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Living Without Religion: Eupraxophy
Paul Kurtz

Prometheus Books, 1994 - 159 pages

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Liberating!

Living Without Religion is a book that sincerely made me look at a lot of misbeliefs I was raised to believe as a child. A lot of people think that if human beings do not believe in some phantom deity to keep us in line, society will drift into anarchy and chaos. This simply is not true (Look at Western Europe & Australia today!). You really can live a great life without religion,Which many people do, and Paul Kurtz explains exactly how to do so.


Necessary coinage

Kurtz coined the word "eupraxophy" to distinguish Secular Humanism from belief systems usually considered "religions." Eupraxophy accepts the best ethical principles of historical philosophies and religions, but disentangles them from the superstitions of theism (e.g., Christianity), while combining them with the pursuit of rigorous philosophical and scientific inquiry, which is missing in Eastern ethical systems like Confucianism and Buddhism.

Critics have complained that "eupraxophy" is hard to pronounce, and in his later writings Kurtz has been spelling it with an extra "s," as in "eupraxsophy." But I don't see why its pronounciation with the original spelling is any harder than pronouncing "saxophone." This book is a significant contribution to our understanding and classification of worldviews, though it could benefit from a discussion of more recent eupraxophies like Objectivism and Transhumanism.


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Logical, accurate, but unpleasant for theists

You think this book is harsh on theists? Attend a conference where Kurtz is speaking. I guarantee you'll find Eupraxophy a pleasant and considerate view against theism! Kurtz tends to verge on believer -- believing there is no god, instead of simply not believing in one. This is a thin line, but many non-theists find themselves stepping over it inadvertently. This book is pretty centered and deals more in line with reasonable assumptions, though not exactly. There is a good deal of philosophical and religious history that I found quite interesting. Kurtz and I are like-minded when he avoids absolutism, but he can be very ornery sometimes. Theists beware: you will probably either not understand these concepts, or just get really, really angry.


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