Morality Without God?

by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195337638
• ISBN13: 9780195337631
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.1"