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In What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others.By deconstructing religious arguments for God-based morality and guiding readers through the premises and promises of secular morality, Zuckerman argues that the major challenges facing the world today--from global warming and growing inequality to religious support for unethical political policies to gun violence and terrorism--are best approached from a nonreligious ethical framework. In short, we need to look to our fellow humans and within ourselves for moral progress and ethical action.

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Irreligion and sociology --- Atheism. --- Secularism. --- Irréligion et sociologie --- Athéisme --- Sécularisation

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An updated edition showcasing the social health of the least religious nations in the worldReligious conservatives around the world often claim that a society without a strong foundation of faith would necessarily be an immoral one, bereft of ethics, values, and meaning. Indeed, the Christian Right in the United States has argued that a society without God would be hell on earth.In Society without God, Second Edition sociologist Phil Zuckerman challenges these claims. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews with more than 150 citizens of Denmark and Sweden, among the least religious countries in the world, he shows that, far from being inhumane, crime-infested, and dysfunctional, highly secular societies are healthier, safer, greener, less violent, and more democratic and egalitarian than highly religious ones.Society without God provides a rich portrait of life in a secular society, exploring how a culture without faith copes with death, grapples with the meaning of life, and remains content through everyday ups and downs. This updated edition incorporates new data from recent studies, updated statistics, and a revised Introduction, as well as framing around the now more highly developed field of secular studies. It addresses the dramatic surge of irreligion in the United States and the rise of the "nones," and adds data on societal health in specific US states, along with fascinating context regarding which are the most religious and which the most secular.

Well-being. --- Values Voters. --- Utter obliviousness. --- United States. --- Sweden. --- Sociological Theories. --- Societal Well-being. --- Secularization. --- Secularity. --- Secularism. --- Secular. --- Secular Studies. --- Scandinavian society. --- Scandinavia. --- Rituals. --- Reticence. --- Reluctance. --- Religious People. --- Religious Belief. --- Religion. --- Meaning of Life. --- Jews. --- International Comparisons. --- George W. Bush. --- Denmark. --- Death. --- Danish history. --- Danish culture. --- Cultural Religion. --- Apostasy;Asatru;Atheism;Belief;Benign indifference;Christianity. --- Apostasy. --- Asatru. --- Atheism. --- Belief. --- Benign indifference. --- Christianity.

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