John C. Morgan teaches philosophy and ethics in the Accelerated Degree Program at Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many articles and nine books, this one being a revised and enlarged edition which includes a new section of his thoughts on what it means to be a teacher. His wife is a licensed social worker and artist, one daughter an acupuncturist, another a therapist, and a son finishing his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin.