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Autore |
Sinnott-Armstrong Walter <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Morality without God? / / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773103-1 |
0-19-971394-4 |
0-19-991046-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and ethics |
Atheism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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