Is Goodness without God Good Enough? A Debate

Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media-often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated. At the other end are those who think that religious belief is unnecessary for-and even a threat to-ethical knowledge and the moral life.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Debate
The Kurtz/Craig Debate: Is Goodness without God Good Enough?	p. 25
New Essays
A Moral Argument for the Existence of God	p. 49
Atheism as Perfect Piety	p. 67
Is Moral Goodness without Belief in God Rationally Stable?	p. 85
Why Traditional Theism Cannot Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality	p. 101
Theism, Atheism, and the Explanation of Moral Value	p. 117
Empty and Ultimately Meaningless Gestures?	p. 133
What Difference Does God Make to Morality?	p. 151
Concluding Responses
This Most Gruesome of Guests	p. 167
Ethics without God: Theism versus Secular Humanism	p. 189
Further Reading	p. 215
About the Contributors	p. 217
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Is Goodness without God Good Enough? A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics

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