Ethics Socrates as a Role Model Plato, “Socratic Wisdom” (pp. 27-39) What Are Moral Standards? Why Should I Care about Them? Ruth Benedict, (pp. 440-445) “Morality Is Relative” James Rachels, Not (pp. 445-454) “Morality Is Relative” Plato, Should I and (pp. 455-460) “Why Be Moral? Gyges’ Ring Socrates’ Dilemma” A Few Ethical Theories Moral (pp. 480-493) Immanuel Kant, “The Law” John Stuart Mill, (pp. 493-500) “Utilitarianism” Jean-Paul (pp. 548-555) Sartre, “Existentialist Ethics” Epistemology Rationalism: Knowledge Comes From the Mind and the Search for (pp. 194-200) René Descartes, “Cartesian Doubt Foundational Knowledge” René Descartes, (pp. 291-298) “Substance Dualism” Empiricism: Knowledge Comes From Experience David Hume, Origin of (pp. 222-224) “The Our Ideas” David Hume, the Operations of the (pp. 266-277) “Skeptical Doubts Concerning Understanding” Can We Avoid Skepticism? G.E. Moore, of an (pp. 224-227) “Proof External World” Free Will and Determinism Do We Have Free Will? Are Baron d’Holbach, “We Completely Determined” (395-400) and the (pp. 411-419) Roderick M. Chisolm, “Human Freedom Self” Personal Identity What, if Anything, Makes You the Same Person over Time? Louis Pojman, Do We Have Personal (pp. 376-379) “Who Am I? Identity?” John the (pp. 380-383) Locke, “Our Psychological Properties Define Self” David Hume, Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are (pp. 383-386) “We Identical” Philosophy of Mind Exactly What Is the Mind, Anyway? in the (pp. 298-304) Gilbert Ryle, “Exorcising Descartes’ ‘Ghost Machine’”
Ethics Socrates as a Role Model Plato, “Socratic Wisdom” (pp. 27-39) What Are Moral Standards? Why Should I Care about Them? Ruth Benedict, “Morality Is Relative” (pp. 440-445) James Rachels, “Morality Is Not Relative” (pp. 445-454) Plato, “Why Should I Be Moral? Gyges’ Ring and Socrates’ Dilemma” (pp. 455-460) A Few Ethical Theories Immanuel Kant, “The Moral Law” (pp. 480-493) John Stuart Mill, “Utilitarianism” (pp. 493-500) Jean-Paul Sartre, “Existentialist Ethics” (pp. 548-555) Epistemology Rationalism: Knowledge Comes From the Mind René Descartes, “Cartesian Doubt and the Search for Foundational Knowledge” (pp. 194-200) René Descartes, “Substance Dualism” (pp. 291-298) Empiricism: Knowledge Comes From Experience David Hume, “The Origin of Our Ideas” (pp. 222-224) David Hume, “Skeptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding” (pp. 266-277) Can We Avoid Skepticism? G.E. Moore, “Proof of an External World” (pp. 224-227) Free Will and Determinism Do We Have Free Will? Baron d’Holbach, “We Are Completely Determined” (395-400) Roderick M. Chisolm, “Human Freedom and the Self” (pp. 411-419) Personal Identity What, if Anything, Makes You the Same Person over Time? Louis Pojman, “Who Am I? Do We Have Personal Identity?” (pp. 376-379) John Locke, “Our Psychological Properties Define the Self” (pp. 380-383) David Hume, “We Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are Identical” (pp. 383-386) Philosophy of Mind Exactly What Is the Mind, Anyway? Gilbert Ryle, “Exorcising Descartes’ ‘Ghost in the Machine’” (pp. 298-304)
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