TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayer,Lex
TI  - Atheist mind, humanist heart: rewriting the Ten commandments for the twenty-first century 
SN  - 9781442236806
AV  - BL2747.3 
U1  - 211/.8 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman and Littlefield
KW  - Atheism
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Athéisme
KW  - Morale pratique
KW  - Morale
KW  - atheism
KW  - aat
KW  - ethics (philosophical concept)
KW  - ethics (philosophy)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Agnosticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index; Questioning everything -- Rewriting the Ten Commandments -- The paradox of belief -- The reasoning behind reason -- Beliefs about the unknown -- The assumption of a God -- Putting factual beliefs to the test -- From beliefs to behavior -- How "ought" one behave? -- Moral happiness -- Societal happiness -- Putting ethical beliefs to the test -- Finding your own non-commandments -- Appendix A. Common religious objections -- Appendix B. Our ten non-commandments -- Appendix C. Theorem of belief
N2  - This book shows that atheism need not be only reactionary (against religion and God), but rather provides a clear set of constructive principles to live by that establish atheism as a positive worldview. The book encourages and guides the reader through the process of formulating his or her own set of personal beliefs
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