Philosophical dilemmas : a pro and con introduction to the major questions /
Phil Washburn.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- xxiii, 439 p.; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents: 1. God, Immortality, and Faith; 1.1 Does God Exist?; 1.2 Is God like Human Beings?; 1.3 Can God Allow Innocent Suffering?; 1.4 Is the Soul Immortal?; 1.5 Does Faith Provide Answers?; CURRENT CONTROVERSY; 1.6 Is Buddhism Philosophy?; 2. Liberty, Equality, and Justice; 2.1 Is Society Based on a Contract?; 2.2 Is Liberty the Highest Social Value?; 2.3 Is Equality the Highest Social Value?; 2.4 Is Capitalism Just?; 2.5 Should we Establish a World Government?; CURRENT CONTROVERSY; 2.6 Is Race Essential to Identity?; 3. Pleasure, Duty, Values; 3.1 Is Pleasure the Only Value?; 3.2 Can we Understand Happiness?; 3.3 Is Morality Relative?; 3.4 Is Happiness the Standard of Morality?; 3.5 Is Society the Source of Values?; CURRENT CONTROVERSY; 3.6 Should Doctors Ever End People's Lives?; 4. Free Will, Mind, and Human Nature; 4.1 Are We Free?; 4.2 Are We Responsible for Our Actions?; 4.3 Is the mind Nothing But the Brain?; 4.4 Can Computers Think?; 4.5 Are We Always Selfish?; CURRENT CONTROVERSY; 4.6 Are the Differences Between Men and Women Philosophically Significant?; 5. Knowledge, Science, and Truth; 5.1 Can We Know About the External World?; 5.2 Does Science Give Us Real Knowledge?; 5.3 Is Experience the Source of All Knowledge?; 5.4 Is Certainty the Standard of Knowledge?; CURRENT CONTROVERSY; 5.5 Does Truth Ever Exist?