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Author Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955-

Title Morality Without God?

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages).
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Series Philosophy in Action
Philosophy in action.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Why This Book?; ONE Would You Marry an Atheist?; TWO What's Wrong with Atheists?; THREE What's Wrong with Secular Societies?; FOUR What's Wrong?; FIVE What's So Divine about Commands?; SIX Why Be Moral?; SEVEN What Do You Know?; EIGHT Where Do We Go from Here?; Notes; Index; Index of Biblical Passages.
Summary Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core ideas: that atheists are inherently immoral people; that any society will sink into chaos if it is becomes too secular; that without morality, we have no reason to be moral; that absolute moral standards require the existence of God; and that without religion, we simply couldn't know what is wron.
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Subject Religion and ethics.
Religion and ethics.
Atheism.
Atheism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. Morality Without God? Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, ©2009 9780195337631
ISBN 9780199713943 (electronic book)
0199713944 (electronic book)
9780199910465
0199910464