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Introduction: What Is Philosophy Reading From Plato | |
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Ethics: What Should I Do And Why Should I Do It? | |
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Fulfilling Human Purpose Reading from Aristotle | |
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What Can We Control? Reading from Epictetus | |
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The Modes of Love Reading from St. Augustine | |
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A Sense of Duty Reading from Kant | |
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Pleasure versus Pain Readings from Bentham and Mill | |
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Turning Values Upside Down Readings from Nietzsche | |
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Is There a Characteristically Feminine Voice Defining Morality? Readings from Gilligan and Baier | |
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Politics: Why Should I Obey? | |
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The Natural Basis for Society Reading from Aristotle | |
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Political consequences of Biological Differences Readings from Beauvoir, Plato, and Trebilcot | |
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Natural Law Reading from Aquinas | |
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The Social Contract Readings from Hobbes and Locke | |
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Individualism and Liberty Reading from Mill | |
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Class Conflict Reading from Marx | |
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Justice as Fairness Reading from Rawls | |
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Knowledge: What Can I Know? | |
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Opinion versus Knowledge Reading from Plato | |
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Power of Reason Reading from Descartes | |
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Limits of Knowledge Reading from Hume | |
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How Knowledge is Possible Reading from Kant | |
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Thinking and Doing Readings from James | |
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Words and the World: The Linguistic Turn: Russell, Carnap, Wittgenstein, and Rorty Reading from Rorty | |
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Religious Knowledge And The Existence Of God: What Can I Believe? | |
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The Nature of Religious Knowledge Readings from Aquinas, James, Russell, and Freud | |
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Proving the Existence of God Readings from Anselm, Aquinas, Paley, Hume, and Kant | |
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Metaphysics | |
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Causes of Being Readings from Aristotle | |
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Atoms and Space Readings from Lucretius and Eddington | |
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Mind, the True Reality Reading from Berkeley | |
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Personal Identity: What Am I? | |
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The Separation of Mind and Body Reading from Descartes | |
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Descartes' Category-Mistake Reading from Ryle | |
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Do Minds Survive Death of the Body? Readings from Plato, Hume and Kierkegaard | |
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The Mind-Body Problem Reading from Searle | |
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Freedom Of The Will: Is My Will Free? | |
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Human Beings as Controlled Puppets Reading from Hospers | |
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The Impact of Our Past on Our Present Reading from Radhakrishnan | |
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A Personal Exemption from Complete Determinism Reading from Skinner | |
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How Can We Explain Judgments of Regret? Reading from James | |
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Minds, Brains, and Science Reading from Searle | |
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The Question Of Destiny: What Is The Meaning Of Life? | |
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The Deliberate Limitations of Philosophy Reading from Warnock | |
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The Inevitability of the Question "What Is the Aim of Life?" Reading from Tolstoy | |
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The Stages on Life's Way Reading from Kierkegaard | |
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The Human Condition Reading from Sarte | |
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Glossary Additional | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Index | |