This is an elementary introduction to some topics in philosophy designed for lower undergraduates. The topics include: the origins of western philosophy, logic, arguments for the existence of God, Pascal's wager, free will, the theory of knowledge, mind-body dualism, objectivity and subjectivity, theories of ethics, Free speech, distributive justice, just war theory, and theories of punishment. Included in the text are a small amount of selections from primary texts from such figures as Plato, Descartes, Russell, Epicurus, and Lucretius.
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