The Questions of Moral Philosophy Book

When many people think of philosophy, words like "tedious," "pointless," and "difficult" come to mind. But in this brisk, lucid, and compelling work, Michael Shenefelt recaptures the genuine excitement and drama of moral philosophy--a field that has traditionally set out to examine the essential, inescapable, even timeless questions of our existence, including: Why should we be moral? Why should we obey the law? What goes into the "good life"? Is there a just God? What is the nature of good and evil? And what is the best form of government? These are the questions that many great philosophers -- among them Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, and Socrates -- wrestled with their entire lives. Indeed, their attempts to find the answers have profoundly influenced everything we know (or think we know) about the world today. THE QUESTIONS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY is written for people with no formal training inRead More