Title:
The God argument : the case against religion and for humanism / A.C. Grayling.
Author:
Grayling, A. C.
Genre:
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Call Number:
BL2747.6 .G73 2013
Abstract:
Anthony Grayling offers a definitive examination of the arguments for and against religion and religious belief, and an in-depth exploration of the humanist outlook that recommends itself as the ethics of the genuinely reflective person.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN:
9781620401903
9781408837412
9781408837405
9781620401927
Physical Description:
x, 269 pages ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Clarifications -- Naming and describing a 'god' -- The origins of religion -- An axe to the root -- Knowledge, belief and rationality -- Agnosticism, atheism and proof -- Theistic arguments -- Arguing by design -- Arguing by definition -- Causes, wagers and morals -- Creationism and 'intelligent design' -- The three debates -- Humanism: the ethics of humanity -- Humanism and the good life -- Putting the world to rights -- Shared humanity, human diversity -- The ethical and the moral -- A humanist on love, sex and drugs -- Humanism, death and the ends of life -- Religion revisited -- Humanism and the ethical dimension -- The better alternative.
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