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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 13.00cm Weight: 0.278kg ISBN: 9780195337631ISBN 10: 0195337638 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 02 July 2009 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: An Atheist's Progress 2: Atheists aren't all that bad 3: Social Corruption 4: Why be Moral? 5: Can there be Objective Morality Without God? 6: Against Divine Commands 7: How to Know What is Morally Wrong 8: Where Do We Go From Here?Reviews<br> 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<br> [I]t is accessible and lively, my hope is that it will be widely read, especially by theists. --Peter Lamal, The Humanist<br> 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<br> <br> 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<p><br> [I]t is accessible and lively, my hope is that it will be widely read, especially by theists. --Peter Lamal, The Humanist<p><br> 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<p><br> Author InformationWalter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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