Is mankind our worst enemy?
By Aaron the Humanist In this piece we find Aaron at his gloomiest. Some days he feels that, were he passing by in a spaceship, he...
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David Warden
- May 31
- 6 min
Ideophobia: is it OK to hate people who dissent from progressive opinion?
By David Warden In this opinion piece, David identifies a form of hatred which he calls “ideophobia” and he advocates a form of thinking...
Aaron the Humanist
- Apr 30
- 14 min
Can humanists be conservative? A view from the right...ish side of politics
By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor With the UK’s General Election approaching in 2024 or early 2025, Dorset Humanists recently hosted...
John Hubbard
- Feb 29
- 6 min
A thought experiment: let’s abolish cosmetic surgery
By John Hubbard John Hubbard is a retired English teacher and currently a U3A lecturer in English and Drama. High on John's list of...
Aaron the Humanist
- Nov 30, 2023
- 5 min
Israel-Gaza: Fence sitting is not an option
By Aaron the Humanist In this article, Aaron challenges the idea that the two sides in the Israel-Gaza War are as bad as each other and...
David Brittain
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
Cluster bombs: The case against morals in wartime
By David Brittain David is the founding editor of Humanistically Speaking. In this short opinion piece, he dives into the morals of war...
Aaron the Humanist
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
Cluster bombs: The case for morals in wartime
Aaron argues that our combatants during wartime must adhere to moral boundaries, and a victory should be achieved within those boundaries.
Aaron the Humanist
- Jun 30, 2023
- 3 min
What I would like from a national humanist convention
Our writer Aaron sets out here why the Liverpool Convention was not for him.
Aaron the Humanist
- Jun 30, 2023
- 5 min
Is it morally OK to kill zombies, or does this glorify death?
Killing zombies and waging battles against many different life-forms is a feature of many scifi film genres. Do zombies not have rights too?
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