gjm11
This reader’s recommendations and supporting excerpts from the sampled discussions.
5 books
gjm11 · Jul 10, 2010
"Good and Real", by Gary Drescher. "A breathtakingly original assault on all the Big Issues!", says Daniel Dennett, and he's right.
gjm11 · Jul 10, 2010
"Living high and letting die", by Peter Unger. Argues for the counterintuitive conclusion that basically all of us in the affluent West have an obligation to do (not just somewhat more but) vastly more for the least well-off.
gjm11 · Jul 10, 2010
Recommended on just about any topic: the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series of anthologies.
gjm11 · Jul 10, 2010
"Reasons and persons", by Derek Parfit. Quite heavy going, but Parfit's an outstandingly clear thinker and there are some very good ideas here.
gjm11 · Jul 10, 2010
"The miracle of theism", by John Mackie. Quite dense, but well written, clear and mostly fair.