Created by one of the discipline's foremost scholars in collaboration with a distinguished teacher, this groundbreaking new introductory anthology provides a wealth of pedagogy to help students read, analyze, and argue about philosophical thought.

A much-awaited new contribution to the field, this anthology of classic and contemporary philosophical selections supplements readings with a set of guidelines for developing distinctively philosophical habits of mind. Featuring a pedagogy unlike any other text of its kind, it provides a “roadmap” for thinking philosophically, outlined and reinforced throughout its introductory essay, chapter introductions, reading annotations, discussion questions, argument analysis sections, and on writing about philosophy.

The text juxtaposes traditional texts with more recent ones to help students see how philosophers throughout the ages have engaged in an ongoing debate on universal questions and how the philosophies of yesterday are just as relevant and meaningful to our existence today. To insure that students understand the readings, the text provides abundant apparatus to guide students through the material and to help them formulate their own opinions and ideas. Students come to class prepared to engage in discussion instead of needing a lecture just to understand the issues.

• “How Philosophers Think,” introduces the reader to the methods of thinking and argument that analytic philosophers use.

• Unique Annotations in the margins offer concurrent guidance for understanding and absorbing the major points of the readings.

• Chapter Introductions and Reading Introductions provide background and context for each major topic and for individual readings and philosophers.

• Readings “talk” to one another through cross-references in the annotations and introductions. Each chapter is designed with an internal coherence so that a philosophical problem is presented as a conversation manifested in the readings, often over hundreds of years.

• Discussion Questions follow each reading, addressing deeper comprehension issues such as considering objections or alternate cases. They can also be used as homework assignments or paper topics.

• “Argument Analysis”sections, indicated with an icon, also follow most readings and focus on the structure of the argument, clarifying and fleshing out the reader's understanding.

• “How to Write a Philosophy Paper,” in an appendix and on the book's companion website, reinforces the concepts of argument to show students how to propose and defend their own arguments on philosophical or practical issues.

Preface.

    1. What is Philosophy?

  James Rachels: Subjectivism in Ethics.

  Plato: Are We Better Off Behaving Morally or Immorally? from The Republic.

  Joel Feinberg: Psychological Egoism. 

          What Is the Best Theory of Morality?

              Utilitarianism: Morality Depends on Consequences. 

  Jeremy Bentham: From An Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation.

  John Stuart Mill : From Utilitarianism.

  J. J. C. Smart: Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism.

 Bernard Williams: A Critique of Utilitarianism.

     Deontological Views: Morality Depends on Duties and Rights.

 Immanuel Kant : From Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals.

 Onora O’Neill : The Moral Perplexities of Famine Relief.

 David T. Ozar: Rights: What They Are and Where They Come From.

Virtue Ethics: Morality Depends on Character Traits.

 Aristotle: From The Nichomachean Ethics.

 Rosalind Hursthouse: Normative Virtue Ethics.

         What Are Some Views of Contemporary Moral Problems?

         Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion.

 Philippa Foot: Euthanasia.

 Thomas Nagel: War and Massacre.

 Tom Regan : The Case for Animal Rights.

 Robert Nozick : A Critique of Rawls, from Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

Thomas Nagel : The Absurd.

Susan Wolf : Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life.  

Appendix.

Glossary.

Companion Website
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ISBN-10: 0321275861  |  ISBN-13: 9780321275868
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