02658nam 2200601 450 991079017260332120230120030708.00-19-773103-10-19-971394-40-19-991046-4(CKB)2670000000166189(EBL)760047(OCoLC)781613912(SSID)ssj0000624269(PQKBManifestationID)12248916(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000624269(PQKBWorkID)10657595(PQKB)10541201(Au-PeEL)EBL4702188(CaPaEBR)ebr11273452(MiAaPQ)EBC4702188(EXLCZ)99267000000016618920161012h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMorality without God? /Walter Sinnott-ArmstrongNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2009.©20091 online resource (224 p.)Philosophy in ActionDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-984135-7 0-19-533763-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 PassagesSome 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 whPhilosophy in action.Religion and ethicsAtheismReligion and ethics.Atheism.170/.42Sinnott-Armstrong Walter1955-164084MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790172603321Morality without God3796638UNINA