Philosophy for a Better World 9781616145033, 9781616145040, 161614503X
This work proposes a fresh perspective, universal subjectivism, which can be adopted regardless of religious or philosop
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English Pages 293 pages ; 24 cm Year 2013
Table of contents :
Introduction to a better world : Less suffering, more happiness
Re-evaluating every value
The good society
Universal subjectivism in a nutshell
The fortuitousness of existence --
Learning to think philosophically : About philosophy
Scientific philosophy
All hands on deck
How to become a philosopher without reading Kant
Thinking philosophically is not "anything goes"
Laws, rules, and traffic regulations
A new golden rule --
Universal subjectivism as thought experiment : Why act ethically?
The expanding circle of morality : Suppose you're in a wheelchair
Suppose you're a woman in Saudi Arabia
Suppose you're homosexual
Suppose you're a coffee farmer in Ethiopia
Suppose you're a cow
Suppose you're born in a low-income country
Suppose you're born five hundred years from now
Suppose you're Anne Frank --
The open society : Pluralism
Education and parenting
Freedom of expression
The good life --
Toward a better world : Ecosophy: toward a minimum ecological consensus --
Eco-humanist manifesto : Toward a sustainable future
To a better world in eleven steps
Humanism: thinking for yourself, living together
The moral of the story: less suffering, more happiness
A gaze into the crystal ball.
