Is Goodness without God Good Enough?

A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2009
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-5171-8 (ISBN)

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Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media—often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated. At the other end are those who think that religious belief is unnecessary for—and even a threat to—ethical knowledge and the moral life.

This volume provides an accessible, charitable discussion that represents a range of views along this spectrum. The book begins with a lively debate between Paul Kurtz and William Lane Craig on the question, Is goodness without God good enough? Kurtz defends the affirmative position and Craig the negative. Following the debate are new essays by prominent scholars. These essays comment on the debate and advance the broader discussion of religion and morality. The book closes with final responses from Kurtz and Craig.

Robert K. Garcia and Nathan L. King are Ph.D. candidates in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: The Kurtz / Craig Debate: Is Goodness without God Good Enough?
Part 5 Part II
Chapter 6 Chapter 2: A Moral Argument for the Existence of God
Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Atheism as Perfect Piety
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Is Moral Goodness without God Rationally Stable?
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Why Traditional Theism Cannot Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Theism, Atheism, and the Explanation of Moral Value
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Empty and Ultimately Meaningless Gestures?
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: What Difference Does God Make to Morality?
Part 13 Part III
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: This Most Gruesome of Guests (A Response by William Lane Craig)
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Ethics without God: Theism versus Secular Humanism (A Response by Paul Kurtz)
Chapter 16 Further Reading
Chapter 17 About the Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2009
Co-Autor	Louise Antony, William Lane Craig, John Hare
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 232 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-7425-5171-7 / 0742551717
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-5171-8 / 9780742551718
Zustand	Neuware