Michael Shermer – someone I have a lot of time and respect for – has an interesting piece about the nature of skepticism over here. He basically equates...
Read MoreIt’s always difficult to know when to make an announcement about a book – at least before it actually appears. Deals can fall through at all sorts of stages...
Read MoreThe British Humanist Association has a quiz thingie where you can find out how humanist you are. I suppose part of the point is that people who do the quiz may find...
Read MoreOne of the oddities about The Harm in Hate Speech by Jeremy Waldron is the author’s attempt to support his case by drawing an analogy with the regulation of...
Read MoreI’ll have more to say elsewhere about Ethics without Morals: In Defense of Amorality, by Joel Marks. This book deserves a larger audience than it is likely to...
Read MoreOne oddity about the social media, as opposed to real life, is that they are often used to praise people for being “opinionated”, as if being opinionated is...
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