Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments: A Stone Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163149399X ISBN 13: 9781631493997

Publisher: Liveright, 2018

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― an enormously popular column in the New York Times― has interpreted and reinterpreted age-old inquires that speak to our contemporary condition. Having done for modern ethics what The Stone Reader did for modern philosophy, this portable volume features an assortment of essays culled from the archives of an online Times series that has attracted millions of readers through accessible examinations of longstanding topics like consciousness, religious belief, and morality. Presenting the most thorough and accessible guide to modern ethical thought available, New York Times editor Peter Catapano and best-selling philosopher Simon Critchley curate a fascinating culture of debate and deliberation that would have otherwise gone undiscovered. From questions of gun control and drone warfare to the morals of vegetarianism and marriage, this book emancipates ethics from the province of ivory-tower classrooms to become a centerpiece of discussions for years to come.

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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.

Review

Nietzsche might not have claimed believed that journalists ‘vomit their bile and call it a newspaper’ if he had ever read ‘The Stone,’ the New York Times column devoted to philosophy. . . . Ideal for unfolding distinctly modern perspectives. . . . Journalism has rarely opened wider intellectual horizons. — Bryce Christensen (Booklist)

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 163149399X
• ISBN 13: 9781631493997
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Catapano Peter, Critchley Simon