In Defense of Sin

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.