Practical philosophy?

Miss Informed

Hey guys.

I have a degree in philosophy, but between being a very (*very*) bad student and a typically massive workload all the way through college, I really feel that I haven't learned anything.

We did a lot of philosophy that I couldn't connect to my everyday life. If I were more intelligent I'm sure I would have made connections.. :rolleyes: But I've found that topics like theology, metaphysics etc haven't helped me to interpret the everyday world at all. Some of the political philosophy we did was great for this purpose, but I found most of our topics uninteresting. (my opinion only)

Having been out of college for a year and a half my hunger for reading is back. Anyone have any suggestions of books that can help me? I'm interested also in the philosophy of friendship, we never studied it and I have no idea what to read.

18AD

For friendship you could read the Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle. It has a chapter or two on friendship and is gernally an interesting read. Not so sure about more modern discourse on that topic.

Ethics by Peter Singer is also a great collection of articles.

Joe1919

There is a 'reader' available with a selection of over thirty writers that I would recommend .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Friendship-Philosophical-Reflections-Perennial-Concern/dp/0761808183/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330973399&sr=8-2

Miss Informed

Thanks guys