Peter Cave

Humanism

A Beginner's Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explaining all aspects of Humanist philosophy, Cave offers several persuasive arguments against Godâ s existence, whilst providing an alternative and valuable conception of life without Him.

Produktdetails

• Beginner's Guides
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9781851685899
• ISBN-10: 1851685898
• Artikelnr.: 24924415

Autorenporträt

Writer and broadcaster Peter Cave teaches philosophy for The Open University and City University London. Author of the bestselling Can A Robot Be Human?, he chairs the Humanist Philosophers¿ Group, frequently contributes to philosophy journals and magazines, from the academic to the popular, and has presented several philosophy programmes for the BBC. He lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

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