Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy

Ethics. Psychological Egoism / Joel Feinberg -- The Challenge Of Cultural Relativism / James Rachels -- The Subjectivity Of Values / J.l. Mackie -- Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill -- Some Problems With Utilitarianism / Norman E. Bowie And Robert L. Simon -- Morality And Rationality / Immanuel Kant -- Moral Luck / Thomas Nagel -- What Makes Right Acts Right? / W.d. Ross -- The Nature Of Moral Virtue / Aristotle -- The Ethics Of Virtue / James Rachels -- Famine, Affluence, And Morality / Peter Singer -- A Defense Of Abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson. Social And Political Philosophy. What Do We Owe To Our Country? / Plato -- Authority And Security / Thomas Hobbes -- Limited Government As Defender Of Property / John Locke -- The Federalist, No. X / James Madison -- On Liberty / John Stuart Mill -- The Nature And Value Of Rights / Joel Feinberg -- A Theory Of Justice / John Rawls -- Distributive Justice / Robert Nozick -- Communism / Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels -- In Defense Of Equality / Michael Walzer. Theory Of Knowledge. Knowledge As Justified True Belief / Plato -- Certain Knowledge / Rene Descartes -- Empiricism / John Locke -- The Problem Of Induction / David Hume -- The New Riddle Of Induction / Nelson Goodman -- Foundationalism / Laurence A. Bonjour -- The Interdependence Of Beliefs / W.v.o. Quine -- The Coherence Theory / Laurence A. Bonjour -- Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? / Edmund L. Gettier -- Knowledge, Justificaton And Truth / Robert Audi -- Objectivity, Value Judgments, And Theory Choice / Thomas S. Kuhn -- Believing Where We Cannot Prove / Philip Kitcher. Metaphysics. Personal Identity / John Locke -- Of Identity And Mr. Locke / Thomas Reid -- The Self And The Future / Bernard Williams -- Divided Minds And The Nature Of Persons / Derek Parfit -- Fugues, Hypnosis, And Multiple Personality / Kathleen V. Wilkes -- Hard Determinism / B.f. Skinner -- Free Will / G.e. Moore -- Human Freedom And The Self / Roderick Chisholm -- Freedom Of The Will And The Concept Of A Person / Harry G. Frankfurt. Philosophy Of Religion. The Ontological Argument / Saint Anselm And Gaunilo -- Five Proofs For The Existence Of God / Saint Thomas Aquinas -- The Teleological Argument / David Hume -- A Defense Of Atheism / Ernest Nagel -- The Problem Of Evil / Richard Swinburne -- The Problem Of Goodness / Steven M. Cahn -- Theology And Falsification / Antony Flew, R.m. Hare, Basil Mitchell -- Divine Omniscience And Voluntary Action / Nelson Pike -- The New Map Of The Universe Of Faiths / John Hick. Philosophy Of Mind. Dualism / Rene Descartes -- Behaviorism / B.f. Skinner -- Skinner Skinned / Daniel C. Dennett -- The Mind-body Problem / Jerry A. Fodor -- Eliminative Materialism / Paul M. Churchland -- Can Machines Think? / A.m. Turing -- Is The Brain's Mind A Computer Program? / John R. Searle -- Could A Machine Think? / Paul M. Churchland And Patricia S. Churchland. Steven M. Cahn ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References.