What it means to be moral : why religion is not necessary for living an ethical life
(2019)
By:
Zuckerman, Phil
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
170/ZUCKERMAN,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019
EDITION
First hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xxxiii, 360 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781640092747, 1640092749 :, 1640092749, 9781640092747
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Why morality cannot be based on faith in God -- Isms -- Absence of evidence is evidence of absence -- The insidiousness of interpretation -- You will obey -- Sally, Butch, and Plato's dilemma -- The fundamentals of secular morality -- What it means to be moral -- Where do you get your morals? -- The secular seven virtues-- Challenges to secular morality -- Accounting for immorality -- A genocidal century -- Secular solutions of immorality -- Moral relativism