Reason and responsibility : readings in some basic problems of philosophy / Joel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinberg, Joel, 1926-2004.

Contributor:

Shafer-Landau, Russ.

LIBRA Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Edition:

Fifteenth Edition.

Contents:

Part 1 Reason and Religious Belief 25

The Existence and Nature of God 30

Anselm of Canterbury: The Ontological Argument, from Proslogion 30

Gaunilo of Marmoutiers: On Behalf of the Fool 31

The Ontological Argument / William L. Rowe Rowe, William L. 34

The Five Ways, from Summa Theologica / Saint Thomas Aquinas Aquinas, Saint Thomas 45

A Modern Formulation of the Cosmological Argument / Samuel Clarke Clarke, Samuel 46

The Cosmological Argument / William L. Rowe Rowe, William L. 47

The Argument from Design / William Paley Paley, William 56

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / David Hume Hume, David 61

The Problem of Evil 94

Rebellion / Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoevsky, Fyodor 94

Evil and Omnipotence / J. L. Mackie Mackie, J. L. 100

The Argument from Evil / Peter Van Inwagen Inwagen, Peter Van 108

The Soul-Making Defense / John Hick Hick, John 117

God and the Problem of Evil / B. C. Johnson Johnson, B. C. 121

Reason and Faith 125

The Ethics of Belief / W. K. Clifford Clifford, W. K. 125

The Will to Believe / William James James, William 129

Without Evidence or Argument / Kelly James Clark Clark, Kelly James 138

The Wager / Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise 142

Miracles and Testimony / Simon Blackburn Blackburn, Simon 145

Part 2 Human Knowledge: Its Grounds and Limits 153

Skepticism 161

A Brain in a Vat / John Pollock Pollock, John 161

Three Skeptical Arguments / Michael Huemer Huemer, Michael 163

The Problem of the Criterion / Roderick M. Chisholm Chisholm, Roderick M. 168

The Nature and Value of Knowledge 174

Knowledge as Justified True Belief / Plato 174

Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? / Edmund Gettier Gettier, Edmund 178

An Analysis of Knowledge / James Cornman Cornman, James, Keith Lehrer Lehrer, Keith, George Pappas Pappas, George 180

Knowing How and Knowing That / Gilbert Ryle Ryle, Gilbert 182

Meno / Plato 186

The Value of Knowledge / Duncan Pritchard Pritchard, Duncan 187

Our Knowledge of the External World 192

Appearance and Reality and the Existence of Matter / Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 192

Meditations on First Philosophy / Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene 199

The Causal Theory of Perception / John Locke Locke, John 231

Of the Principles of Human Knowledge / George Berkeley Berkeley, George 239

Proof of an External World / G. E. Moore Moore, G. E. 246

The Methods of Science 249

An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding / David Hume Hume, David 249

An Encounter with David Hume / Wesley C. Salmon Salmon, Wesley C. 274

Science: Conjectures and Refutations / Karl Popper Popper, Karl 292

Believing Where We Cannot Prove / Philip Kitcher Kitcher, Philip 296

Part 3 Mind and Its Place in Nature 307

The Mind-Body Problem 312

In Defense of Mind-Body Dualism / Brie Gertler Gertler, Brie 312

The Qualia Problem / Frank Jackson Jackson, Frank 324

The Mind Is the Brain / Peter Carruthers Carruthers, Peter 327

Functionalism and Eliminative Materialism / Paul Churchland Churchland, Paul 335

Can Non-Humans Think? 343

Computing Machinery and Intelligence / Alan Turing Turing, Alan 343

Minds, Brains, and Programs / John R. Searle Searle, John R. 351

Robots and Minds / William G. Lycan Lycan, William G. 358

Personal Identity and the Survival of Death 364

Personal Identity / Theodore Sider Sider, Theodore 364

The Prince and the Cobbler / John Locke Locke, John 370

Of Mr. Locke's Account of Our Personal Identity / Thomas Reid Reid, Thomas 373

The Self / David Hume Hume, David 375

Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons / Derek Parfit Parfit, Derek 377

A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality / John Perry Perry, John 382

Part 4 Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility 403

The Mysteries of Free Will 409

Freedom of the Will / Peter Van Inwagen Inwagen, Peter Van 409

Libertarianism: The Case for Free Well and its Incompatibility with Determinism 418

Human Freedom and the Self / Roderick M. Chisholm Chisholm, Roderick M. 418

free Will: Ancient Dispute, New Themes / Robert Kane Kane, Robert 425

Hard Determinism: The Case for Determinism and Its Incompatibility with Any Important Sense of Free Will 438

The Illusion of Free Will / Paul Holbach Holbach, Paul 438

Why We Have No Free Will and Can Live Without It / Derk Pereboom Pereboom, Derk 443

Compatibilism: The Case for Determinism and its Compatibility with the Most Important Sense of Free Will 456

Of Liberty and Necessity / David Hume Hume, David 456

Freedom and Necessity / A. J. Ayer Ayer, A. J. 461

Freedom and Moral Responsibility 467

The Maze of Free Will / Galen Strawson Strawson, Galen 467

Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility / Harry Frankfurt Frankfurt, Harry 469

Moral Luck / Thomas Nagel Nagel, Thomas 475

Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility / Susan Wolf Wolf, Susan 482

Part 5 Morality and Its Critics 493

Challenges to Morality 501

Psychological Egoism / Joel Feinberg Feinberg, Joel 501

The Immoralist's Challenge / Plato 513

Master and Slave Morality / Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 519

The Evolutionary Debunking of Morality / Richard Joyce Joyce, Richard 527

Proposed Standards of Right Conduct 535

Ethical Subjectivism / Russ Shafer-Landau Shafer-Landau, Russ 535

Judging Other Cultures: The Case of Genital Mutilation / Martha Nussbaum Nussbaum, Martha 546

Virtue and the Good Life / Aristotle 556

Leviathan / Thomas Hobbes Hobbes, Thomas 568

Justice as Fairness / John Rawls Rawls, John 574

Euthyphro / Plato 580

The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative / Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel 590

Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart 596

What Makes Right Acts Right? / W. D. Ross Ross, W. D. 610

What Is Feminist Ethics? / Hilde Lindemann Lindemann, Hilde 616

Ethical Problems 622

Crito / Plato 622

The Singer Solution to World Poverty / Peter Singer Singer, Peter 629

The Survival Lottery / John Harris Harris, John 633

Active and Passive Euthanasia / James Rachels Rachels, James 638

A Defense of Abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson Thomson, Judith Jarvis 641

Why Abortion Is Immoral / Don Marquis Marquis, Don 648

The Meaning of Life 653

Letter to Menoeceus / Epicurus 653

Brave New World / Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 656

My Confession / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 659

God and the Meaning of Life / Erik Wielenberg Wielenberg, Erik 664

The Absurd / Thomas Nagel Nagel, Thomas 673.

ISBN:

9781133608479