Talk:Developing A Universal Religion/Making Decisions/Moral Decisions

This page really misses the point of ethics. Moralality can exist only outside a religious framework (Neiman; McGinn). A concrete basis for morality is possible in Darwinism (Dawkins, primarily) and evolves (Dawkins for memetic theory; Dennett for applying memetics to religion; Neiman for moral progress). The psychological claims made concerning purpose as a choice are dubious, contrary to current understanding of a sense of purpose in neuropsychology (Churchland), philosophy of mind (McGinn) and ethics (Neiman; Haidt). This section will be re-written drawing on the following works from the foremost thinkers on secular and religious morality:  – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 01:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Patricia Churchland. On the contrary: critical essays, 1987-1997, Bradford Book/MIT Press, 1998.
 * Daniel Dennett. Content and Consciousness, Routledge & Kegan Paul Books Ltd, 1986.
 * Daniel Dennett. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon, Penguin Group, 2006.
 * Richard Dawkins. Nice Guys Finish First, BBC Horizon, 1987.
 * Richard Dawkins. The God Delusion, Bantam Books, 2006.
 * Richard Dawkins. The Root of All Evil?, Channel 4, 2006.
 * Jonathan Haidt. Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion, Edge, 2007.
 * Christof Koch. The Quest for Consciousness: A neurobiological approach, Roberts and Co., 2004.
 * Colin McGinn. Moral Literacy: Or How To Do The Right Thing, Duckworth, 1992; Hackett, 1993.
 * Colin McGinn. Ethics, Evil and Fiction, Oxford University Press, 1997.
 * Colin McGinn. The Making of a Philosopher: My journey through twentieth-century philosophy, HarperCollins, 2002.
 * Colin McGinn. Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning, Harvard University Press, 2004.
 * Jonathan Miller. Atheism: A rough history of disbelief, BBC Four, 2005.
 * Jonathan Miller. The Atheism Tapes, BBC Four, 2005.
 * Susan Neiman. The Unity of Reason: Rereading Kant, Oxford University Press, 1994
 * Susan Neiman. Evil in Modern Thought: An alternative history of philosophy, Princeton University Press, 2002.
 * Susan Neiman. Moral Clarity - Facing Gallows, 2006.