Project Gutenberg 2014-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 72 Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) 1859 1943 Mangasarian, Mangasar Mugurditch Morality Without God A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "Morality Without God" by M. M. Mangasarian is a philosophical lecture published in the early 20th century, specifically in 1905. The book tackles the contentious question of whether morality is possible without belief in a deity. Through a vigorous critique of traditional religious thought, it explores the independence of moral principles from religious dogma, arguing that moral behavior can exist outside the confines of religious belief. In the text, Mangasarian makes the case that morality is not only possible without God but that the association of moral behavior with religious belief is largely a manipulation to sustain religious ideologies. He critiques the notion pervasive among theologians that morality inherently relies on a belief in God, suggesting instead that moral actions stem from human empathy, social needs, and a natural sense of right and wrong. By analyzing historical and philosophical perspectives, he highlights how ethical behavior exists independently and can flourish based on reason and human experience rather than divine mandates or fear of punishment. The lecture ultimately aims to liberate moral thought from theological constraints, framing it as a natural part of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethics Christian ethics BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 78910 78919 2024-09-19T06:01:57.807839 2023-09-19T17:09:55.237106 text/html text/html 75539 2014-04-14T10:24:20 text/html; charset=us-ascii 26750 2014-04-14T10:24:20 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 77453 2024-09-19T06:02:01.315818 application/epub+zip 76246 2024-09-19T06:01:59.128822 application/epub+zip 76245 2024-09-19T06:01:58.320826 application/epub+zip 185305 2024-09-19T06:02:03.051795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177904 2024-09-19T06:02:00.765816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203035 2022-09-20T17:34:12.502510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66293 66216 2024-09-19T06:01:57.569830 2023-09-19T17:09:55.017098 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66119 2014-04-14T10:24:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25262 2014-04-14T10:24:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18352 2024-09-19T06:02:03.179790 application/rdf+xml 14077 2024-09-19T06:01:58.659815 image/jpeg 3642 2024-09-19T06:01:58.490829 image/jpeg 77779 2024-09-19T06:01:57.815878 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia