I wanted a readable introduction to philosophy, and Morris provided that. The book was entertaining and informative and did not throw me, sink or swim, into some deep philosophical pool. I found the author to be fair in his presentation, leaving me to chart a sovereign course. So I recommend this book. But do not follow it up with the author's recent works. Something seems to have happened to Tom Morris on his way from Notre Dame to The Morris Institute for Human Values. Today he sounds more like a salesman than a professor.