Description |
1 online resource (224 pages). |
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Series |
Philosophy in Action
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Philosophy in action.
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Religion and ethics.
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Religion and ethics. |
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Atheism.
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Atheism. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. Morality Without God? Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, ©2009 9780195337631 |
ISBN |
9780199713943 (electronic book) |
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0199713944 (electronic book) |
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9780199910465 |
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0199910464 |
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