Humanism and Its Discontents Humanism aspires to ethical universalism but in practice it is defined by what it opposes and excludes. Robert Huddleston 16 Nov 2023 · 10 min read
Want to Restore Your Faith in Humanity? Visit a Scientific Conference Meeting the people who are making this world a better place through science provides a much needed sense of balance. Daniel Lelchuk 8 Jan 2022 · 6 min read
PODCAST 86: Dr Michael Shermer on His New Book Giving the Devil His Due Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks. Quillette / Michael Shermer / Toby Young 9 Apr 2020 · 1 min read
Secular Morality Does Not Depend on Faith Here, then, we have a secular ethics connected not to 'nothing,' but to a preference for justice, fairness, and impartiality. Jerry A. Coyne 11 May 2019 · 3 min read
Plastic Pollution is a Real Problem—and It Won't Be Solved by Straw Bans Majority of micro-plastics emerge as a waste product from the laundering of synthetic clothing and the wear-down of synthetic rubber automobile tyres. Andrew Glover 5 Feb 2019 · 6 min read
Enlightenment Wars: Some Reflections on 'Enlightenment Now,' One Year Later As Thomas Paine wrote, “To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Steven Pinker 14 Jan 2019 · 52 min read
On the Reality of Race & the Abhorrence of Racism Part II: Human Biodiversity & Its Implications This can be avoided with a moratorium, but then we’re back to square one. This sparks a near infinite regress of bad options. Brian Boutwell 9 Aug 2016 · 12 min read
When Bad Ideas Refuse to Die: the Denial of Human Individuality The situationist idea that personality is an illusion is an arresting one, but it is false. Luke Smillie and Nick Haslam 26 Jul 2016 · 4 min read
