Benjamin, Martin

Philosophy and This Actual World: An Introduction to Practical Philosophical Inquiry - Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003 - 223p 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

1 Agent and Spectator
No Way Out
The Cartesian Subject
The Pragmatic Subject
Agent and Spectator
The Irrepressible Skeptic
2 Language, Meaning, and Truth
Language
Meaning
Truth
3 Knowledge and Reality
Knowledge
Reality
Knowledge and Reality: Pragmatic Questions
4 Mind and Will
Mind
Will
5 Ethics
Origins
Moral Reasoning and Reflection
6 Democratic Pluralism
Moral Pluralism
Democratic Temperament
Compromise
Physician-Assisted Suicide
7 Determining Death
Background
The Main Question
The Subject of Life and Death
Law and Public Policy
8 Meaningful Lives
God, Meaning, and Mortality
Meaning without God
Pragmatism and Religion
The Priority of Democracy
Bibliographical Essay
Introduction
Chapter 1: Agent and Spectator
Chapter 2: Language, Meaning, and Truth
Chapter 3: Knowledge and Reality
Chapter 4: Mind and Will
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Democratic Pluralism
Chapter 7: Determining Death
Chapter 8: Meaningful Lives

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Philosophy.

N02 / B438