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Humanist Perspectives Short Submission Contest 223
We invite you to share your humanist views with us in a paragraph or two (MAX 1000 chars) on one of the following subjects reflected by these 3 images. [...]
Integral Humanism, World-System, and Sustainability
With the development of complex machinery, technology, and the discovery of fossil fuels for running that machinery, the modern world exploded in a series of industrial revolutions that have [...]
Planet Earth: Habitat for Humanity Only?
Just how completely we humans have reversed the typical size and food pyramids is evident by considering our biomass – the weight of all humanity on Earth. The human biomass constitutes appr [...]
Who’s Afraid of Charles Darwin?
Progress, it seems, is anything we don’t have now and what we will inevitably get in the future, if we will only trust its vendors, open our minds and empty our pockets. Progress, it also se [...]
Voice of a Humanist: The Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
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 [...]
Can Using ‘Rights of Nature’ Protect Old Growth Forests?
Forests are not only important habitat for wildlife, but also essential to the human world as ways of sequestering carbon, retaining water and moderating temperature extremes. Current clear [...]
Geothermal Electricity – Energy Source for the Existential Emergency
Why is there so little apparent interest in an energy source which could be relatively inexpensive, inexhaustible, and safe? Geothermal energy seems likely to be an energy source in the fut [...]
The Grizzly Trophy – a dialogue
Is there any any justification for the so-called sport of big game trophy hunting? Philosopher Trudy Govier examines the arguments in dialogue form. [...]
I am a Factualist
What kind of “ist” are you? Scientist Clifford Leznoff argues that the term “factualist” better describes the identity of many of those who call themselves “humanists.” [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 2
The second part (of 5) of the verbatim rendering of the trials of Robert Latimer is presented here. Covered here is dramatic testimony from medical witnesses and others. [...]
EDITORIAL: Ecohumanism: Let Us Pray?
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 req [...]
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