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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813496503321

Autore

Sinnott-Armstrong Walter <1955->

Titolo

Morality without God? / / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-19-773103-1

0-19-971394-4

0-19-991046-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Philosophy in Action

Disciplina

170/.42

Soggetti

Religion and ethics

Atheism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 wrong and wh