Positive words about Beyond Morality
“This work is a tremendous achievement. The author’s erudition is overwhelming, yet it is expressed without overwhelming the reader. He goes easily from modern to ancient thought. Some of the most difficult areas of thought are explored with such clarity that readers unfamiliar with them can grasp them readily. One of the chief virtues of this highly informative book is that it sets the problems of ethics in the context of wider areas of thought and brings them down to earth. Garner’s main thesis, referred to as amoralism, is extremely important, not only to philosophy, but to all popular thinking about ethics, both theoretical and applied. He has done a magnificent job defending this important theme. This is a landmark work.”
—Richard Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, University of Rochester
“Garner is one of the first philosophers since Nietzsche to take seriously the idea that ‘morality’ might be nothing more than a sham…. In his hands, ‘amoralism’ turns out to be more appealing and humane than many thinkers’ versions of ‘morality’!”
—James Rachels