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    The most comprehensive text in its field, this anthology includes 74 articles in 9 areas of philosophy of religion: The Concept of God; Traditional Arguments for the Existence of God; Religious Experience; The Problem of Evil; Miracles, Death and Immortality; Faith and Reason; Science, Religion, and Evolution; and Religious Pluralism. The arrangement of the articles and the introductions which accompany them help students place the readings in their historical or contemporary context, and to ens…Read more
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    This anthology includes 75 articles in nine areas of philosophy of religion. These areas include: traditional arguments for the existence of God; on the validity of religious experience; the problem of evil and other atheological arguments; the attributes of God; miracles and revelation; death and immortality; faith and reason; religious pluralism; and ethics and religion. The articles are arranged in a coherent framework, with the presentation of each area progressing from the classical to the …Read more
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    Philosophy: the quest for truth (edited book)
    Oxford University Press. 2006.
    Philosophy: The Quest for Truth is an anthology of classical and contemporary readings on nineteen philosophical problems or questions. Meant to help students make sense of the various arguments to be found within the major areas of philosophy, its eighty-four selections are organized topically and in a pro/con format. Topics include the nature of philosophy and the existence of God, what we know and who we are, how we should live and if we should act, political philosophy, and the meaning of li…Read more
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    Gilbert Harman's internalist Moral Relativism
    Modern Schoolman 68 (1): 19-39. 1990.
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    Book reviews (review)
    with Lewis S. Ford, Edward L. Schoen, Donald Wayne Viney, George I. Mavrodes, and Gene Fendt
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 34 (3): 181-194. 1993.
  • Book reviews (review)
    with George Donaldson, Alan M. Olson, Mary T. Clark, Stephen Beasley-Murray, Eugene Thomas Long, Jack S. Boozer, John Howie, Paul K. Moser, Michael E. Zimmerman, Michael H. DeArmey, Eric von der Luft, Jackie Kleinman, Galen A. Johnson, Eric C. Rust, J. Michael Cashore, Andrew J. Reck, John W. Murphy, and Ronald L. Hall
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 15 (1-2): 85-108. 1984.
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    Book reviews (review)
    with Stephen Crites, Findley B. Edge, C. Stephen Evans, S. Daniel Breslauer, Frederick Sontag, Clement Dore, John W. Elrod, John Sallis, and Henry W. Smorynski
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 12 (3): 179-191. 1981.
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    ¿Fe sin creencia?
    Estudios Filosóficos 70 (205): 461-486. 2021.
    Spanish translation and introductory study on Louis Pojman’s “Faith without Belief?”. Published in Pojman, Louis. “¿Fe sin creencia?”. Estudios Filosóficos, vol. 70, no. 205 (2021), pp. 465–486. [Introductory study published in Oya, Alberto. “La fe experimental de Louis Pojman”. Estudios Filosóficos, vol. 70, no. 205, pp. 461–463 (2021)].
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    Justice: An Anthology
    Routledge. 2006.
    A comprehensive anthology on justice with readings that offer the different theories on the importance and placement of justice in society.The well-argued, accessible articlesencompass classic to contemporary theories and cover both positive and negative.
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    Book reviews (review)
    with Donald Wayne Viney, George I. Mavrodes, Edward L. Schoen, Gene Fendt, and Lewis S. Ford
    Peer Reviewed.
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    A Critique of Contemporary Egalitarianism
    Faith and Philosophy 8 (4): 481-504. 1991.
    Theories of equal human rights have experienced an exponential growth during the past thirty or forty years. From declarations of human rights, such as the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to arguments about the rights of fetuses versus the rights of women, to claims and counter claims about the rights of minorities to preferential hiring, the rights of animals to life and well-being, and the rights of trees to be preserved, the proliferation of rights affects every phase o…Read more
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    An Essay on Belief and Acceptance (review)
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55 (2): 496-498. 1995.
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    PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: AN ANTHOLOGY, 7E introduces students to the philosophy of religion through a balanced blend of classic and contemporary articles. Using a topical approach, this engaging textbook begins by outlining traditional concepts of God, then moves into related fields of inquiry such as the problem of evil, feminist perspectives of God, and mystical experiences. In addition, the textbook presents traditional proofs of God's existence, along with counter arguments. PHILOSOPHY OF REL…Read more
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    Philosophy: The Quest for Truth: The Quest for Truth (edited book)
    Oxford University Press USA. 2013.
    Praised for its unique combination of accessibility and comprehensiveness, Philosophy: The Quest for Truth provides an excellent selection of ninety-one classical and contemporary readings—on nineteen key problems in philosophy—carefully organized so that they present pro/con dialogues that allow students to compare and contrast the philosophers' positions. Each of the readings is accompanied by study questions, end-of-reading reflective questions, and an individual introduction featuring a biog…Read more
  •  3
    God, Freedom and Immortality
    Philosophia Christi 3 (1): 258-261. 2001.
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    Global Environmental Ethics
    Mayfield. 2000.
    With its thematic focus on “ecolacy,” the understanding of the natural environment and our relationship to it, Pojman’s text strikes a balance between theoretical and applied issues in environmental ethics.
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    Classics of Philosophy: Volume 3: The Twentieth Century (edited book)
    Oxford University Press USA. 1998.
    The most recent volume in Louis Pojman's highly successful Classics of Philosophy collection, Classics of Philosophy: Volume III, The Twentieth Century assembles definitive essays in twentieth-century Western philosophy. This work is considerably more comprehensive than the corresponding section of the single-volume edition of Classics of Philosophy. Its selections cover the whole spectrum of the field, representing the major movements of the century including British Realism, American Pragmatis…Read more
  • Classics of Philosophy: Volume 2: Modern and Contemporary (edited book)
    Oxford University Press USA. 1997.
    Classics of Philosophy: Volume II, Modern and Contemporary covers the works of philosophers from Descartes to Rawls. Ideal for courses in modern and contemporary philosophy, it includes forty-eight extensive selections--seventeen of them complete--from twenty-nine philosophers. This collection offers an unrivaled introduction to the major works of these periods. A lucid introduction, including a brief biographical sketch, accompanies each of the featured philosophers. Also look for Classics of P…Read more
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    Philosophy: The Quest for Truth (edited book)
    Oxford University Press USA. 2009.
    Praised for its unique combination of accessibility and comprehensiveness, Philosophy: The Quest for Truth provides an excellent selection of ninety-one classical and contemporary readings—on nineteen key problems in philosophy—carefully organized so that they present pro/con dialogues that allow students to compare and contrast the philosophers' positions. Each of the readings is accompanied by study questions, end-of-reading reflective questions, and an individual introduction featuring a biog…Read more
  •  3
    In Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application (edited book)
    Cengage Learning. 2008.
    ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, 7th Edition presents the main issues in environmental ethics using a diverse set of readings arranged in dialogue format. The seventh edition of this popular anthology features selections from contemporary authors as well as readings from classic writers, all chosen for their clarity and accessibility. By exploring both sides of every topic, this edition helps students quickly grasp each subject and move from theory to application. Making this textbook even more enjoyable t…Read more
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    Ideal for introductory ethics courses, The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, Fifth Edition, brings together an extensive and varied collection of ninety-one classical and contemporary readings on ethical theory and practice. Integrating literature with philosophy in an innovative way, this unique anthology uses literary works to enliven and make concrete the ethical theory or applied issues addressed. It also emphasizes the personal dimension of ethics, which is often …Read more
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    Straw Man or Straw Theory?
    International Journal of Applied Philosophy 12 (2): 169-180. 1998.
    I respond to Albert Mosley’s critique that I only attack straw men arguments against affirmative action by showing both that his own argument is a version of one of these “straw men” and that his objections to my arguments can be rebutted.
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    In 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