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Preface to Philosophy: Textbook
By William Ernest Hocking, Brand Blanshard, Charles William Hendel, John Herman Randall Jr., William Pearson Tolley
524 pages
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- The Macmillan Company
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Preface v
- Table of Contents ix
- Part I. Wha is Man? 1
- A. Man and Animal 3
- B. the Cultural Achievements of Man and Their Perils 39
- D. Man as Creative and Malleable 67
- Part Ii. Personal Ethics 101
- A. Do We Need Ethics? 103
- B. Are Men the Slaves of Their Impulses? 110
- C. Relativism in Ethics 119
- D. Types of Ethical Theory 128
- E. Impressionism 132
- F. the Rule Theory 150
- H. Utilitarianism 163
- I. Ideal Utilitarianism 171
- Title Page iii
- Preface v
- Table of Contents ix
- Part I. Wha is Man? 1
- A. Man and Animal 3
- B. the Cultural Achievements of Man and Their Perils 39
- D. Man as Creative and Malleable 67
- Part Ii. Personal Ethics 101
- A. Do We Need Ethics? 103
- B. Are Men the Slaves of Their Impulses? 110
- C. Relativism in Ethics 119
- D. Types of Ethical Theory 128
- E. Impressionism 132
- F. the Rule Theory 150
- H. Utilitarianism 163
- I. Ideal Utilitarianism 171
- J. Some Great Goods 184
- Part Iii. Social and Political Philosophy 197
- A. the Decisions of the Citizen 199
- B. the Problem of Human Life in Society 204
- C. the Republic: the Pattern of Civilized Society 215
- D. the Background of Modern Civilization: Events, Ideas, and Institutions 233
- E. the Vision of an Order of Freedom and Equality 239
- F. the Moral and Political Principles of a Democratic Society 291
- Part Iv. the Meaning of Religion for Man 295
- A. What Religion is and Does 297
- B. What Religions Give to Men: Salvation 319
- D. Fundamental Religious Beliefs 368
- E. the Community of Religions 397
- Part V. a World-View 411
- A. Philosophy and the Total World Picture 413
- B. What It Takes to Make a World 421
- C. How the World is Organized 429
- D. Endeavors to Reach a Unified View 441
- E. Renewed Attempt to Find a Single Principle of Explanation: the Great Monisms 474
- G. the Risks of Existence 481
- H. the Problem of Evil 486
- I. Summary of World-View 498
- Index 505