One of the major sticking points of being religious is that you want to be a good person, that you want to help your fellow humans, that you want to be gentle and kind and those are the reasons we still need religion. Well, that is not true. Even if you feel that you need some guidance on how to live well and why you should do it when it seems that being evil is much more worthy, there are books that can help you in that regard. More than that, there are entire completely secular systems of why you should be ethical and how to best approach it.
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On this site, I often argue that we should think critically—not take whatever pundits, influences, preachers and…
WHY are you “automatically” good if you do certain things, we might ask – or we might dismiss such a question with a thought of the sort “because stealing is against the law”. Ok, but what about lying? Or cheating, for that matter? Are the answers always so clear? What about if you’re lying, cheating or stealing to prevent or stop a greater injustice?
This book was first published in 1975 and it’s considered by many to be profound and groundbreaking. And with…
Time for another Book Recommendation. And this time it’s a very dear book, as it’s one of…