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17Philosophy: The Pursuit of WisdomWadsworth Publishing Company. 2004.Capturing the inimitable enthusiasm of Louis Pojman's much acclaimed teaching, PHILOSOPHY: THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM introduces students to all the core topics in philosophy. Beginning with an inquiry into the nature and purpose of philosophy, this text moves through many traditional discussions--such as the existence of God, the problems of knowledge, the freewill/determinism debate, and the foundations of ethics--concluding with an exploration into existentialism and the meaning of life.
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13Believing and WillingCanadian Journal of Philosophy 15 (1): 37-55. 1985.It is widely held that we can obtain beliefs and withhold believing propositions directly by performing an act of will. This thesis is sometimes identified with the view that believing is a basic act, an act which is under our direct control. Descartes holds that the will is limitless in relation to belief acquisition and that we must be directly responsible for our beliefs, especially our false beliefs, for otherwise we could draw the blasphemous conclusion that God is responsible for them. For…Read more
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54Classics of Philosophy: Volume 1: Ancient and Medieval (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 1997.Classics of Philosophy: Volume I, Ancient and Medieval covers the works of philosophers from Thales to William of Ockham. Ideal for courses in ancient or ancient and medieval philosophy, it includes twenty-nine works--seven of them complete--by thirteen philosophers as well as fragments from the Pre-Socratics. A lucid introduction, including a brief biographical sketch, accompanies each of the featured philosophers. Also look for Classics of Philosophy: Volume II, Modern and Contemporary, which …Read more
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The moral response to terrorism and cosmopolitanismIn James Sterba (ed.), Terrorism and International Justice, Oxford University Press. pp. 135--157. 2003.
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2258Equality: Selected Readings (edited book)Oup Usa. 1997.Louis Pojman and Robert Westmoreland have compiled the best material on the subject of equality, ranging from classical works by Aristotle, Hobbes and Rousseau to contemporary works by John Rawls, Thomas Nagel, Michael Walzer, Harry Frankfurt, Bernard Williams and Robert Nozick; and including such topics as: the concept of equality; equal opportunity; Welfare egalitarianism; resources; equal human rights and complex equality.
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26The 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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7Classics of Philosophy: Volume Iii: The Twentieth CenturyOup Usa. 1998.This is Volume 3 of the most comprehensive anthology of writings in Western philosophy in print. It assembles the classic essays of Western philosophy of the twentieth century, from logical Positivism, American Pragmatism, and Ordinary Language Philosophy to Continental Philosophy.
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70Believing and willingCanadian Journal of Philosophy 15 (March): 37-56. 1985.It is widely held that we can obtain beliefs and withhold believing propositions directly by performing an act of will. This thesis is sometimes identified with the view that believing is a basic act, an act which is under our direct control. Descartes holds that the will is limitless in relation to belief acquisition and that we must be directly responsible for our beliefs, especially our false beliefs, for otherwise we could draw the blasphemous conclusion that God is responsible for them. For…Read more
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62Kierkegaard on justification of beliefInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (2). 1977.
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1What do we deserve? A Reader on Justice and DesertRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 191 (3): 393-393. 2001.
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9Is contemporary moral theory founded on a misunderstanding?Journal of Social Philosophy 22 (2): 49-59. 1991.[Christianity] has enriched philosophy with far more definite and purer concepts than it had been able to furnish before; but which, once they are there, are freely assented to by Reason and are assumed as concepts to which it could well have come of itself and which it could and should have introduced…. Even the Holy One of the Gospel must first be compared with our ideal of moral perfection, before we can recognize him as such [Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement, tr. Bernard; p. 410n and Fou…Read more
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96Cengage Advantage Ethics: Discovering Right and WrongCengage Learning. 2016.ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, 8E is a conversational and non-dogmatic overview of ethical theory. Written by one of contemporary philosophy's top teachers and revised by a best selling author, this textbook even-handedly raises important ethical questions and challenges readers to develop their own moral theories by applying them. This revision also presents an even broader presentation of various positions, featuring more feminist and multicultural perspectives as well. ETHICS: DISCOVERI…Read more
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11Strengths and weaknesses of utilitarianismIn Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Ethics: An Introductory Anthology, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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46Kierkegaard, subjectivity and paradox: A response to Gregory Schufreider (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 12 (3). 1981.
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464The Death Penalty: For and AgainstRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1997.Two distinguished social and political philosophers take opposing positions in this highly engaging work. Louis P. Pojman justifies the practice of execution by appealing to the principle of retribution while Jeffrey Reiman argues that although the death penalty is a just punishment for murder, we are not morally obliged to execute murderers
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8Apologia do cosmopolitismoRoman & Littlefield. 2008.Portuguese translation. Presents a positive vision for reinventing globalization, that out of adversity we can create a better future.
Louis P. Pojman
(1935 - 2005)
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |