Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life

In his acclaimed columns in the London Times and Prospect, A. C. Grayling often responds to provocative questions posed by editors and readers. These questions serve as the basis for the essays in Thinking of Answers, among them searching examinations of the following:

- Are human beings especially prone to self-deception?

- If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality?

- Are human rights political?

- Can ethics be derived from evolution by na...