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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: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. 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<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> <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> 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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