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08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023

Reviewing a new study of humanist thought and humanist lives from the 14th to the 20th centuries, in a book which appeals equally to those familiar with the historical context and those seeking an introduction, Joan Givner makes a case for its embodiment of the traditional humanist values of humour,...

08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023

“How do we know?” is a perennial epistemological question. The answer is becoming more difficult with the advent of social media which helps to create misinformation, disinformation and epistemic bubbles and echo chambers.

08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023

The flaw in Enlightenment thought was to erect an intellectual hierarchy that could explain many phenomena, but which found itself inadequate to comprehend the realm of the traditional, the sacred, the intuitive, and the knowledge which is for ever just out of our grasp, like Tantalus’s.

08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023

Nietzsche’s lifelong thought predicted that this endless relativism would dawn upon the world of the future. He declared that humanity would end up in “nihilism,” a condition in which there was no truth, no values, no meaning—nothingness.

08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023
Down a Blind Alley with the Freedom Convoy, by Ben D'Andrea
The breath-taking inanity of the “Freedom Convoy” and the anti-vax movement is exposed in this piercing article by Ben D’Andrea. Are there no limits to this madness, based on misinformation and lies about unlimited freedom?

The breath-taking inanity of the “Freedom Convoy” and the anti-vax movement is exposed in this piercing article by Ben D’Andrea. Are there no limits to this madness, based on misinformation and lies about unlimited freedom?

08/22/2023

Issue 225 : Truth and Lies : Summer 2023
Lying and Common Sense, by Dale Beyerstein
Is lying always wrong? A consequentialist argues that Kant’s prohibition against lying must at times be set aside when the consequences of the truth are too dire.

Is lying always wrong? A consequentialist argues that Kant’s prohibition against lying must at times be set aside when the consequences of the truth are too dire.

08/22/2023

Is truth central to democracy? Janet Keeping explains why the two cannot be separated, and how anti-democratic forces are threatening this interdependence by spreading lies.

08/22/2023

The summations following are addressed to the jury – the audience. The lights come on the audience to denote their presence. Light comes on Brayford. Both Brayford and Neufeld read from notes.

08/22/2023

Golf, is it about relaxation? You may change our mind after reading Ian Johnston’s article.

08/22/2023

There has never been a time in history when we have seen such a proliferation of false information in the form of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. But why? And why now? And why so much?

08/22/2023

Does Institutionalized lying desensitise us to the rampant dishonesty that characterizes our political world today??

08/22/2023

ISSUE 225: Summer 2023 IS NOW LIVE — TRUTH & LIES

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06/19/2023

NEW ISSUE #224 EDITORIAL

Humanists are natural allies of the environmental movement, not believing that we will be bailed out of our follies by a supernatural power. Humanists believe that we must save ourselves and our planet.

Humanists are natural allies of the environmental movement, not believing that we will be bailed out of our follies by a supernatural power. Humanists believe that we must save ourselves and our planet.

06/19/2023

New Humanist Perspectives Issue 224 - Spring 2023 is live now!

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03/15/2023

Editorial #223 by Gary Bauslaugh

How should we react to an existential crisis? The first reaction of many religious people is to pray, an action that is unhelpful at best and dysfunctions at worst. Our ecological crisis requires very serious and thoughtful analysis, not comforting self-delusions.

03/15/2023

Voice of a Humanist Feature by Simon Parcher

Sometimes the word 'humanism' makes people assume that the humanist approach to life is only concerned with the welfare of human beings. In reality, humanists believe that we should consider the ecological impact of our choices and actions on the environment and all life on the planet.

03/15/2023

New Humanist Perspectives #223 is now live!

https://humanistperspectives.org/issue223/

08/02/2022

Our new regular feature for new and future issues by Simon Parcher!

It is a cause for celebration when progress is made regarding human rights. Victories won bring a period of hope and relief from suffering. The lifting of oppression is accompanied by an expectation that the enlightenment will be permanent; that we will never go back.

08/02/2022

07/22/2022

CLICK TO VIEW OUR SUMMER ISSUE #221 - OUT NOW!
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Anti-Vaxxers and anti-maskers — they are as dangerous as people smoking in your personal space with similar risks of lung damage. Personal responsibility is a thing of the past as is being a team-player for the good of all.