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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Humanism: scene setting
Chapter 2 Without God
Chapter 3 Without religion
Chapter 4 With morality
Chapter 5 With politics
Chapter 6 Dying and living
Chapter 7 Humanism: the quest for meaning
Epilogue
Appendices
Humanism: myths and whereabouts
Further reading
Notes, references and sources
Index
