{"product_id":"9781403961426","title":"In Defense of Sin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntriguing, and occasionally unsettling, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Sin\u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative and illuminating, this book may change how you think about sin, morality, and what's right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035448426736,"sku":"9781403961426","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781403961426_p0.jpg?v=1763716831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781403961426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}