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Were New Zealand Humanists right to ask for a ban on Posie Parker?
By David Warden and Dr Anthony Lewis In this article, David and Anthony review what led up to the incident in Auckland, New Zealand, when...

David Warden
Apr 30, 20239 min read


Unexpected obligations which may arise in the moral life of a humanist
By Paul Ewans Paul is a member of Humanists UK and Humanists International. In this article he considers the ethical implications of...

Paul Ewans
Apr 30, 20232 min read


Royals as celebrities
By Dr Penny Morgan Penny is a retired zoologist. She now writes thrillers with an animal welfare theme, living in hope that these will...

Penny Morgan
Apr 30, 20234 min read


Humanists who have helped shape our destiny
John Coss explores the Humanist Heritage project, which was recently awarded a grant of just over £160,000 from The National Lottery...

John Coss
Mar 31, 20236 min read


Peasants, Petitions and Protests
By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of Humanists UK, Humanists International and the Humanists UK...

Maggie Hall
Mar 31, 20238 min read


Criminal power and folie à deux
By Dr Penny Morgan Penny is a retired zoologist who specialised in bird behaviour, and took a post-retirement law degree. Now, she is...

Penny Morgan
Mar 31, 20235 min read


Power to the People: How humanists in Africa are feeling empowered
Lynda explains how those in power use religion to oppress and control African people.

Lynda Tilley
Mar 31, 20236 min read


The abuse of power by Indian celebrities
By Mohit Palagiri Mohit brings a valuable Indian perspective to issues of humanist concern. In this article, he draws attention to...

Mohit Palagiri
Mar 31, 20236 min read


Girl Power: Strong women in front
By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor In this article, Aaron looks at women at the front: leaders, influencers and role models. What is...

Aaron the Humanist
Mar 31, 20237 min read


Is there a humanist theory of power?
By David Warden David is Chairman of Dorset Humanists and humanist adviser to the Faith & Reflection Team at Bournemouth University and...

David Warden
Mar 31, 20235 min read


The power of freedom against tyranny
Anthony argues that the three freedoms of the individual, assembly and speech are our best defence against tyranny. Power emerges naturally.

Anthony Lewis
Mar 31, 202311 min read


Know your destination: goals for humanity
By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor A true 'Power Person' leads people in a positive direction, but should they strive to do more than...

Aaron the Humanist
Mar 31, 20233 min read


The nature of reality: A memorable humanist trip to the Large Hadron Collider
By David Brittain David is the founding editor of Humanistically Speaking. He led a recent trip to CERN in Switzerland (CERN stands for...

David Brittain
Mar 31, 20236 min read


Inside the Large Hadron Collider
By Stephen Milton Stephen is a physicist and the chairman of Hastings Humanists. This report complements David Brittain's report about a...
Stephen Milton
Mar 31, 20235 min read


Peter Singer's radical moral challenge to humanists everywhere
By Paul Ewans Paul is a member of Humanists UK and Humanists International, and he contributes occasional articles to the Humanist...

Paul Ewans
Mar 31, 20233 min read


Artificial Intelligence - should we be worried?
By Maggie Hall, former Chair of Brighton Humanists Maggie Hall looks at a few pros and cons regarding AI and wonders to what extent we...

Maggie Hall
Feb 28, 20235 min read


Ethical Androids: Can we teach robots to be moral?
Will androids eventually become moral agents, capable of acting both ethically and unethically?

Paul Ewans
Feb 28, 20235 min read


The Final Frontier: Talking machines and evil cyborgs
By Aaron the Humanist Aaron has been a Star Trek and Sci-Fi fan since he was in single digits and he has often referenced Star Trek as...

Aaron the Humanist
Feb 28, 20236 min read


What next for humans in an age of machines?
Report by David Warden, based on talks by Kate Devlin to Dorset Humanists and Humanists UK Dr Kate Devlin is Reader in Artificial...

David Warden
Feb 28, 20235 min read


Death by Drone in Africa: A dystopian future awaits us if we're not vigilant
Drones in the hands of Terrorists threaten yet more death and destruction across Africa, are we already too late to prevent this ?

Lynda Tilley
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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