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Overview
Is it possible to live the good life and be a responsible moral agent without belief in religion? Paul Kurtz affirms that it is. At a time when fundamentalist right-wing forces deny this possibility, Forbidden Fruit provides a much-needed corrective. Kurtz maintains that it is only by breaking the bonds of theistic illusion -- eating the "forbidden fruit" from the tree of knowledge of good and evil -- that we can move on to a new stage of creative development, discovering significant moral values to guide conduct that is both self-reliant and considerate of the rights of others. "An approriate challenge to current trends in religion and politics". -- Booklists
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- ISBN-13: 9780879754549
- ISBN-10: 0879754540
- Publisher: Prometheus Books
- Publish Date: March 1988
- Dimensions: 9.74 x 6.16 x 1.01 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.31 pounds
- Page Count: 266
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