The Stone Reader : Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

Peter Catapano
The Stone Reader : Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

The Stone Reader : Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments
ISBN: 9781631490712
Publication Date: 7 December 2015

The New York TimesThe Stone ReaderThese questions and others form a foundation for readers as the book moves to the second section, Science, where some of our most urgent contemporary philosophical debates are taking place. Will artificial intelligence compromise our morality? Does neuroscience undermine our free will? Is there is a legitimate place for the humanities in a world where science and technology appear to rule? Should the evidence for global warming change the way we live, or die?In the book's third section, Religion and Morals, we find philosophy where it is often at its best, sharpest and most disturbing-working through the arguments provoked by competing moral theories in the face of real-life issues and rigorously addressing familiar ethical dilemmas in a new light. Can we have a true moral life without belief in God? What are the dangers of moral relativism?The Stone ReaderThe New York TimesThe Stone Reader