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I am David Mills Daniel, author of the 'Briefly' series.

Over the past few years, a major focus of my life has been developing and writing my 'Briefly' series of guide yo key texts in philosophy, phiosophy of religion, religious studies and ethics. 21 classic texts guides have now been published.

A major aim of the series is to enable school and university/college students to acquire knowledge and understanding of the texts and of the thinking of the philosophers who wrote them. The series is also designed to make the texts, and philosophical ideas generally, more accessible to those who would like to know more about the subject, and to encourage people to discover for hemselves what philosophy has to offer.

One of my greatest pleasur...more Hi there.

I am David Mills Daniel, author of the 'Briefly' series.

Over the past few years, a major focus of my life has been developing and writing my 'Briefly' series of guide yo key texts in philosophy, phiosophy of religion, religious studies and ethics. 21 classic texts guides have now been published.

A major aim of the series is to enable school and university/college students to acquire knowledge and understanding of the texts and of the thinking of the philosophers who wrote them. The series is also designed to make the texts, and philosophical ideas generally, more accessible to those who would like to know more about the subject, and to encourage people to discover for hemselves what philosophy has to offer.

One of my greatest pleasures in life is discussing philosophy with those who do not think it has much to offer them. A lot of people believe that philosophy is remote from everyday life, belongs in the study or lecture room, and is for those who are able to devote their lives to thinking, rather than doing.

Well, yes. Philosophy is thinking about things, but that includes all the issues which matter to everyone: the nature of the world we inhabit; our responsibilities to others; how we should live our livves; the sort of priorities we should have; what sort of society we want; our relationships; the values we should hand on to our children; and so on.

So, philosophy is not just a subject for university professors. Indeed, many of the great philosophers, like John Locke, David Hume and John Stuart Mill, were active in the wider world, and earned their living frtom jobs which has nothing to do with philosophy or teaching it. But, all of them thought and wrote about the big issues of life. And, a great deal of what they have to say is stimulating and challenging; some of it is controversial. Furthermore, it is relevant to our lives today.

Through studying philosophy, we can bring the thinking of the geat philosophers to bear on the challenges, issues and questions we face today, as human beings, citizens, members of society and individuals with relationships, responsibilities, conncerns and uncertainties. We can learn from them, and their thoughts and ideas can help us to answrr some of the questions we face. At least, they can help us to understand the questions more clearly.

My 'SCM AS/A2 Ethics and Moral Philosophy', which supports the teaching of AS-level philosophy and religious studies, but which will also be of interest to general leaders who want an easy-to-follow guide to these fascinating and important areas of
philosophy, was published in 2009. (less)

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	Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Books I-III, VI and X 3.54 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Scm as A2 Revision Guide Philosophy of Religion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Scm as A2 Revision Guide Ethics and Religious Ethics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Briefly: Fletcher's Situation Ethics (Briefly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: The Concept of the Highest Good and the Postulates of the Practical Reason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	25 Great Philosophers From Plato To Satre 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Bentham's: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating: