A Teacher's Life Essays for Steven M. Cahn

by Talisse, Robert B.; Eckert, Maureen; Bowie, Norman; Cahn, Steven M.; Curren, Randall; Goldman, Alan; Kasachkoff, Tziporah; Markie, Peter; O'Connor, John; Rosenthal, David M.; Simon, Robert; Shatz, David; Sher, George; Stalker, Douglas; Vitrano, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780739122884
• ISBN10: 0739122886
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Steven M. Cahn belongs to that exclusive class of professors who have not only contributed influentially to the leading debates of their discipline, but have also written insightfully about the academic vocation itself. This volume comprises thirteen essays, authored by Cahn's colleagues and former students, presented in his honor on the occasion of his twenty-fifth year as professor of philosophy at the City University of New York. The essays focus on topics that have been central to Cahn's philosophical work, such as the teaching of philosophy, the responsibilities of philosophy professors, the nature of happiness, and the concept of the good life. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Robert B. Talisse is associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Maureen Eckert is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
About	p. xi
Lessons for Philosophers from Business Ethics: How Philosophy Can Get Its Groove Back	p. 1
Academic Standards and Constitutive Luck	p. 13
Meaningful Lives	p. 33
The Relevance of Empirical Findings in Psychology to the Study of Philosophical Ethics	p. 43
The Teaching Profession	p. 61
Philosophy and Its Teaching	p. 67
Philosophical Humor, Lewis Carroll, and Introductory Philosophy	p. 85
Shake 'Em Up: On Teaching Weird or Irrelevant Philosophical Views	p. 93
Global Norming: An Inconvenient Truth	p. 107
Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational Values: A Case for Compatibility	p. 113
How to Duck Out of Teaching	p. 143
The Happy Immoralist	p. 149
Mentoring: Lessons from Steven Cahn	p. 155
Afterword	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 165
Index	p. 169
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