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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... example that I am about to develop I learned that Robert Nozick , in lectures given several years ago , had formulated an example of the same general type and had proposed it as a counterexample to the principle of alter- nate ...
... example that I am about to develop I learned that Robert Nozick , in lectures given several years ago , had formulated an example of the same general type and had proposed it as a counterexample to the principle of alter- nate ...
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... example , John owns horses of all ages ; a fortiori he owns young horses . agnosticism The view that something is not known , and perhaps cannot be known . In theol- ogy , the view that the existence or nonexistence of God is not known ...
... example , John owns horses of all ages ; a fortiori he owns young horses . agnosticism The view that something is not known , and perhaps cannot be known . In theol- ogy , the view that the existence or nonexistence of God is not known ...
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... example , I have an imperfect duty to help alleviate poverty , but I do not owe it to any particular poor person to feed her , nor to each individual poor person . ( See perfect duty . ) impersonal evil Evil that is natural and not ...
... example , I have an imperfect duty to help alleviate poverty , but I do not owe it to any particular poor person to feed her , nor to each individual poor person . ( See perfect duty . ) impersonal evil Evil that is natural and not ...
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The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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