Atheism and Morality, Guilt and Shame: Why the Moral Complacency of the New Atheism is a Mistake

Author(s)
Lynch, Anthony J
Dahanayake, Nisha
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
When it comes to morality, the New Atheists appear to think that their rejection of religion, except for the removal of fundamentalist distortions, changes nothing. We think that this is because they have not thought things through. Atheism might not be a threat to shame morality, but it is certainly a threat to guilt morality. Given that there are reasons to doubt the viability today of shame morality, we face a far greater problem if atheism triumphs than the New Atheists admit.
Citation
Philosophical Investigations, 40(2), p. 103-120
ISSN
1467-9205
0190-0536
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21003
Language
en
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Title
Atheism and Morality, Guilt and Shame: Why the Moral Complacency of the New Atheism is a Mistake
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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