Preface Part I Philosophy Logical Toolkit Writing Philosophy Papers Bertrand Russell, "The Value of Philosophy" Plato, "Apology: Defense of Socrates" Part II God and Evil A. Why Believe? Saint Anselm, "The Ontological Argument" Saint Thomas Aquinas, "The Existence of God" William Paley, "Natural Theology" William James, "The Will to Believe" B. The Problem of Evil David Hume, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" Gottfried Leibniz, "God, Evil and the Best of All Possible Worlds" William Rowe, "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism" Marilyn McCord Adams, "Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God" Stewart Sutherland, "Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God" Eleonore Stump, "The Mirror of Evil" Louise Antony, "For the Love of Reason" Part III Knowledge and Reality A. Plato, Descartes, and the Problems of Skepticism Plato''s Allegory of the Cave Robert Nozick, The Experience Machine* Rene Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy" Keith DeRose and Ted A. Warfield, "Responding to Skepticism"* Peter Graham, "Beginning to Respond to Skepticism"* B. Hume''s Problems and Some Solutions David Hume, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" W.C. Salmon, "The Problem of Induction" Part IV Minds, Bodies, and Persons A.
The Traditional Problem of Mind and Body David M. Armstrong, "The Nature of Mind" Paul M. Churchland, "Eliminative Materialism" Frank Jackson, "What Mary Didn''t Know" Patricia Churchland, "Neurophilosophy" B. Minds, Brains, and Machines A. M. Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" John R. Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Programs" C. Personal Identity John Perry, "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immorality" Derek Parfit, "Personal Identity" J.
David Velleman, "So It Goes" Daniel Dennett, "Where Am I?" Marya Schechtman, "Personhood and Personal Identity" Agnieszka Jaworska, "Respecting the Margins of Agency: Alzheimer''s Patients and the Capacity to Value" D. Freedom, Determinism, and Responsibility Roderick M. Chisholm, "Human Freedom and the Self" David Hume, "Of Liberty and Necessity" Harry G. Frankfurt, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" John Martin Fischer, "Responsiveness and Moral Responsibility" Harry G. Frankfurt, "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person" Gary Watson, "Free Agency" Christian Wenzel, "Free Will and Zhaungzi"* Part V Ethics and Society A. Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham, "The Principle of Utility" John Stuart Mill, "Utilitarianism" F. Carritt, "Criticisms of Utilitarianism" Mozi, "Excerpts from Mozi" Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" B. Kantian Ethics Immanuel Kant, "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" Onora O''Neill, "Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems" C.
Aristotelian Ethics Aristotle, "Nicomachean Ethics" Rosalind Hursthouse, "Right Actions" D. Justice and Equality John Rawls, "A Theory of Justice" Robert Nozick, "Justice and Entitlement" John Stuart Mill, "The Subjection of Women" Annette C. Baier, "The Need for More Than Justice" Elizabeth Anderson, "What''s Wrong with Inequality?"* E. Contemporary Moral Problems Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion," Debra Satz, "Markets in Women''s Reproductive Labor" Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Racisms" Linda Martin Alcoff, "Racism and Visible Race" Part VI Existential Issues A. Meaning of Life Albert Camus, "The Myth of Sisyphus" Thomas Nagel, "The Absurd" Richard Taylor, "The Meaning of Human Existence" Susan Wolf, "The Meanings of Lives" B. Death Thomas Nagel, "Death" James Baillie, "Existential Shock"* John Martin Fischer, Excerpt from Death, Immortality and Meaning in Life* Amy Olberding, "Sorrow and the Sage: Grief in the Zhuangzi" Jenann Ismael, "The Ethical Importance of Death" Samuel Scheffler, "The Afterlife"* Part VII Puzzles and Paradoxes A. Zeno''s Paradoxes Achilles and the Tortoise The Racecourse The Argument Against Plurality B. Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles and Paradoxes The Paradox of Identity The Paradox of Heap The Surprise Examination Goodman''s New Riddle of Induction C.
Puzzles of Rational Choice The Prisoner''s Dilemma Newcomb''s Problem Kavka''s Toxin Puzzle Quinn''s Puzzle of the Self-Torturer D. Paradoxes of Logic, Set Theory, and Semantics The Paradox of the Liar Other Versions of the Liar Russell''s Paradox Grelling''s Paradox E. Puzzles of Ethics The Trolley Problem Ducking Harm and Sacrificing Others Glossary of Philosophical Terms.