This book is about questions that one would hesitate to ask in certain groups, because the questioning itself would mark him or her as an outsider, or a "liberal", or a "conservative," or a reactionary interested in resurrecting issues which have been satisfactorily settled. But Western philosophy, jump-started by the Socratic dialogues memorialized by Plato, has traditionally concerned itself with reexamining meanings and values that many thought "settled" once and for all. In this book the interlocutors, who disagree about almost everything, nevertheless search for areas of agreement as they continue in this Socratic tradition.
Contents: Editorial Foreword. ONE Introduction. TWO Philosophical Dialogue after Plato. THREE Theo O.J. Simpson Trial and Juror Competence. FOUR Intelligence - the Real Source of Inequality? FIVE Democracy - the Best Form of Government? SIX The Advantages of Socialism. SEVEN Hiroshima Guilt. EIGHT Zionist Democracy. NINE Gay Pride. TEN Husband Abuse. ELEVEN Churchgoing. TWELVE Open Housing. THIRTEEN Masturbation and Ethics. FOURTEEN First-Amendment Rights of Pornographers. FIFTEEN Tolerance. SIXTEEN Polygamy. SEVENTEEN Religion and Sex. EIGHTEEN: A Woman's Right to Choose. NINETEEN Private Morality and Public Ethics. TWENTY Sex and Violence. TWENTY-ONE: Black Crime. TWENTY-TWO The Dangers of Religion. TWENTY-THREE Profit Maximization. TWENTY-FOUR Inclusive Language. TWENTY-FIVE Tipping. TWENTY-SIX Overpopulation. Notes. Index.
Contents: Editorial Foreword. ONE Introduction. TWO Philosophical Dialogue after Plato. THREE Theo O.J. Simpson Trial and Juror Competence. FOUR Intelligence - the Real Source of Inequality? FIVE Democracy - the Best Form of Government? SIX The Advantages of Socialism. SEVEN Hiroshima Guilt. EIGHT Zionist Democracy. NINE Gay Pride. TEN Husband Abuse. ELEVEN Churchgoing. TWELVE Open Housing. THIRTEEN Masturbation and Ethics. FOURTEEN First-Amendment Rights of Pornographers. FIFTEEN Tolerance. SIXTEEN Polygamy. SEVENTEEN Religion and Sex. EIGHTEEN: A Woman's Right to Choose. NINETEEN Private Morality and Public Ethics. TWENTY Sex and Violence. TWENTY-ONE: Black Crime. TWENTY-TWO The Dangers of Religion. TWENTY-THREE Profit Maximization. TWENTY-FOUR Inclusive Language. TWENTY-FIVE Tipping. TWENTY-SIX Overpopulation. Notes. Index.