A friend of mine in college once described philosophy as “Many roads leading nowhere.” Of course, he was an English major with a taste for nihilistic Beat poetry. Marietta McCarty, who teaches philosophy at Piedmont Virginia Community College, defines it quite differently. The word “philosophy,” she explains, means “love of wisdom.” She hopes to fan that love not only in adult readers, but also, as the title of her...

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