Critiques of God by Peter Adam Angeles
As the only collection of essays to present, in a comprehensive way, the case against belief in God, this classic volume rejects the niew that moral values and human purpose require divine sanction. The arguments for God's existence, the validity of mystical experience, and the importance of the God concept for the development of morality and meaning in life are critically evaluated by sixteen well-known philosophers and psychologists. Included are works by Kurt Baier, John Dewey, Paul Edwards, Antony Flew, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Sidney Hook, Walter Kaufmann, Corliss Lamont, Wallace I. Matson, H.J. McCloskey, Ernest Nagel, Kai Nielsen, Richard Robinson, Bertrand Russell, and Michael Scriven. Included are discussions of the meaning of the existence of God, the relationships between faith and mysticism, reason and science, fate, the problem of evil, ethics without God, and immortality.
".. a substantial sampling of both the style and the substance of philosophical argument as practised by a range of thinkers." -- Booklist
Peter A. Angeles (Sedona, AZ) is retired from the Philosophy department at Santa Barbara City College. He is the author of The Problem of God: A Short Introduction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781573921237 |
| ISBN 10 | 1573921238 |
| Title | Critiques of God |
| Author | Peter Adam Angeles |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Year published | 1997-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 371 |
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