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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Page 62
... regard to such subjects : for this plain reason that no absurdity ought ever to be assented to with regard to any subject . A total suspense of judgment is here our only reasonable resource . And if every attack , as is commonly ob ...
... regard to such subjects : for this plain reason that no absurdity ought ever to be assented to with regard to any subject . A total suspense of judgment is here our only reasonable resource . And if every attack , as is commonly ob ...
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... regard to a particular event . Now , where is that process of reasoning which , from one instance , draws a conclusion so different from that which it infers from a hundred instances that are nowise different from that single one ? This ...
... regard to a particular event . Now , where is that process of reasoning which , from one instance , draws a conclusion so different from that which it infers from a hundred instances that are nowise different from that single one ? This ...
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... regard only the dry and hard consideration of the consequences of ac- tions , not taking into their moral estimate the qual- ities from which those actions emanate . If the asser- tion means that they do not allow their judgment ...
... regard only the dry and hard consideration of the consequences of ac- tions , not taking into their moral estimate the qual- ities from which those actions emanate . If the asser- tion means that they do not allow their judgment ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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