America's leading secular humanist philosopher affirms that it is possible tolive the good life and be morally responsible without belief in religion.
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Mar 31, 2010
Sistercoyote
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So, I've been slowly making my way through Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism by Paul Kurtz. Kurtz raises some interesting points about ethical systems not based on religion (or, more to the point, how ethical systems based on religion are actually based on the ways humans interact ethically anyway), but this book is failing me in a couple of ways:
First, it's ableist and to a lesser degree sizeist. I've just finished reading a section where he baldly states that in order to be More...
First, it's ableist and to a lesser degree sizeist. I've just finished reading a section where he baldly states that in order to be More...
Aug 10, 2008
Tom
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An excellent explanation of the origins of ethical principles from a simple concern for humanity.
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