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 religion, 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 what is right.
Sinnott-Armstrong brings to bear convincing examples and data, as
well as a lucid, elegant, and easy to understand writing style.
This book should fit well with the debates raging over issues like
evolution and intelligent design, atheism, and religion and public
life as an example of a pithy, tightly-constructed argument on an
issue of great social importance.
"In his call for sincere dialogue with theists,
Sinnott-Armstrong provides a welcome relief from the apoplectic
excesses of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, while also
addressing objections to homosexuality and evolution frequently
raised by evangelical Christians." --Publishers Weekly
" I]t is accessible and lively, my hope is that it will be widely
read, especially by theists."--Peter Lamal, The Humanist
..". the clarity of this text successfully defuses many erroneous
claims about religion and morality, both popular and academic; this
volume certainly deserves a wide audience in this increasingly
secular and skeptical world." -Choice
"Morality Without God? is an engaging, pithy book arguing against
the necessity of God and religion for a robust morality. Walter
Sinnott-Armstrong has distinguished himself as a leading
philosopher in his work on metaethics and moral psychology, as well
as books on moral and epistemological skepticism, and in Morality
Without God? he commendably succeeds in writing a philosophically
respectable introduction to the problems facing religious morality
suitable for virtually any audience." --Philosophia Christi
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