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32Moral Philosophy: A Reader (edited book)Hackett Publishing Company. 2009.This collection of classic and contemporary readings in ethics presents sharp, competing views on a wide range of fundamentally important topics: moral relativism and objectivism, ethical egoism, value theory, utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, ethics and religion, and applied ethics. The Fourth Edition dramatically increases the volume’s utility by expanding and updating the selections and introductions while retaining the structure that has made previous editions so successfu…Read more
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5On equal human worth: A critique of contemporary egalitarianismIn Louis P. Pojman & Robert Westmoreland (eds.), Equality: Selected Readings, Oup Usa. pp. 296. 1997.
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R. Audi and W.J. Wainwright , "Rationality, religious belief and moral commitment: New essays in the philosophy of religion" (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 23 (2): 114. 1988.
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926In Defense of the Death PenaltyInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 11 (2): 11-16. 1997.
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4Faith, doubt and belief, or does faith entail belief?In Richard M. Gale & Alexander R. Pruss (eds.), The Existence of God, Ashgate Pub Limited. pp. 1--15. 2003.
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259Faith Without Belief?Faith and Philosophy 3 (2): 157-176. 1986.For many religious people there is a problem of doubting various credal statements contained in their religions. Often propositional beliefs are looked upon as necessary conditions for salvation. This causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. It is a question that has been neglected in philosophy of religion and theology. In this paper I shall explore the question of the importance of belief as a religious attitude an…Read more
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93Equality and DesertPhilosophy 72 (282). 1997.Justice is a constant and perpetual will to give every man his due. The principles of law are these: to live virtuously, not to harm others, to give his due to everyone. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of divine and human things, the science of the just and the unjust. Law is the art of goodness and justice. By virtue of this [lawyers] may be called priests, for we cherish justice and profess knowledge or goodness and equity, separating right from wrong and legal from the illegal
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29Belief and Will: LOUIS P. POJMANReligious Studies 14 (1): 1-14. 1978.It is a widely held belief that one can will to believe, disbelieve, and withhold belief concerning propositions. It is sometimes said that we have a duty to believe certain propositions. These theses have had a long and respected history. In one form or another they receive the support of a large number of philosophers and theologians who have written on the relationship of the will to believing. In the New Testament Jesus holds his disciples responsible for their beliefs, reprimands them for d…Read more
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26Philosophical traditions: a text with readingsThomson/Wadsworth. 2005.This text is a fresh approach to the Western traditions of philosophy that includes readings of manageable length for the typical undergraduate student. Its approach encourages critical thinking about philosophical issues by offering appropriate readings and explanations, as well as straightforward demonstrations of the implications of the book's featured arguments and ideas.
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11Kierkegaard's philosophy of religionInternational Scholars Publications. 1999.The plan of this study is founded on a hypothesis that there is an overall argument in the Climacus writings : 1) There are two opposing ways to approach the truth: the objective and the subjective ways, 2) The objective way fails, 3) Hence the only appropriate way to the truth is the subjective way, 4) Christianity is the subjective way of life that meets all conditions for the highest subjectivity, 5) Hence Christianity is the appropriate way to reach the truth. The present work is sympathetic…Read more
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136What Is Moral Philosophy?In Kristin Shrader-Frechette & Laura Westra (eds.), Technology and Values, Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 11--24. 1997.
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21Reflections on the basis of contemporary secular ethics: A response to Daniel Putman's rejoinderJournal of Social Philosophy 26 (2): 99-102. 1995.
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2The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, Third Edition, International Edition (edited book)Oup Usa. 2009.
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82The Case for World GovernmentJournal of Philosophical Research 31 59-80. 2006.The world is becoming an ever-shrinking global village in which the events of one neighborhood tend to reverberate through the whole. In this essay I examine the best arguments available for both nationalist commitments and for moral cosmopolitanism and then try to reconcile them within a larger framework of institutional cosmopolitanism or World Government. My thesis is that in an international Hobbesian world like ours, increasingly threatened by global problems related to the environment, tra…Read more
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36Classics of philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1998.Classics of Philosophy, 2/e, is the most comprehensive anthology of writings in Western philosophy in print. Spanning 2500 years of thought, it is ideal for introduction to philosophy and history of philosophy courses that are structured chronologically. More than seventy works by forty-two philosophers as well as fragments from the Pre-Socratics are included, offering students and general readers alike an extensive and economical collection of the major works of the Western tradition. This anth…Read more
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230In 1941 Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish friar from Warsaw was arrested for publishing anti-Nazi pamphlets and sentenced to Auschwitz. There he was beaten, kicked by shiny leather boots, and whipped by his prison guards. After one prisoner successfully escaped, the prescribed punishment was to select ten other prisoners who were to die by starvation. As ten prisoners were pulled out of line one by one, Fr. Kolbe broke out from the ranks, pleading with he Commandant to be allowed to take the pla…Read more
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15Are Human Rights Based on Equal Human Worth?Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52 (3): 605-622. 1992.
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165Kierkegaard on Faith and FreedomInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 27 (1/2). 1990.
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105What do we deserve?: a reader on justice and desert (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1999.The concept of desert, which once enjoyed a central place in political and ethical theory, has been relegated to the margins of much of contemporary theory, if not excluded altogether. Recently a renewed interest in the topic has emerged, and several philosophers have argued that the notion merits a more central place in political and ethical theory. Some of these philosophers contend that justice exists to the extent that people receive exactly what they deserve, while others argue that desert …Read more
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18Cooperation and Equality: A Critique of Richard Norman's Argument for EgalitarianismPhilosophy 71 (275). 1996.
Louis P. Pojman
(1935 - 2005)
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |