First Philosophy I: Values and Society - Second Edition: Fundamental Problems and Readings in Philosophy, Volume 1

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Andrew Bailey
Broadview Press, 2011 M07 8 - 392 pages

First Philosophy: Values and Society brings together classic and ground-breaking readings on ethics and political philosophy. Andrew Bailey’s highly regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new edition. The comprehensive introductory material for each chapter and selection remains, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added. New to this edition is an article by Susan Moller Okin on justice and gender.

 

Contents

EthicsHow Ought We to Live Our Lives?
15
Immanuel Kant
50
John Stuart Mill
85
Friedrich Nietzsche
118
Virginia Held
129
Mary Midgley
148
SocialPolitical PhilosophyWhat Is Justice?
157
Thomas Hobbes
169
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
241
Simone de Beauvoir
262
Robert Nozick
290
Susan Moller Okin
307
Philosophical Puzzles and Paradoxes
329
Philosophical Lexicon
345
Image Credits
375
Copyright

John Stuart Mill
197

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About the author (2011)

Andrew Bailey is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph.

Robert M. Martin is Professor of Philosophy (retired), Dalhousie University.

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