An edition of Classic philosophical questions
(2009)
Classic philosophical questions
13th ed.
by Robert J. Mulvaney
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Table of Contents
Plato and the trial of Socrates
What is philosophy?
Euthyphro : defining philosophical terms
The apology, Phaedo, and Crito : the trial, immortality, and death of Socrates
Philosophy of religion
Can we prove that God exists?
St. Anselm : the ontological argument
St. Thomas Aquinas : the cosmological argument
William Paley : the teleological argument
Blaisepascal : it is better to believe in God's existence than to deny it
William James : free choice is the basis of belief
Does the idea of a good God exclude evil?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz : God can allow some evil
David Hume : a good God would exclude evil
Ethics
Are ethics relative?
Ruth Benedict : ethics are relative
W.T. Stace : ethics are not relative
Are humans always selfish?
Humans are always selfish : Glaucon's challenge to Socrates
James Rachels : humans are not always selfish
Which is basic in ethics : happiness or obligation?
Aristotle : happiness is living virtuously
Jeremy Bentham : happiness is seeking the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people
Immanuel Kant : duty is prior to happiness
Friedrich Nietzsche : happiness is having power
Jean-Paul Sartre : existentialist ethics
Rosemarie Tong : feminist ethics are different
Contemporary moral problems : abortion, homosexuality, animal rights
Jane English : are most abortions moral?
Peter Singer : do animals have rights?
Knowledge
What is knowledge?
Plato : knowledge is warranted, true belief
What method is best for acquiring knowledge?
Charles Sanders Peirce : four approaches to philosophy
How do we acquire knowledge?
René Descartes : knowledge is not ultimately sense knowledge
John Locke : knowledge is ultimately sensed
Immanuel Kant : knowledge is both rational and empirical
How is truth established?
Bertrand Russell : truth is established by correspondence
Francis H. Bradley : truth is established by coherence
William James : truth is established on pragmatic grounds
Can we know the nature of causal relations?
David Hume : cause means regular association
David Hume : there are no possible grounds for induction
Metaphysics
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Parmenides : being is uncaused
Lao-Tzu : non-being is the source of being
Is reality general or particular?
Plato : universals are real
David Hume : particulars are real
Of what does reality consist?
René Descartes : reality consists of mind and matter
Paul Churchland : reality consists of matter
George Berkeley : reality consists of ideas
John Dewey : reality consists of mental and physical qualities
Are humans free?
Holbach : humans are determined
Robert Kane : humans are free
Social and political philosophy
What is liberty?
Fyodor Dostoevski : liberty and authority
John Stuart Mill : liberty is independence from the majority's tyranny
Martin Luther King, Jr. : liberty and racial prejudice
Which government is best?
Thomas Hobbes : monarchy is best
John Locke : democracy is best
Karl Marx : communism and nonalienated labor is best
Alexis de Tocqueville : democracy can have serious problems
Karl Popper : utopias lead to violence
Aesthetics
What constitutes the experience of beauty?
Plotinus : beauty, sensuous, and ideal
What is the function of art?
Aristotle : the nature of tragedy
Henri Bergson : the nature of comedy
Philosophy and the good life
Classic views of the good life
Epicurus : Epicurus and the pleasant life
Epictetus : Epictetus and the life of self-control
What gives life meaning?
Leo Tolstoy : faith provides life's meaning
Albert Camus : each person determines his or her life's meaning
What is the value of philosophy?
Bertrand Russell : the value of philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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