Practical Tortoise Raising

Simon Blackburn is one of the sharpest voices in contemporary moral philosophy, and collecting sixteen essays from a fifteen-year period gives readers a tour of quasi-realism and pragmatist ethics that no single monograph could provide. The title essay's engagement with Lewis Carroll's famous regress argument is a good signal of the range and wit on offer. Institutional adoption and PhilPapers listing confirm academic credibility, even without prominent formal reviews. Requires genuine philosophical background, but for that reader it is a rewarding and efficiently organized collection.