Tag Archives: humanism
 | American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites UsAmerican religion is a conundrum. Americans manage to combine deep religious devotion with wide religious diversity, all the while remaining remarkably tolerant of each other. What factors have shaped the current religious landscape in the United States? What characteristics do
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged agnostics, atheists, books, grace, humanism, humanist, humanists, neighborliness 6 Comments |
Man vs. Watson: The IBM Jeopardy ChallengeIn 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Ever the showman, Edison liked to demonstrate his device by allowing people to speak into the machine, after which he’d play the recording back for them. However, back in the late 1800s, the technology
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged artificial intelligence, computers, computing, humanism, IBM, machines, technology, watson 1 Comment |
 | Corporate Power and Today’s HumanistRedefining the role of the corporation must be a primary goal of the humanist movement of our generation.
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged church/state, corporate personhood, corporate power, corporations, economics, humanism, libertarian, libertarianism, psychosis 6 Comments |
 | What Do We Deserve?Distributive economic justice and the super rich
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged economic justice, economics, egalitarianism, humanism, income, income disparity, justice, libertarianism, meritocracy, rawls, wealth 5 Comments |
 | Fit to ServeNontheistic soldiers speak out against “Spiritual Fitness” test
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged Fort Hood, GAT, humanism, MAAF, military, spiritual fitness, spiritual fitness test 6 Comments |
Freedom under FireSupporting Terry Jones’s Koran burning without qualification
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged Afghan riots, blasphemy, first amendment, free speech, humanism, koran, koran burning, terry jones 10 Comments |
Why I Am an Amoral, Family-Hating Monster… and Newt Gingrich Isn’tI recently celebrated my wedding anniversary, having been married to the same woman for thirty-one years without ever straying. Newt Gingrich has been married three times, divorced one wife while she was recovering from surgery, and has had extra-marital affairs.
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged family values, gingrich, humanism, Judeo-Christian values, marriage, Newt Gingrich, secularism 10 Comments |
Editor’s NoteHAVE YOU HUGGED a friendly multinational corporation today? So the PR campaign for corporate America may go if the left’s populist anger toward corporate benefits continues to ramp up. Hackles were raised in the lead up to tax day this
Published in the May / June 2011 Humanist
Tagged corporations, economic justice, Fukushima, humanism, justice, nuclear power, taxes Leave a comment |
How Do We “Do” Humanism?It seems we nontheists go by many names—atheist, secularist, freethinker, humanist, secular humanist, rationalist, agnostic, and so on—as if these differences actually mean something. I’ve heard people imply that there is some sort of ideological difference between them, as if
Published in the March / April 2011 Humanist
Tagged atheist, atheists, enlightenment, freethinker, humanism, nontheism, skeptic Leave a comment |
 | Making Friends in High PlacesThree American peace activists meet their young Afghani counterparts.
Published in the March / April 2011 Humanist
Tagged Afghan Peace, Afghan Youth, afghanistan, AYPV, Bamiyan, humanism, humanitarianism, kabul, pacifism, Pashtun, peace initiatives, poverty, violence, war Leave a comment |
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