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Highlights
- Intriguing, and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sinis a refreshingly frank exploration of some real facts of life.
- About the Author: John Portmann is the author of When Bad Things Happen to Other People.
- 320 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Ethics
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Book Synopsis
Intriguing, and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sinis a refreshingly frank exploration of some real facts of life. Portmann gathers an on-target collection of great writers on transgressions large and small. Read about defenses for promiscuity, greed, deceit, gossip, lust, breaking the golden rule, and more--and use this unusual guide to decide for yourself if sin has a place in our contemporary, and virtually unshockable, society. Provocative and illuminating, this book may change how you think about sin, morality, and what's right. Contributors include Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Anthony Ellis, Jane English, Ludwig Feuerbach, Sigmund Freud, Bernard Mandeville, Jerome Neu, Friedrich Nietzsche, David Novitz, Joyce Carol Oates, David A.J. Richards, Seneca, Jonathan Swift, Richard Wasserstrom, and Oscar Wilde.Review Quotes
"Just what we frail and fallen mortals need--a book defending lust, gossip, deceit, and prostitution, and a book that is finally more moral than William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues." --Stanley Fish, author of There's No Such Things as Free Speech
About the Author
John Portmann is the author of When Bad Things Happen to Other People.He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and his forthcoming book is Sex and Heaven.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.93 Inches (H) x 5.07 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .93 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Ethics
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
Author: John Portmann
Language: English
Street Date: March 7, 2003
TCIN: 94487343
UPC: 9781403961426
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-0670
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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