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Atheism for Beginners: A Course Book for Schools and Colleges

Autor Michael Palmer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2013
'Hurray for Michael Palmer!' is how Michael Martin, the distinguished American philosopher, greeted Palmer's 'The Atheist's Primer' (The Lutterworth Press, 2012). 'Atheism for Beginners', by providing a 'coursebook for schools and colleges,' differs from its predecessor in being designed specifically for teachers and their students. Yet, although different in focus and format, the intention remains the same: to reinstate the importance of philosophy within the debate about God's existence and to act as a corrective to the largely Darwinian criticisms levelled against religious belief by Richard Dawkins and the so-called 'new atheists'. So, in Palmer's lively history of atheism, extending from the ancient Greeks to the present day, we meet the enduring philosophical arguments against God and the great literature in which they are expressed. 'Atheism for Beginners' is user-friendly and presumes no special grounding in philosophy. Throughout assistance is given by numerous aids to learning: there are exercises, marginal notes, essay questions, bibliographies and a glossary. Also provided are fourteen short biographies of famous atheists. In these respects Palmer follows the format fi rst presented in his widely-read Moral Problems of 1991 (2nd edition, 2005), long established as a core text in the teaching of philosophy. In 'Atheism for Beginners', Palmer covers the main atheistic arguments, discussing issues such as creation, morality, evil, miracles and the motivations of belief. Particular attention is paid to the work of Hume, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud, with a special chapter devoted to the development of 'disproof atheism.' Atheism is often criticized for being unduly pessimistic: that without God there is nothing to look forward to, no life after death, no final righting of wrongs and no hope of salvation. But this, Palmer argues, is 'a slander against the atheistic outlook'. He concludes, therefore, on a positive note, explaining that happiness and personal fulfilment are to be found in the very materialism that religious belief rejects. The prominent philosopher, Dr Michael Palmer, is a former Teaching Fellow at McMaster University and Humboldt Fellow at Marburg University and was the founding Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at The Manchester Grammar School. His many publications include 'Moral Problems', 'Moral Problems in Medicine', the two-volumed 'The Philosophy of Religion', 'The Atheist's Creed', 'The Atheist's Primer', and two books based on lectures delivered at Bristol University, 'Freud and Jung on Religion' and 'The Question of God'. His work has been translated into many languages.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780718892913
ISBN-10: 0718892917
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 189 x 246 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Lutterworth Press

Notă biografică

A former Teaching Fellow at McMaster University and Humboldt Fellow at Marburg University, Dr Palmer has taught at Marlborough College and Bristol University. For many years Founding Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at the Manchester Grammar School, Dr Palmer is also the author of the best-selling textbook Moral Problems as well as of the two-volume textbook The Philosophy of Religion.

Cuprins

1. The Meaning of Atheism 2. Creation 3. The Design of the World 4. The Argument from Evil 5. The Moral Argument 6. Miracles 7. The Impulse to Believe 8. Disproving God