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About this book
The quintessential guide to living a meaningful life without God.
Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? With historical adherents including such thinkers as Einstein, Freud, Philip Pullman, and Frank Zappa, "Humanism"'s central quest is to make sense of such questions, explaining the ethical and metaphysical by appealing to shared human values, rationality, and tolerance. Essential reading for atheists, agnostics, ignostics, freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, and believers too, this Beginner's Guide will explain all aspects of the Humanist philosophy whilst providing an alternative and valuable conception of life without religion.
Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? With historical adherents including such thinkers as Einstein, Freud, Philip Pullman, and Frank Zappa, "Humanism"'s central quest is to make sense of such questions, explaining the ethical and metaphysical by appealing to shared human values, rationality, and tolerance. Essential reading for atheists, agnostics, ignostics, freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, and believers too, this Beginner's Guide will explain all aspects of the Humanist philosophy whilst providing an alternative and valuable conception of life without religion.
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PhilosophySubtopic
Humanism in PhilosophyTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Humanism: scene setting
- 2. Without God
- 3. Without religion
- 4. With morality
- 5. With politics
- 6. Dying and living
- 7. Humanism: the quest for meaning
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Humanism: myths and whereabouts
- Appendix 2: Further reading
- Appendix 3: Notes, references and sources
- Index
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