Teacher's Life

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

• Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 About Steven M. CahnChapter 3 Lessons for Philosophers from Business EthicsChapter 4 Academic Standards and Constitutive LuckChapter 5 Meaningful LivesChapter 6 Teaching Ethics: The Relevance of Empirical Findings in PsychologyChapter 7 The Teaching ProfessionChapter 8 Philosophy and its TeachingChapter 9 Philosophical Humor: Lewis Carroll and Introductory PhilosophyChapter 10 Shake Em' Up: On Teaching Weird or Irrelevant Philosophical ViewsChapter 11 Global Norming: An Inconvenient TruthChapter 12 Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational ValuesChapter 13 How to Duck out of TeachingChapter 14 The Happy ImmoralistChapter 15 MentoringPart 16 Afterword

This is a splendid collection, one that exhibits both the great variety and underlying unity of the philosophical and educational issues that have drawn Steve Cahn's attention throughout his career. His distinguished contributions to the field of philosophy, to the institutions that preserve and foster humanistic inquiry, and to higher education as a whole are truly remarkable. This book reflects Cahn's scholarly interests and his moral and practical concerns. It will provide pleasure and instruction to professional philosophers and, indeed, to anyone seriously interested in the well-being of the academy.