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Philosophy and law are separate disciplines but they deal with many of the same issues, from the meaning of equality and liberty, the nature of knowledge, reasoning, and mental states, to the indeterminacy of language, causation, free will, luck, and personal identity. This textbook introduces philosophy to undergraduates in a new and refreshing way—by using cases, concepts, and doctrines from the law to illustrate philosophical issues. From Socrates to the Supreme Court: An Introduction to Philosophy through the Law introduces the major areas in the discipline—moral and political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and language—and philosophy's great thinkers, from Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant to Russell, Wittgenstein, Austin, and Anscombe. It shows how ideas in philosophy are not academic but play out in Supreme Court rulings and other court cases. Through example after example—the concept of mens rea in criminal law, the rules governing the admissibility of evidence in court, statutory interpretation, free speech, perjury, the analogical nature of legal reasoning, the use of the Socratic method in deciding cases, and the laws against discrimination—the book deepens the student's understanding of philosophy by driving home the fact that philosophical questions matter in the real world.
Contents
Part 1: Foundations 1. "The Wisest Man in Athens": Socrates and His Method 2. Runaway Trolleys and Veils of Ignorance: An Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy and Their Relationship to the Law 3. Courts, Cases, and the Constitution: An Overview of the American Legal System Part 2: Knowledge, Reasoning, and Belief 4. Even a Broken Watch Is Right Twice a Day: Knowledge, Justification, and Evidence 5. The Dog That Didn't Bark: Types of Inferential Reasoning 6. What Did Oedipus Know and When Did He Know it? Beliefs, Desires and Intentions Part 3: Language, Meaning, and Context 7. "This Meeting Is Adjourned": Speech Acts in Philosophy and Law 8. Is a Hot Dog a "Sandwich"? Is Pluto a "Planet"? Indeterminacy in Language and Law 9. "The King of France is Bald": Meaning and Context Part 4: Causation, Luck, Free Will, and Identity 10. Pinholes in a Poisoned Canteen: Causation in Philosophy and Law 11. Skulls As Thin as Eggshells: Luck and Consequences 12. Cannibalism and Conscious Cannonballs: Luck and Conduct 13. The Ship of Theseus: The Puzzle of Identity
