Open Questions: Reading for Critical Thinking and Writing

by Lex Runciman and Chris Anderson

Book Overview

We all make many ethical choices, small and large, every day. Should we give money to that homeless person? Should we shade the truth to protect someone else's feelings? Should we endanger ourselves... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312416350
• ISBN13: 9780312416355
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 718 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"

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Interesting and captivating

Open Questions certainly does ask the reader quite a bit. Upon every passage, there are a list of questions at the end. However, that is not the gem of this book. Rather, the collection of stories that it is composed of is what makes this book one of the better collections of essays and writings I have ever read. From subjects ranging from SUVs, to donor eggs, many of these questions will allow yourself to question your own decisions. More importantly, they will allow you an insight into various areas that previously never have attracted interest to you. Many of the pieces are interesting and fun to read. Because the subjects are all so distant from one another, one will rarely feel that they are being forced down into one subject. This is not the books fault, however, some of the essays/stories found may find themselves dramatically much too long. Some of the essays go up to 30 odd pages, which, at times, if you are stuck with a subject you may not like, find it unbearable. However, you are always free to change essays, as there is quite a plentiful amount to offer.