0 avis
Making sense : philosophy behind the headlines / Julian Baggini
Livre
Edited by Oxford University Press - 2003
Introduction: Philosophy behind the headlines. 1. Truth, lies, and videotape: the problem of knowledge. 2. Doing the right thing: ethics and private life. 3. Ballot bores: rethinking politics. 4. Hawks and doves: the morality of war. 5. Test-tube trouble: science under fire. 6. Green thinking: conceptualizing the environment. 7. Cult friction: faith and reason. 8. Bread and circuses: calculating value. 9. From conception to coffin: when to end life. 10. The rest of life: philosophy beyond the headlines. Afterword: The 2003 Iraq war.