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Autore: |
Sinnott-Armstrong Walter <1955->
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Titolo: |
Morality without God? / / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
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Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
©2009 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina: | 170/.42 |
Soggetto topico: | Religion and ethics |
Atheism | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Morality without God ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-773103-1 |
0-19-971394-4 | |
0-19-991046-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790172603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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