Morality Without God? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Morality Without God? write by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. This book was released on 2009-07-02. Morality Without God? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A common refrain against atheism and secular humanism is that without belief in God, "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong dismantles this argument and argues instead that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be seen as utterly independent of religion. This short, accessible book is on a major aspect of the arguments against atheism and will interest those intrigued by the "new atheism" (Harris, Dawkins, etc).
Ethics Without God
Ethics Without God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethics Without God write by Kai Nielsen. This book was released on 1973. Ethics Without God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contrary to the claim of many defenders of religion, the author argues that morality cannot be based on religion. If anything, the opposite is partly true, for nothing can be God unless he or it is worthy of worship, and it is our own moral judgment which decided such worth. Men can and do have purposes in a godless world. What we need to ask is whether there is any good sociological or psychological evidence to show that people will despair, lose their sense of identity and purpose, if they are not followers of Christ.
Religion without God
Religion without God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion without God write by Ronald Dworkin. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Religion without God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his last book, Ronald Dworkin addresses questions that men and women have asked through the ages: What is religion and what is God’s place in it? What is death and what is immortality? Based on the 2011 Einstein Lectures, Religion without God is inspired by remarks Einstein made that if religion consists of awe toward mysteries which “manifest themselves in the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, and which our dull faculties can comprehend only in the most primitive forms,” then, he, Einstein, was a religious person. Dworkin joins Einstein’s sense of cosmic mystery and beauty to the claim that value is objective, independent of mind, and immanent in the world. He rejects the metaphysics of naturalism—that nothing is real except what can be studied by the natural sciences. Belief in God is one manifestation of this deeper worldview, but not the only one. The conviction that God underwrites value presupposes a prior commitment to the independent reality of that value—a commitment that is available to nonbelievers as well. So theists share a commitment with some atheists that is more fundamental than what divides them. Freedom of religion should flow not from a respect for belief in God but from the right to ethical independence. Dworkin hoped that this short book would contribute to rational conversation and the softening of religious fear and hatred. Religion without God is the work of a humanist who recognized both the possibilities and limitations of humanity.
Is Goodness Without God Good Enough?
Is Goodness Without God Good Enough? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Is Goodness Without God Good Enough? write by Robert K. Garcia. This book was released on 2009. Is Goodness Without God Good Enough? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media - often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated. At the other end are those who think that religious belief is unnecessary for - and even a threat to - ethical knowledge and the moral life." "This volume provides an accessible, charitable discussion that represents a range of views along this spectrum. The book begins with a lively debate between Paul Kurtz and William Lane Craig on the question, Is goodness without God good enough? Kurtz defends the affirmative position and Craig the negative. Following the debate are new essays by prominent scholars. These essays comment on the debate and advance the broader discussion of religion and morality. The book closes with final responses from Kurtz and Craig."--BOOK JACKET.
Reasonable Faith
Reasonable Faith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reasonable Faith write by William Lane Craig. This book was released on 2008. Reasonable Faith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.
