The ivory tower Book

Philosophers are sometimes accused of living in an ivory tower, remote from the practical concerns of real life. In this collection, Anthony Kenny shows that philosophy can be concerned, literally, with matters of life and death. His essays deal with the way in which murder is to be defined, with the types of plea that may be made in mitigation or exculpation for the taking of life, with the logic and ethics of nuclear warfare and nuclear deterrence, and the way in which traditional moral principles can be applied to the conditions of the twentieth century. This book will be of interest to philosophers.