Category: editorial
Humanism in Children’s Literature
More than any other literary genre, children's stories have played a profound role in rejecting authoritarianism, behavioral control, and social domination, instead fostering values such as [...]
From Lawyers to School Children: Deconstructing the Mass Grave Narrative
Jim Heller asked the B.C. Law society to use the phrase “potential unmarked burial site” since, after three years, no bodies had been found. [...]
A Humanist Discussion on Palestine
Why have similar attempts for peace repeatedly failed over the past 77 years since the United Nations proposed to partition Palestine between Arab and Jews? [...]
Everyone is Gay
What if gay were a continuum? Barely perceptibly gay to gay-all-the-way. It would not matter. Those of us who are barely perceptibly gay are still gay, and we need to recognize equal rights [...]
Drones, Aggression, and Humanist Ethics in Modern War
Humanists may regard war as rightly barbaric. However, in the midst of it, self-defence of a smaller power must confront such aggression for survival. [...]
Our Journey to the Peace School
Just as we were losing hope, a chance conversation on Instagram led us to 'The Peace School' in Toronto. Our conversation with the co-founders of 'The Peace School' was a breath of fresh air [...]
A Call for Responsible Nationalism
Shocking though it may be to some Americans, we have our own sovereign country. It is our country; we treasure it and we want to keep it. [...]
Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin were Right: it’s all about Respect
To protect democracy, the interdependence of the rule of law and democracy has to be more fully appreciated: the truth is that you simply cannot have one without the other. [...]
On Freedom and Dignity: Issues Raised by the Contemporary American Political Crisis
Freedom and dignity are two features of liberal democracy. These are protected by laws but what happens if the laws are ignored by the governments sworn to uphold them. [...]
EDITORIAL: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY and RULE OF LAW: UNDER ATTACK
This issue of Humanist Perspectives focuses on the challenges facing liberal democracy and the rule of law as well as Canadian patriotism, business & environment, the humanist peace school a [...]
EDITORIAL: MEN and SOCIETY
If you are a man or if there is a man or boy in your life whom you love or care about, you need to read the articles in this issue of HP magazine. [...]
EDITORIAL: THE POLITICS OF HATE
Hate-based politics feeds on accounts of victim-hood and superiority. It instills the belief that the identity or well-being of one group is under threat from another. [...]
EDITORIAL: THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE
Priests kept people in check by convincing them that the world was irrational, that their minds were powerless, and that the pursuit of personal happiness was sinful. Meanwhile, tyrants main [...]
EDITORIAL: IMAGINE A PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION
Humanism is foremost a theory of life, or philosophy. It is also a philosophy of action. [...]
EDITORIAL: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
Simply put, elections encourage and reward lying. We have a system that does select out not the best people but, in some cases at least, the worst – the most effective liars. We do not want [...]