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Contetns Preface Vll Introduction 1 RobeKr.Gt a rciaan Nda thLa.Kn ni g 1: PART THE DEBATE 1 TheK urtz/DCerbaia:Igt seG oodnweistsh Gooudt GooEdn ough? 25 PaulK uratzn Wdi lliLaamn Cer aig PART II:N EW ESSAYS 2 A MoraAlr gumentth Eefx oirs toefnG coed 49 C. StpeheLna yman 3 AtheiassPm e rfPeicett y 67 LouiAsnoetn y 4 IsM oraGlo odnweistsh Boeuilte fG oidnR ationSaatlbell?y 85 JohnH are 5 WhyT raditTihoeniaCslam n nPorto viandA ed equate FoundaftoiMroo nr ality 101 WaltSeirn tntor-mAstrong 6 Thies,mA thies,ma ntdh Eex planoaftM ioornaV la lue 117 MarC.k Murphy 7 Emptayn dU ltimaMteeanliyne gslGse steusr? 133 DonaCl.Hd u bin v vi Contents 8 WhaDti ffenrceDeo eGso dM ake Mtoor ality? 151 RicdhS awrinburne PART IICIO:N CLUDING RESPONSES 9 ThiMso sGtru esomeG uoefs ts 176 A RespboyWn islel iLaamn Cer aig 10 Ethiwcist hGooud:tT hesimv eurssS eculHaurm asnmi 198 A RespboyPn asuelK urtz FurtRheeard ing 215 AboutthC eo ntributors 217 Preface ProefssorPsa uKlu ratznW di lliLaamnC er aciagm teoF rankalniMdna rshall College ino f2O 0c0tt1ood b eebrat theqe u setitohnas te rvaests h ibso o'ks titIlsge o:o dnweistsh Gooudt geonoodu gKhu?r atzr gufeodtr h aef ifrmative posiiotann d Ctrhaneie gg vaet.Ai ftoepre nisntga te,m enttehsnegya giend two rooufrn edbsu ,tf toalllobwyec dl ossitnagt netm.se Montlhast Keurr,at nzC dr aaiggr eteopd u bltihsdehe baatleos nigdace o l­ lectoifno enwe syssao nt hteo ip.cT he edwietroferor st untaost eec ucroen ­ truitbiofnrso pmr ominsecnhto lwahrors e psreenat w idrea ngoefv iesw abotuhtre e lati(oinafsn hybi)ep t weGeonda nedt hsiT.ch seer esuletsisnagy s botcho mmeonntt hKeu rtz/Cdreabiaagtn eda dvantchee disocfut shsei on many impiosursettashn aattr itsheee ir.n Tvhoel ucmleo sweistah p aiorfe s­ saycso ntaifinniarnleg fl ectfirooCnmrs a aingKd u rtz. 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Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media—often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the mora
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