Mere Morality
Published on 4. December 2018
169 pages
978-1-63431-180-9 (ISBN)
Description
What drives us to be good? How do we even know how to be good? Philosophers and theologians have dealt with such questions for millennia, but Dan Barker thinks the answers are not so complicated. In Mere Morality, he argues there's no need to appeal to supernatural commandments or the fear of some higher power when considering morality. Stripping "good" and "evil" down to the basics, he offers a simple compass for navigating life's most difficult moral and ethical dilemmas.
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- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Moral Minds
- Why Did I Do It?
- Three Moral Minds
- Instinct
- Reason
- Law
- Pains and Penalties
- Rebellion
- II. Fear Morality
- The God Book
- Idolatry
- The Sabbath
- Interracial Marriage
- Disobedience
- Curses
- God and Evil
- Terror
- The New Testament
- Judging God
- III. Humanistic Morality
- Human Nature
- Moral Conflict
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- About the Author
