Atheism, Ayn Rand, and other heresies
George H. Smith (Auteur)
In this wide-ranging collection of essays, George H. Smith analyzes atheism and its relevance to society today. He provides the first full analysis of Ayn Rand's contribution to atheism, explaining how her objectivist metaphysics and laissez-faire economic principles rest matter-of-factly on a purely godless worldview. Smith also links atheism to reasonableness, arguing that reasonableness itself is a moral virtue. 'Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies' chronicles the evolution of the atheistic viewpoint from earliest times to the present and includes a penetrating analysis of the ideas of Christian philosophers and a survey of the contributions to freethought made by deists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author also addresses the current fundamentalist revival, offers suggestions on debating atheism with religious believers, critiques America's obsession with the "War on Drugs," and provides a complete bibliography of freethought literature."--Book jacket
Livre imprimé, English, 1991
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1991