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Atheist mind, humanist heart : rewriting the Ten commandments for the twenty-first century / Lex Bayer and John Figdor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (x, 178 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442236806
  • 1442236809
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atheist mind, humanist heart.DDC classification:
  • 211/.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2747.3
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)860354

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index.

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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.

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.