Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of PhilosophyJoel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau The Tenth Edition of this leading, topically-organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with careful attention to opposing points of view. |
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... able ? then is he impotent . Is he able , but not willing ? then is he malevolent . Is he both able and willing ? whence then is evil ? You ascribe , Cleanthes ( and I believe justly ) , a purpose and intention to nature . But what , I ...
... able ? then is he impotent . Is he able , but not willing ? then is he malevolent . Is he both able and willing ? whence then is evil ? You ascribe , Cleanthes ( and I believe justly ) , a purpose and intention to nature . But what , I ...
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... able to predict that in certain circumstances a particular man will be angry , without being able to prescribe the precise form that the expression of his anger will take . We may be reasonably sure that he will shout , but not sure how ...
... able to predict that in certain circumstances a particular man will be angry , without being able to prescribe the precise form that the expression of his anger will take . We may be reasonably sure that he will shout , but not sure how ...
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... able to control our actions in accordance with our desires , we need to be able to control our de- sires in accordance with our deepest selves . We need , in other words , to be able to revise ourselves- to get rid of some desires and ...
... able to control our actions in accordance with our desires , we need to be able to control our de- sires in accordance with our deepest selves . We need , in other words , to be able to revise ourselves- to get rid of some desires and ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
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