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Tag Archives: ethics

Why the Buddha is a Better Modern Role Model Than Jesus

April 17, 2015by Paul Chiariello 17 Comments

Jesus says a lot of great things – don’t get me wrong.  But too often he, at best, fails to comment on some of the most important issues of the […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Religion & Secularism

Moral Tribes to Moral Lives: Interview w Harvard’s Joshua Greene

February 20, 2015by Aaron Gertler 2 Comments

Joshua Greene, who visited the Yale Humanist Community on February 5th, is a Princeton-trained philosopher, Harvard professor, and author. He uses the tools of psychology and neuroscience to tackle abstract questions […]

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Ethics & Philosophy

Tending to the Demise: Book Review of ‘Being Mortal’

February 3, 2015by Meghan Guidry Leave a comment

In America, and indeed worldwide, death is an abstract that lingers at the periphery of waking life until its reality comes crashing down. Though many of us see depictions of […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Ethics & Philosophy, Science & Nature

Survival Achieved–Now What?

September 5, 2014by Wendy Webber 3 Comments

Humans, as a species, no longer struggle to survive. We survive. Arguably too well. We inhabit almost every corner of the globe and have figured out how to survive in […]

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Politics & Culture

Maximizing Free Will

July 15, 2014by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

By Barry Klassel Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University Are human beings agents in the decision making process that determines our future or is that an illusion?  Are we, rather, pulled along by […]

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Ethics & Philosophy

The Mathematics of Morality

July 11, 2014by Guest Contributor 9 Comments

By Professor Lance Linke Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence I’ve wondered for quite some time if there is a relationship between mathematics and morality. These fields have often been considered to […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Science & Nature

Storytelling: The Dangerous Art of Identity Formation

June 20, 2014by Esther Boyd 5 Comments

When I was four years old, I attended a church-based preschool in a small town in Minnesota. My parents carpooled with friends from the neighborhood, and because of this arrangement […]

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Politics & Culture

Buddhism & Humanism: Two Sides of the Same Coin, Part 1

May 23, 2014by Paul Chiariello 11 Comments

Buddhism and Humanism are two geographical sides of the same philosophical coin.  They’re twins with the same DNA, separated at birth, and brought up by different parents.  The same dish […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Religion & Secularism

3 Reasons Why God is a Nihilist; Or, Showing Sympathy for God

February 28, 2014by Paul Chiariello 4 Comments

I want to start with a disclaimer and a qualification. First, this post isn’t about bashing God.  This post is about understanding humanity.  It’s about finding joy as flourishing individuals […]

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The 6 Ways Altruism Could Have Evolved: Part 2, Commitment & Sex

December 27, 2013by Paul Chiariello 2 Comments

In my first post in this three part series I focused on the first 2 of 6 ways – reciprocity and kin selection – that evolution by natural selection without […]

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