| Description |
1 online resource (x, 178 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index. |
| Contents |
Questioning everything -- Rewriting the Ten Commandments -- The paradox of belief -- The reasoning behind reason -- Beliefs about the unknown -- The assumption of a God -- Putting factual beliefs to the test -- From beliefs to behavior -- How "ought" one behave? -- Moral happiness -- Societal happiness -- Putting ethical beliefs to the test -- Finding your own non-commandments -- Appendix A. Common religious objections -- Appendix B. Our ten non-commandments -- Appendix C. Theorem of belief. |
| Summary |
This book shows that atheism need not be only reactionary (against religion and God), but rather provides a clear set of constructive principles to live by that establish atheism as a positive worldview. The book encourages and guides the reader through the process of formulating his or her own set of personal beliefs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Atheism.
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Atheism. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
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Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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atheism. |
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ethics (philosophical concept) |
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ethics (philosophy) |
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RELIGION -- Agnosticism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Atheist mind, humanist heart. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9781442236790 (DLC) 2014025506 |
| ISBN |
9781442236806 (ebook) |
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1442236809 |
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9781442236790 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1442236795 |
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