Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart (eBook)

Lex Bayer serves as a board member of the Humanist Connection, a humanist, atheist, and agnostic nonprofit organization serving Stanford University and Silicon Valley. His foray into the philosophy of belief began with an award-winning paper on religion while an undergrad at Stanford University. Lex is a technology entrepreneur and inventor holding more than twenty patents. As CEO and cofounder of his first company, he pioneered a payments platform that grew to service five million customers and was ultimately acquired by Visa Inc.John Figdor is the humanist chaplain serving atheist, humanist, and agnostic communities at Stanford University, where he organizes events and programs for both students and community members in the San Francisco Bay area. Figdor and his work have been discussed in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He speaks regularly around the United States on humanist topics. He holds a master of divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and was previously the assistant humanist chaplain at Harvard.Visit their website at http://www.atheistmindhumanistheart.com/

Introduction: Questioning Everything1Rewriting the Ten CommandmentsPart I: A Framework for Facts2The Paradox of Belief3The Reasoning behind Reason4Beliefs about the Unknown5The Assumption of a God6Putting Factual Beliefs to the TestPart II: A Framework for Ethics7From Beliefs to Behavior8How “Ought” One Behave?9Moral Happiness10Societal Happiness11Putting Ethical Beliefs to the Test12Finding Your Own Non-CommandmentsAcknowledgmentsAppendix ACommon Religious ObjectionsAppendix BOur Ten NoncommandmentsAppendix CTheorem of BeliefNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors