Nominate books to be a philosophy book of the month
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THE READER by Bernhard Schlink
I nominate the book (210 pages), and then one should watch the movie (Kate Winslet won the Oscar - a brilliant nuanced performance). I've read the book and seen the movie twice.
Please check out the book and movie on Amazon (My link was not accepted - I need to post 10 messages)
As a lawyer who has taught ethics courses at the local university, I identified many legal and ethical issues that can be discussed. Here's one:
Did this Nazi prison guard, Hanna, deserve any mercy from the war crimes trial court?
I would love to participate in a leisurely discussion of the book and moviein this forum.
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http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Philosophy- ... 0062506455
You can read the intro by clicking on the book. Prof. Needleman reminds us what has been lost and the value of remembering what philosophy is.
Product Description
Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears little relation to the impassioned and immensely practical search for self-knowledge conducted by not only its ancient avatars but also by men and woman who seek after truth today. In The Heart of the Philosophy, Jacob Needleman provides a "user's guide" for those who would take philosophy seriously enough to understand its life-transforming qualities. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, and the former director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. His many books include The American Soul, Money and the Meaning of Life, and Time and the Soul. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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i just found this thread after posting a nomination elsewhere...perhaps an administrator will catch my mistake and move my post here...i hope so.
if this does not occur i nominate Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
the novel explores the duality of human nature and has even maintained cultural signifigance since 1927
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Umm I like this one.
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I have posted a thread to vote on all the new nominations. The book that gets the most votes when the poll closes on December 1st will be the December book of the month.
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I created the thread to vote for the February book of the month.
Thanks!
Scott
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Better yet, forget if they're nominated or not. Read them both. You'll be more intllegent for it. And read something by Dostoevsky while your at it (although that's like picking up a bible).
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By David Benatar, Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN: 0199296421
Review: For those who admire really careful and imaginative argumentation, and are interested in either issues of life and death, or the foundations of morality, it's a must read Harry Brighouse, Out of the Crooked Timber Benatar's discussion is clear and intelligent. Yujin Nagasawa MIND [this] volume has the great merit of raising a very basic issue (the intrinsic value of human existence), which is usually assumed but rarely discussed in philosophical terms. Thus, it may be hoped that this book will encourage a thoughtful and rich exchange of ideas on such a fundamental question. Roberto Andorno, Medical Health Care and Philosophy Journal
It is one of the most controversial yet thought-provocative books I've ever read.
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Reviews
"Where writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Francis Wheen have been content largely to enumerate the errors of less rational men and women, Dan Gardner has collated part of what we need to diagnose the problem. If skeptics spent less time moaning about the propensity of their fellows to believe what they want to believe and more time asking why they do so, there might not be such a crisis of reason in the West today.”
--The Independent
“Excellent…. analyses everything from the media’s predilection for irrational scare stories to the cynical use of fear by politicians pushing a particular agenda…. Gardner never falls into the trap of becoming frustrated and embittered by the waste and needless worry that he is documenting. A personal anecdote about an unwise foray into a Nigerian slum in search of a stolen wallet disposes of the idea that the author is immune to the foibles he describes. What could easily have been a catalogue of misgovernance and stupidity instead becomes a cheery corrective to modern paranoia.”
--The Economist
An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly.”
--The Guardian “Elegantly summarises the results of psychological research … Gardner is forensic in his dissection of bogus claims in advertising and politics, just as he is lucid about the science explaining why they work.”
--The Observer
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Philitsa rated it: I loved this book for a many reasons, all of which stem from the fact that it validated a lot of my otherwise unsubstantiated opinions of modern politics and media, and why so many people with half a brain feel so disaffected by them both. I also loved it because it spoke a lot about the actual science behind the psychology of fear. It's always a pleasure to me when a book I read lives up to its title.
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by Mitzi Perdue
February 2023
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by Chet Shupe
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