TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sinnott-Armstrong,Walter
TI  - Morality Without God?
T2  - Philosophy in Action
SN  - 9780199713943
AV  - BJ47 .M673 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, USA
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Religion and ethics
KW  - Atheism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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 wron
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