Issues in Philosophy

Points beyond Friedrich Hayek's Constitution of Liberty and Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom to fixing the US government in the 21st century.

In recent decades, there has been an explosion of interest in global ethics -- the study of ethical issues with significant global dimensions. This book, a companion volume to Global Justice: Seminal Essays, provides a sample of the best recent work on those issues.

Pogge and Moellendorf have performed a great service by thoughtfully selecting a set of fundamental philosophical essays, written by distinguished moral and political theorists, and all addressed to the largest moral issues of our time: human rights, national and cosmopolitan identities, destitution, war, and the prospects of a more decent world.

Excellent Collection
“An excellent collection of readings combining traditional Western perspectives on human rights with feminist, multicultural and environmental perspectives. There is no other anthology out there like it.

"Humorous, thought-provoking, well written, and completely jargon-free, it is accessible to any interested reader who wants to think more about these issues.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates; general readers.

The United States has become a major world power. Once admired as a model of democracy and a hope for refugees everywhere, today it often appears as a self-absorbed bully to the rest of the world. Is the United States government a democracy or the nerve center of a world empire controlled by the wealthy? Is its foreign policy the will of the people or entirely aloof from that will?
Philosophy of the United States examines history of the United States in terms of the vision its founders had and the constitution they devised to provide a framework for its citizens to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

Well written
“...very well written...works well at involving the reader and moving the reader.” –Canadian Philosophical Reviews An interesting introduction
“Interesting introduction to Western moral thought” –Teaching Philosophy Lively and relevent
“Graham’s approach is lively and relevant.

“A lucid, genial yet thorough introduction...an invaluable
book.”
–Marx Wartofsky, City University of New
York


“Deftly manages to make this theoretical tradition
accessible to new-comers without oversimplifying.

This selection of some of the most important writing of the Frankfurt
School and its critics provides beginning and advanced philosophy students
with a solid grounding in critical theory. Substantial selections have
been chosen from the works of Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse,
and Jürgen Habermas as well as well-known feminist and post-structuralist
critics Michel Foucault, Jean-Françoise Lyotard, Nancy Fraser, and
Seyla la Benhabib.

The eleven papers in this anthology all by Africans, represent a variety
of philosophical positions that are central to the debate in and on African
philosophy as it has developed thus far. An introduction essay explores
the historical, political, and existential context of the debate, and is
followed by a presentation of the “documentary” orientation (ethnophilosophy).

The development of science has been a distinctive feature of human
history in recent times, especially in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
In light of the problems that define the philosophy of science today, James
Fetzer provides a foundation for inquiry into the nature of science, the
history of science, and the relationship between the two.

“A superb book that has long been needed.”
–William Brown, Trinity College
“A balanced analysis of crucial differences among scholars fascinating.”
–Warren Fraleigh, SUNY, Brockport
“Lucid exposition, memorable examples, clear and precise arguments,
and convincing conclusions.