In times of philosophical/cultural/political/racial/ethnic/gender — you name it — discord and division like we experience today, it is more important than ever to ...
The World Humanist Conference in Oxford at the weekend struck me as a completely religious gathering, even though it is predicated on atheism. If it hadn’t been for the words of the sermons, we might ...
Religions, despite what people think of as their personal consolations, have not served the world well. They create division and conflict, they impose unlivable moralities of denial and limitation, ...
Humans have a responsibility to speak up against child abuse, and by questioning our meanings and interpretations, we can ...
Acclaimed actor, comedian, author, and activist Stephen Fry speaks with RNS about why he decided to narrate a new video series for the British Humanist Association and how Humanism informs his ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...
Matthew Sharpe receives funding from the ARC for work on the history of philosophy as a way of life. Asked what was presently vexing him, the bard’s troubled Hamlet replies “words, words, words”. Here ...
To commentators on Fox news, this is a no-brainer. Of course, humanism is completely hedonistic, they’d pontificate. Assuming some sort of ultimate moral authority, pundits from Bill O’Reilly to Glenn ...