITY: RELIGION AND SOCIETYProblem Introduction
Kai Nielse The Connection Between Morality and ReligionRuth Benedict Culture and Morality
James Rachel The Challenge of Cultural Relativise (from THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY)CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR OBJECTIVITY
Problem IntroductionAristotle Virtue and Rationality (from NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS)
Immanuel Kan The Categorical Imperative (from FOUNDATIONS OF THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS)John Stuart Mill The Greatest Happiness Principle (from UTILITARIANISM)
Ayn Ran The Ethics of EmergenciesCarol Gilligan
Moral Orientation and Moral DevelopmentPART 5: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
The Paradoxes of Government
CHAPTER 10: THE LAW AND THE INDIVIDUALProblem Introduction
Plato Our Duty to the Law (from THE CRITO)Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham Jail
CHAPTER 11: DEMOCRACY, FASCISM, AND COMMUNISTProblem Introduction
John Lock Limited Government: The Natural Rights Approach (from THE SECOND TREATISE ON GOVERNMENT)John Stuart Mill Limited Government: The Utilitarian Approach (from ON LIBERTY)
Carl Cohen Fascist (from FOUR SYSTEMS)Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel Communist
CHAPTER 12: FUTURE PROSPECTSProblem Introduction
Roy Weatherford The Need for World Government (from WORLD PEACE AND THE HUMAN FAMILY)John Hicks World Religions and the Golden Rule (from AN INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION)
Margaret Battin Euthanasia: The Way We Do It. The Way They Do ItBernard Rollin Animal Production and the New Social Ethic for Animals
FURTHER READINGINDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES
