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In defense of sin / edited by John Portmann.

Contributor(s): Portmann, John
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, 2001Edition: First editionDescription: 308 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0312239866Subject(s): Christian ethics | Jewish ethics | SinDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1275 | .I52 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Half-life of sin / John Portmann -- In defense of idolatry: from The Essence of Christianity / Ludwig Feuerbach (translated by George Eliot) -- In defense of blasphemy: from The Anti-Christ / Friedrich Nietzsche (translated by H.L. Mencken) -- In defense of dismissing mother and father: what do grown children owe their parents? / Jane English -- In defense of murder: a modest proposal / Jonathan Swift -- In defense of adultery: is adultery immoral? / Richard Wasserstrom -- In defense of deceit: the decay of lying / Oscar Wilde -- In defense of greed: "The Grumbling Hive" from The Fable of the Bees / Bernard Mandeville -- In defense of breaking the golden rule: from Civilization and its discontents / Sigmund Freud
In defense of refusing to forgive: forgiveness and self-respect / David Novitz -- In defense of pride, the worst of the seven deadly sins: pride and identity / Jerome Neu -- In defense of gossip: the vindication of gossip / Aaron Ben-Ze'ev -- In defense of lust: chatting is not cheating / John Portmann -- In defense of promiscuity: casual sex / Anthony Ellis -- In defense of prostitution: from Commercial Sex and the Rights of the Person / David A.J. Richards -- In defense of despair: Despaire: the one unforgivable sin / Joyce Carol Oates -- In defense of suicide: on the proper time to slip the cable / Seneca
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BJ1275 .I52 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902322623

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Half-life of sin / John Portmann -- In defense of idolatry: from The Essence of Christianity / Ludwig Feuerbach (translated by George Eliot) -- In defense of blasphemy: from The Anti-Christ / Friedrich Nietzsche (translated by H.L. Mencken) -- In defense of dismissing mother and father: what do grown children owe their parents? / Jane English -- In defense of murder: a modest proposal / Jonathan Swift -- In defense of adultery: is adultery immoral? / Richard Wasserstrom -- In defense of deceit: the decay of lying / Oscar Wilde -- In defense of greed: "The Grumbling Hive" from The Fable of the Bees / Bernard Mandeville -- In defense of breaking the golden rule: from Civilization and its discontents / Sigmund Freud

In defense of refusing to forgive: forgiveness and self-respect / David Novitz -- In defense of pride, the worst of the seven deadly sins: pride and identity / Jerome Neu -- In defense of gossip: the vindication of gossip / Aaron Ben-Ze'ev -- In defense of lust: chatting is not cheating / John Portmann -- In defense of promiscuity: casual sex / Anthony Ellis -- In defense of prostitution: from Commercial Sex and the Rights of the Person / David A.J. Richards -- In defense of despair: Despaire: the one unforgivable sin / Joyce Carol Oates -- In defense of suicide: on the proper time to slip the cable / Seneca

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