Naturalism and Religion
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781573928533
Subjects: Topics in philosophy; Naturalism; Philosophy; Mind & Body; General; Atheism; Religious aspects
First sentence: What I want most to achieve in Naturalism and Religion is to give a perspicuous articulation and soundly reasoned account of a thoroughly secular and as well a thoroughly humanist way of looking at things and of living in our world-our modern, or, if you will, post-modern world.
Description: "Philosophical naturalism holds that the natural world is the whole of reality and that there are no supernatural or spiritual entities, realities, or values and that there is no need to appeal to such illusory matters to find significance in our lives. In elucidating and defending naturalism, Kai Nielsen argues that an uncompromising secular orientation is the best framework to utilize in trying to make sense of life and of society and in organizing our lives.

No religious alternatives, he forcefully argues, fare as well in the face of careful scrutiny and moral nonevasiveness."--BOOK JACKET.