Preface Chapter 1: Philosophy and You 1.1 Philosophy: The Quest for Understanding 1.2 Socrates and the Examined Life 1.3 Thinking Philosophically Reivew notes Key Terms Argument Exercises Narrative: Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 2: God and Religion 2.1 Overview: God and Philosophy 2.2 Arguments for the Existence of God 2.3 God and the Problem of Evil 2.4 Theism and Religious Experience 2.
5 Belief Without Reason 2.6 Eastern Religions Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Arthur C. Clarke, "The Star" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 3: Morality and the Moral Life 3.1 Overview: Ethics and the Moral Domain 3.2 Moral Relativism 3.3 Morality Based on Consequences 3.4 Morality Based on Duty and Rights 3.5 Morality Based on Prima Facie Principles 3.
6 Morality Based on Character 3.7 Feminist Ethics and the Ethics of Care 3.8 Albert Camus: An Existentialist Voice 3.9 Confucianism Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 4: Mind and Body 4.1 Overview: The Mind-Body Problem 4.2 Substance Dualism 4.3 Mind-Body Identity 4.
4 The Mind as Software 4.5 The Mind as Properties Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Terry Bisson, "They're Made Out of Meat" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 5: Free Will and Determinism 5.1 Overview: The Free Will Problem 5.2 Determinism and Indeterminism 5.3 Compatibilism 5.4 Libertarianism 5.5 Sartre's Profound Freedom Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Thomas D. Davis, "A Little Omniscience Goes a Long Way" Probing Questions For Further Readings Chapter 6: Knowledge and Skepticism 6.
1 Overview: The Problem of Knowledge 6.2 The Rationalist Road 6.3 The Empiricist Turn 6.4 The Kantian Compromise 6.5 A Feminist Perspective on Knowledge Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-Glass" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 7: Aesthetics 7.1 Overview: Philosophy of Beauty 7.2 What is Art? 7.3 Aesthetic Value 7.
4 Plato, Aristotle, and Hume Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Oval Portrait" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 8: The Just Society 8.1 Overview: Justice and Political Philosophy 8.2 Plato's Theory: Justice as Merit 8.3 Social Contract Theories 8.4 Socialist Theories 8.5 Feminism and Social Justice Review Notes Key Terms Fiction: William Golding, "Lord of the Flies" Probing Questions For Further Reading Chapter 9: The Meaning of Life 9.1 Overview: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life 9.2 Pessimism: Life Has No Meaning 9.
3 Optimism: Life Can Have Meaning Review Notes Fiction: Voltaire, "The Good Brahmin" Probing Questions For Further Reading Notes Glossary Credits Index of Marginal Quotations General Index.