Philosophers without Gods Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life

by Antony, Louise M.

• ISBN13: 9780195173079
• ISBN10: 0195173074
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Who are atheists? What do they believe? Can life be meaningful without religious belief? Is belief in God necessary to be moral? Should we respect religous views we don't agree with? Here thoughtful philosophers delve into thorny, complicated, and personal questions about their most private beliefs.

Author Biography

Louise M. Antony is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of A Mind of One's Own and Chomsky and His Critics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Journeys
Faith and Reason, the Perpetual War: Ruminations of a Fool	p. 3
From Yeshiva Bochur to Secular Humanist	p. 17
Religio Philosophi	p. 32
For the Love of Reason	p. 41
Life without God: Some Personal Costs	p. 59
Overcoming Christianity	p. 69
On Becoming a Heretic	p. 80
Mere Stranger	p. 90
An Atheist's Fundamentalism	p. 104
Thank Goodness!	p. 113
Reflections
Transcendence without God: On Atheism and Invisibility	p. 121
An Aristotelian Life	p. 133
Without the Net of Providence: Atheism and the Human Adventure	p. 150
Disenchantment	p. 165
Religion and Respect	p. 179
Reasonable Religious Disagreements	p. 194
If God Is Dead, Is Everything Permitted?	p. 215
Divine Evil	p. 231
Meta-atheism: Religious Avowal as Self-Deception	p. 243
Faith and Fanaticism	p. 266
Notes	p. 287
References	p. 299
Notes on Contributors	p. 303
Index	p. 307
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