Feature Summary

New Features:

• A new final chapter encourages the reader to apply and personalize the issues and options discussed throughout the book
• Fresh examples drawn from current events, including terrorism, just war theory, and national security vs. individual privacy, enhance the relevance of the material
• A new appendix presents a detailed discussion of argument forms
• Refinements and reorganization throughout make the presentation of ideas more intuitive and clear without significantly altering the main outline and innovative approach of the text
• Online Learning Center with additional resources for students and instructors can be delivered in multiple ways: through the textbook website, www.mhhe.com/lawhead2, within a course management system(i.e. WebCT, Blackboard, etc.) or within McGraw-HIll's popular PageOut
  

Proven Features:

• The interactive teaching format includes these modules:
  Scouting the Territory: motivating chapter-opening accounts that raise philosophical problems
  Charting the Terrain: a more precise, formal presentation of the question or topic and a clarification of its significance
  Choosing a Path: opposing alternatives described to help students clarify their own pre-philosophical views and compare different positions
  What Do I Think?: questionnaires allow students to identify their current ideas on the issue at hand, with feedback on their positions
  Leading questions: brief sections begging with questions biased in favor of the position to be explored
  Looking Through X's Lens: students are asked to apply the philosopher's insight to a novel situation to enhance their understanding of the position
• Other pedagogical tools include:
  Philosophy in the Marketplace: a question, survey, or scenario to engage students outside of class with friends and provide rich material for class discussion
  Thought Experiments: enable students to make discoveries on their own
  Stop and Think Boxes: brief pause to reflect on a question and choose between several alternatives
• Brief, well-edited primary source materials are integrated into the framework of the text.
• Review material includes a marginal glossary and bulleted checklists of key terms, points, concepts, and philosophers' names.