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It is often claimed that belief in God is based on faith, while non-belief is grounded in rationality. This claim is inaccurate. Moral philosopher Carlo Alvaro takes the reader through his philosop...
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19 October 2021

It is often claimed that belief in God is based on faith, while non-belief is grounded in rationality. This claim is inaccurate. Moral philosopher Carlo Alvaro takes the reader through his philosophical journey—a journey taken with the absolute absence of faith. Through reasoning alone, and with an objective assessment of the classical theistic arguments, Deism takes the reader from disbelief to a particular version of deism. Deism discusses such arguments as the Kalam Cosmological, the asymmetry against the evil-god challenge, the anthropic principle, and the moral. Such arguments lead to the undeniable conclusion that there exists a timeless, space-less, wholly good, and infinitely powerful being endowed with freedom of the will, who brought the universe into existence a finite time ago. An objective appraisal of such arguments leads to the conclusions that atheism is an irrational philosophical position, that God does not interact with humans, at least not during our physical existence on earth, and that God is the best explanation of the objectivity of moral value and duty.
Price: $99.95
Pages: 260
Publisher: Academica Press
Imprint: Academica Press
Publication Date:
19 October 2021
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781680532456
Format: Hardcover
“I have read Dr. Alvaro’s book with great pleasure. It is a tour de force of intellectual honesty and courage. His points are well argued. I recommend it highly. It forms an interesting point-counter point with the Jewish philosophers such as Rav Saadia Gaon and Maimonides’s Guide. You may disagree with some of his points, but you will admit that the discussion was well worth your time.” – David Steinman, Professor of Psychology, Touro College and New York City College of Technology
Carlo Alvaro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at CUNY/New York City College of Technology and author of Ethical Veganism, Virtue Ethics, and The Great Soul (2019); Raw Veganism: The Philosophy of the Human Diet (2020); and The Book of Raw (2021).