Voices of Wisdom &ndash 5th Edition (Catlett, VA)

Voices of Wisdom &ndash 5th Edition

Local pick-up preferred but will ship at the buyer s expense.Kingston Books 3 IMG_1128Author Gary E. KesslerPublisher Thompson WadsworthPreface Since the publication of the first edition of Voices of Wisdom I am gratified to note that more introductory textbooks now incorporate a multicultural perspective a perspective that was unique to this introductory reader when it was first published in 1992 At that time the introductory readers that we available treated philosophy as if was an entirely an Angelo-European male phenomenon. Little or no attention was given to Hindu Buddhist Chinese African Native American Latin American and feminist philosophy. Voices of Wisdom helped to change that situation offering to those who wished it the possibility of assigning significant readings that represent the global nature of philosophizing. This fifth edition continues to offer a multicultural perspective and has benefited from the teaching and learning experiences of the many instructors and students who used the previous editions. Readers have learned that ideas from other cultures are worth careful consideration and that these ideas make important contributions to human understanding.Philosophy in a Multicultural PerspectiveAlthough I wish to stress the universal nature of philosophizing I am well aware of the dangers of Anachronism. A text of this sort not only problems associated with anachronism in the historical sense but also what we might term cultural anachronism. The writings of ancient philosophers mingle with modern texts and thinkers from different cultures from different cultures are brought together. The student might get the impression that Plato Buddha Nietzsche Confucius Descartes and Aristotle are all contemporaries discussing the same issues with the same concepts in English There are similarities. But there are also vast differences. Where appropriate the important similarities and differences are stressed in my introductory remarks.My selection of issues betrays my own Anglo-European perspective. Whereas many of the topics are fundamental and universal (How should one live Is knowledge possible What is Really real ) their importance and centrality differ from tradition to tradition. The mind-body problem the puzzle of freedom and determinism the problem of moral skepticism these problems are not necessarily the central ones that gripped the mind of the Chinese or Indian philosophers Just as Anglo-European philosophers have not had much to say about Karma Buddist thinkers have not been overly concerned with proving the existence of God.Contents by ChapterPART I. INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. What is a Philosophy A Definition of Philosophy What is Rationality Why Study Multicultural Philosophy Does Philosophy Bake Bread Bertrand Russell On the Value of PhilosophyReading Philosophy ART II ETHICSChapter 2. How Should One Live Introduction The Buddha and the Middle Way The Buddha The Four Noble TruthsWalpola Rahula The Fourth Noble Truth2.3 Confucius and the Life of VirtueD.C. Lau Confucius and Moral Character2.4 Socrates on Living the Examined Life Plato The ApologyAristotle on Happiness and the Life of Moderation Aristotle Nicomachean EthicsThe Song of God Bhagavad-GitaDoes Life Have Meaning Daniel Kolak and Raymond Martin MeaningChapter 3. How Can I Know What Is Right Introduction Kant and the Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsUtilitarianism John Stuart Mill What Utilitarianism Is3.4 Revaluation of Values. Frederich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil On the Genealogy of MoralityCare versus Rights Joy Koerger-Mappes The Ethic of Care vis- -vis the Ethic of Rights3.6 Moral Relativism David Wong RelativismChapter 4. What Makes a Society Just Introduction God and Justice Majid Khadduri The Islamic Conception of JusticeCapitalism and Exploitation Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Manifesto of the Communist PartyThe Original Position John Rawls A Theory of JusticeOur Obligation to the State Plato CritoCivil Disobedience Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham JailSovereignty and Justice An Indigenist s Viewpoint Ward Churchill Perversion of JusticeChapter 5 Is Justice for All Possible Introduction Universal Human Rights Rene Trujillo Human Rights in the Age of Discovery United Nations Universal Declaration of Human RightsRacism and Feminism bell hooks Ain t I a WomanGlobalization and Justice Benjamin R. Barber Jihad vs McWorld5.5 Terrorism and MortalityBat-Ami Bar On Why Terrorism Is Morally Problematic5.6 Justice and the LandAldo Leopold The Land EthicPART III EPISTEMOLOGYChapter 6 Is Knowledge Possible Introduction Sufi Mysticism Al-Ghazali Deliverance from ErrorIs Certainty Possible Rene Descartes Meditations I and IIEmpiricism and Limited Skepticism David Hume An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingShould We Believe Beyond the Evidence William K. Clifford The Ethics of BeliefWilliam James The Will to BelieveClassical Indian Epistemology D.M. Datta Knowledge and the Methods of Knowledge6.7 Afrocentric Feminist EpistemologyPatricia Hill Collins Toward and Afrocentric Feminist EpistemologyChapter 7 Does Science Tell Us the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth 7.1 Introduction7.2 The Growth of Scientific KnowledgeKarl R Popper Conjectures and RefutationsScientific Revolution Thomas S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsFeminism and Science Elizabeth Anderson Knowledge Human Interests and Objectivity in Feminist EpistemologyJapanese Views of Western Science Thomas P. Kasulis Sushi Science and SpiritualityScience and Traditional Thought Kwame Anthony Appiah Old Gods New Worlds PART IV METAPHYSICSChapter 8 What is Really Real Introduction The Dao Laozi Dao De JungPlatonic Dualism Plato The RepublicNondualism Shankara The Crest-Jewel of DiscriminationSubjective Idealism George Berkley The Principles of Human KnowledgePre-Columbian Cosmologies Jorge Valadez Pre-Columbian Philosophical PerspectivesSo What Is Real Jorge Luis Borges The Circular Ruins Chapter 9 Are We Free or Determined Introduction We Are Determined Laura Waddell Ekstrom Arguments for IncompatibilismWe Are Free Jean-Paul Sarter ExistentialismKarma and Freedom Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Karma and FreedomWe Are Both Free and Determined Raymond M. Smullyan Is God a Taoist Chapter 10 What Am I Introduction You Are Your Mind Rene Descartes Meditation VIYou Are an Embodied Self Eve Browning Cole Body Mind and GenderYou Are a Computing Machine Bruce H. Hinrichs Computing the MindYou Are Not a Machine John Searle Can Computers Think Chapter 11 Who Am I Introduction There Is No Self The Buddha False Doctrines about the SoulDown with the Ego Derek Parfit Divided minds and the Nature of PersonsWhere Am I Daniel Dennett BrainstormsSocial Identity Gloria Anzaldua How to Tame a Wild TongueGender Identity Deirdre (Donald) N. McLoskey CrossingChapter 12 Is There a God Introduction Arguments for God s Existence St. Thomas Aquinas The Five WaysWilliam Craig The Kalam Arguments from IslamGunapala Dharmasiri Problems with the Cosmological Argument Hinduism and Science P. Venugopopala Rao Science and Dharma12.4 Creation vs. EvolutionRichard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker The Mystery of Evil Louis P. Poajman The Problem of Evil The Gender of God Mary Daly Beyond God the Father Are All Religions True John B. Cobb Jr. Beyond PluralismAppendix I GlossaryAppendix II Pronunciation Guides Paperback 570 pages ISBN 0-534-60570-2