Humanist Perspectives: issue 197, Summer 2016
Issue 197, Summer 2016
Humanist Perspectives is a refreshing, rational analysis of modern events and culture and is available at select magazine stores or by online subscription.
Editorial
- Discussing the Undiscussable
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No subject matter can be placed on a pedestal so high that reasoned discussion can't reach it.
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Features
- On Why the Institution of Marriage Refuses to Fade and Die and What Humanists Should Do About It
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"The institution of marriage has not died because it speaks to a need for ceremony in the self-maintenance of our lives." Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson describes the importance of marriage and his experience as a secular humanist wedding officiant in northern Saskatchewan.
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- The Role of Educators in Desacralizing Ideas
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"If a relativist educator thinks all opinions are equally valid, what is the point in fostering discussions in class?" Guzzo and Dell'Alba make the case that educators have an important role to play in helping students reason clearly about even their most cherished beliefs.
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- The Death of a Giant
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Gary Bauslaugh discusses the state of Canada's assisted dying laws and follows up on the death of John Hofsess.
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- Things That Go Beep in the Night
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- The Long Apprenticeship: How Evolution, Children and Time Created Human Values
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- Educated for Murder
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- A Tribute to Andy Mulcahy On the Occasion of his 94th Birthday
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Book reviews
- Review of Sam Harris' and Maajid Nawaz's book “Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue”
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- Review of Patrick Finn's book “Critical Condition: Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity”
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- Review of Derek H. Burney's and Fen Osler Hampson's book “Brave New Canada: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World”
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- In addition, Humanist Perspectives offers a lively Letters-to-the-Editor section as well as Book Reviews, books available for review and snippets of international news of interest to humanists.