The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy Volume II: Values and Society

by Andrew Bailey (Editor)

Overview

This volume of The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy offers an intriguing selection of readings on ethics, social-political philosophy, and issues of life, death, and happiness. Canonical texts from historical figures such as Plato, Hobbes, and Wollstonecraft are included alongside contemporary selections from such thinkers as Claudia Card, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Unlike other introductory anthologies, the Broadview offers considerable apparatus to assist the student reader in understanding the texts without simply summarizing them. Each selection includes an introduction discussing the context and structure of the primary reading, as well as thorough annotations designed to clarify unfamiliar terms, references, and argument forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554814022
Publisher:	Broadview Press
Publication date:	06/18/2019
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Andrew Bailey is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Arts at the University of Guelph.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Introduction

• What Is Philosophy?
• A Brief Introduction to Arguments
• Introductory Tips on Reading and Writing Philosophy

PART I: ETHICS

• Ethical Theory
  • Plato
    • from Republic and Euthyphro
  • Aristotle
    from Nicomachean Ethics
  • Immanuel Kant
    • from Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
  • John Stuart Mill
    • from Utilitarianism
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
    • from Beyond Good and Evil, Sections 259–261
  • Virginia Held
    • “Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory”
  • Judith Jarvis Thomson
    • “The Trolley Problem”
• Ethical Issues
  • Abortion
    • Don Marquis
      • “Why Abortion Is Immoral”
    • Judith Jarvis Thomson
      • “A Defense of Abortion”
  • Immigration
    • Christopher Heath Wellman
      • “Immigration and Freedom of Association”
    • José Jorge Mendoza
      • “The Ethics of Immigration Enforcement”
  • Terrorism
    • Virginia Held
      • “Terrorism and War”
    • Claudia Card
      • “Recognizing Terrorism”
  • Non-Human Animals
    • Peter Singer
      • “Equality for Animals?”
    • Mary Midgley
      • “Is a Dolphin a Person?”

PART II: SOCIAL-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

• Justice
  • Aristotle
    • from Nicomachean Ethics, Book V, Sections 1–5
  • Thomas Hobbes
    • from Leviathan, Parts I–II
  • John Stuart Mill
    • from On Liberty
  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
    • from The Communist Manifesto
  • John Rawls
    • from Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
  • Robert Nozick
    • from Anarchy, State, and Utopia
  • Susan Moller Okin
    • “Justice and Gender”
• Equality and Fairness
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
    • from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  • Simone de Beauvoir
    • from The Second Sex, Introduction
  • Talia Mae Bettcher
    • “Trans Women and the Meaning of ‘Woman’”
  • Iris Marion Young
    • “Five Faces of Oppression”
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah
    • “How to Decide If Races Exist”
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • from Between the World and Me

PART III: LIFE, DEATH, AND HAPPINESS

• What Is the Meaning of Life?
  • Epictetus
    • from Enchiridion
  • A.J. Ayer
    • “The Claims of Philosophy”
  • Jean-Paul Sartre
    • from Existentialism Is a Humanism
  • Albert Camus
    • from The Myth of Sisyphus
  • Thomas Nagel
    • “The Absurd”
  • Kathy Behrendt
    • “Reasons to Live versus Reasons Not to Die”

Permissions Acknowledgments

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy

“The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy is an outstanding text for introductory philosophy courses. It contains a wonderful collection of readings. Moreover, the editor provides highly informative introductions to the readings.” — Marc Ereshefsky, University of Calgary

“The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy is a carefully curated collection of classic and contemporary philosophical texts. In this volume, Bailey attains a more equitable representation of philosophers than is typical of most introductory philosophy anthologies, and his inclusion of additional materials—useful introductions, descriptions of overall projects, and background information—makes this anthology ideal for students in today’s introductory courses.” — Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, University of Windsor

“The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy offers helpful contextualization and clarification of its readings, along with overviews of how particular arguments fit into larger discussions. But it also offers something more. Blending the ‘canon’ with the new—in terms of both the issues raised and the voices raising them—this anthology offers a compelling answer to the perennial question in introductory courses: Why should I care about philosophy? Because it matters.” — Brynn Welch, University of Alabama at Birmingham

“The Broadview Introduction to Philosophy is a very useful collection, as it initiates questions in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics out of considerations in the philosophy of religion. This is a compelling way to help students start philosophizing.” — Scott F. Aikin, Vanderbilt University

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