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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... less well served by any distribution involving less evil . ( One might as well suppose that if God's purposes re- quire an impressively tall prophet to appear at a cer- tain place and time , there is a minimum height such a prophet ...
... less well served by any distribution involving less evil . ( One might as well suppose that if God's purposes re- quire an impressively tall prophet to appear at a cer- tain place and time , there is a minimum height such a prophet ...
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... less affection for their children or less respect for human life . An Eskimo family will always protect its babies if con- ditions permit . But they live in a harsh environ- ment , where food is often in short supply . A funda- mental ...
... less affection for their children or less respect for human life . An Eskimo family will always protect its babies if con- ditions permit . But they live in a harsh environ- ment , where food is often in short supply . A funda- mental ...
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... less than he ought to do , or if only some do all that they ought to do . The paradox here arises only if we assume that the actions in question - sending money to the re- lief funds — are performed more or less simultane- ously , and ...
... less than he ought to do , or if only some do all that they ought to do . The paradox here arises only if we assume that the actions in question - sending money to the re- lief funds — are performed more or less simultane- ously , and ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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