Philosophical Problems: Selected Readings

Philosophical Problems, 4/e is a topically-organized philosophy reader containing 49 readings drawn from each major period from Classical to Contemporary. The fourth edition adds a unit on "Human Destiny" as well as new 20th century readings. The book is arranged in eight parts that cover these philosophical topics: Knowledge, Reality and Idealism, God, Ethics, Freedom of the Will, Political Philosophy, Human Nature, and Human Destiny. An introduction contains Plato's three dialogues, Euthyphro, The Apology, and Crito, to show beginning students how a philosopher thinks about philosophical problems. Introductions to each philosophical problem acquaint readers with the nature of the problem to be explored, and headnotes precede each reading. Among other new fourth edition inclusions are Carol Gilligan on A Feminine Voice in Ethics, Simone de Beauvoir and Joyce Treblicott on the relevance of gender in the assignment of roles in society.