The Sunday Philosophy Club
Feb. 26th, 2006 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaktwosI just finished the The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith.
My reaction? It's definitely a good light read. If you're a Philosophy major of any sort, you might get a kick out of the applied ethics issues that Isabel Dalhousie wrestles with when solving crimes. The premise is fantastic: she's the "...editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and occasional sleuth, who is often accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business."
So, we start with the idea that she's getting involved in affairs that she should not get involved in. And the exceptions to the rules go on from there.
You'll enjoy the character of Grace, who comes from less educated beginnings. She works for Isabel, and Isabel will frequently converse with her on ethical issues and compare her well-educated reaction to Grace's more visceral reaction to an ethical conundrum.
My reaction? It's definitely a good light read. If you're a Philosophy major of any sort, you might get a kick out of the applied ethics issues that Isabel Dalhousie wrestles with when solving crimes. The premise is fantastic: she's the "...editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and occasional sleuth, who is often accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business."
So, we start with the idea that she's getting involved in affairs that she should not get involved in. And the exceptions to the rules go on from there.
You'll enjoy the character of Grace, who comes from less educated beginnings. She works for Isabel, and Isabel will frequently converse with her on ethical issues and compare her well-educated reaction to Grace's more visceral reaction to an ethical conundrum.
