Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments: A Stone Reader - Hardcover

Peter Catapano; Simon Critchley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1631492985 ISBN 13: 9781631492983

Publisher: Liveright, 2017

Synopsis

From the editors of the widely influential The Stone Reader comes the most thorough and engaging guide to modern ethical thought available.

Since 2010, The Stone the immensely popular, award-winning philosophy column in The New York Times has revived and re-interpreted age-old inquiries to speak to our contemporary condition. Now, doing for modern ethics what The Stone Reader did for modern philosophy, this portable new volume features 77 essays from an online series that has enthralled millions with its lively, accessible examinations of perennial philosophical topics such as consciousness, religious belief and morality. The result is a thought-provoking collection, one that The New York Times editor Peter Catapano and best-selling author and philosopher Simon Critchley use to showcase a fascinating debate that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. From questions of gun control and drone warfare to the morals of vegetarianism, marriage and reproduction, this insightful compendium promises to enliven the world of ethical thought and action in both the classroom and everyday life.

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About the Author

Peter Catapano has been an opinion editor at The New York Times since 2005, where he has developed and edited several online series, including The Stone, Home Fires-which featured writing by US military veterans-and Anxiety, a multidimensional exploration of panic, worry and fear. He was recognized for his work in pioneering blogs and series for The New York Times with a Publisher's Award in 2008. Simon Critchley is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor at the New School for Social Research. His books include Very Little...Almost Nothing, Infinitely Demanding, The Book of Dead Philosophers, The Faith of the Faithless, Bowie, Memory Theatre and Suicide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1631492985
• ISBN 13: 9781631492983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 460