52. A Matter of Principle

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. 1. Plato Today 1
5. 2. English Philosophy Since 1900 5
6. 3. Thought and Action 8
7. 4. The Theological Appearance of the Church of England: An External View 17
8. 5. The Four Loves 24
9. 6. Discourse on Method 26
10. 7. The Individual Reason: L’esprit laïc 28
11. 8. What Is Existentialism? 35
12. 9. Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions, by Jean-Paul Sartre 38
13. 10. Sense and Sensibilia and Philosophical Papers 40
14. 11. The Concept of a Person 45
15. 12. Two Faces of Science 48
16. 13. The English Moralists, by Basil Willey 52
17. 14. Universities: Protest, Reform and Revolution 55
18. 15. Has ‘God’ a Meaning? 70
19. 16. Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage 75
20. 17. Immanuel Kant 77
21. 18. A Theory of Justice 82
22. 19. Beyond Freedom and Dignity 87
23. 20. What Computers Can’t Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason 90
24. 21. Wisdom: Twelve Essays 101
25. 22. The Socialist Idea 104
26. 23. Anarchy, State and Utopia 107
27. 24. The Ethics of Fetal Research 115
28. 25. The Moral View of Politics 119
29. 26. The Life of Bertrand Russell, by Ronald W. Clark; The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest for Liberty and Love, by Dora Russell; My Father Bertrand Russell, by Katharine Tait; Bertrand Russell 125
30. 27. Reflections on Language, by Noam Chomsky; On Noam Chomsky: Critical Essays 133
31. 28. The Selfish Gene 140
32. 29. The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists 142
33. 30. The Logic of Abortion 146
34. 31. On Thinking, by Gilbert Ryle 152
35. 32. Rubbish Theory 157
36. 33. Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life 161
37. 34. Logic and Society and Ulysses and the Sirens 165
38. 35. The Culture of Narcissism, by Christopher Lasch; Nihilism and Culture 169
39. 36. Religion and Public Doctrine in England 173
40. 37. Nietzsche on Tragedy, by M. S. Silk and J. P. Stern; Nietzsche: A Critical Life, by Ronald Hayman; Nietzsche, vol. 1, The Will to Power as Art 179
41. 38. After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory 184
42. 39. Philosophical Explanations 187
43. 40. The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God 197
44. 41. Offensive Literature: Decensorship in Britain, 1960–1982 200
45. 42. Consequences of Pragmatism (Essays 1972–1980) 204
46. 43. The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, vol. I, Cambridge Essays 1888–99 216
47. 44. Reasons and Persons 218
48. 45. Wickedness: A Philosophical Essay 224
49. 46. Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation, by Sissela Bok; The Secrets File: The Case for Freedom of Information in Britain Today 226
50. 47. Choice and Consequence 231
51. 48. Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History 236
52. 49. Ordinary Vices, by Judith Shklar; Immorality 241
53. 50. The Right to Know: The Inside Story of the Belgrano Affair, by Clive Ponting; The Price of Freedom 246
54. 51. Taking Sides: The Education of a Militant Mind 252
55. 52. A Matter of Principle 256
56. 53. The View from Nowhere 261
57. 54. What Hope for the Humanities? 267
58. 55. The Society of Mind 274
59. 56. Whose Justice? Which Rationality? 283
60. 57. Intellectuals 288
61. 58. Contingency, Irony and Solidarity 295
62. 59. Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity 301
63. 60. The Need to Be Sceptical 311
64. 61. The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life 318
65. 62. Realism with a Human Face 320
66. 63. Political Liberalism 326
67. 64. Inequality Reexamined 332
68. 65. The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics 339
69. 66. Only Words 345
70. 67. The Limits of Interpretation, Interpretation and Overinterpretation, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, Apocalypse Postponed, Misreadings, and How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays, by Umberto Eco 352
71. 68. On Hating and Despising Philosophy 363
72. 69. The Last Word 371
73. 70. Wagner and the Transcendence of Politics 388
74. 71. Why Philosophy Needs History 405
75. Acknowledgments 413
76. Acknowledgments to Copyright Holders 414
77. Index 415