Michael C Labossiere

What Don't You Know?

Philosophical Provocations

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Produktbeschreibung

"LaBossiere brilliantly tackles many of the toughest ethical dilemmas of our times, from gender selection, cloning and sexual inequality to violence in the media and the conduct of warfare. In an age of snap judgments and stereotypes, he approaches his topics in a refreshingly open-minded fashion. His quick wit and firm knowledge of contemporary culture bring philosophy full-force into the 21st century." -Paul Halpern, Professor Of Physics, University Of The Sciences in Philadelphia and author of What's Science Ever Done for Us? From the author's introduction: Philosophy, as I see it, is not about believing certain tenets or accepting certain dogmas. Philosophy is about asking questions, seeking answers and entertaining doubt. Critical to that endeavor is a willingness to be rationally provoked by different ideas and to see where they might lead-assuming they turn out to be worth following. If you find that you disagree with me, so much the better. The search for truth and wisdom benefits most from dissent. It is uncritical agreement that derails this search and leaves people stuck in the dark. Of course, if you do agree with me on some points, that is cool, too. In this stimulating book, Michael C. LaBossiere takes a provocative look at issues in contemporary politics, culture and society through the lens of philosophy. Collected from LaBossiere's regular column in The Philosopher's Magazine, this fascinating set of philosophical provocations assumes no background in philosophy and focuses on matters that are of popular interest to the general public, yet are also philosophically significant. Topics range across a whole host of controversial issues that are of genuine interest to the reader, including same sex marriage, video games, gene therapy, true love, chance, torture, gender, god, the media, and freedom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 126mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780826499844
• ISBN-10: 0826499848
• Artikelnr.: 23315049

Autorenporträt

Michael C. LaBossiere

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Metaphysics and Epistemology What There is and What
You (Don't) Know About It? The Mind A Mind for All Reasons Cloning and the
Mind Ghosts and Minds Mind and Medicine Politics and Belief God and Purpose
Does God Hate? Evolution, Analogy and Complexity God then Mind Intelligent
Design Threat by Design A New Dogma Powerless Prayer What Don't You Know?
The Unbreakable Sceptic The Value of Extreme Scepticism Love Who Do You
Love? Transcendent Argument for True Love Part II: Values: Ethics and
Social and Political Thought Good, Evil, Politics and all that stuff Gender
and Ethics Of Gender and Numbers in Academics and Athletics Bad Girls Brain
and Gender The Female Brain Porn and Princes Same Sex Marriage Technology
and Ethics Evil Spam The Neutral Net V is for Video Game Virtual Violence
and Moral Purpose This is Your Brain on Video Games A Better Brain Memory
and Morality The Case for Nanoweapons RFID and Privacy Genes and Sports
Gender Selection Ownership adn Wayward Genes Is Biomimicry Bad? Medical
Ethics Fat, Bacteria and the State Lies, The Best Medicine? Media and
Ethics A Million Lies Anonymous Ethics Anonymous Sources Murder, Money and
the Media The Immoral Secret Animals The Case for Extinction Philosophy and
Foie Gras Art and Ethics Lights, Camera, Violence Artists' Rights
Philosophers, Atheists, Choosers and Frauds Immoral Philosophers God,
Ethics and Atheism Is Choice Bad? Fraud and Science Political and Social
Thought Search Engines of Repression Closing Ranks Detterence Forced
Freedom John Locke and Cyber Vigilantes Ethics and Torture Mining Your
Business Patriot Games Terror and Medicine Appearance Closing