Morality without God? / / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

• Autore: Sinnott-Armstrong Walter <1955->
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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: 0-19-971394-4; 0-19-991046-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462548303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophy in action.