Can words ever fill a hole where a bomb went off or fill the infinite void left by a dead child, or are we ultimately left with deafening silence, asks Leader Curt Collier in this column.Read More
humanism
The Thinker Who Inspired Me Most and His Relevance for Today
Humanist psychologist Erich Fromm’s philosophy of human potential and flourishing, including his fundamental view that human fulfillment is not an achievement but a process, greatly influenced our Leader Joe Chuman starting at a young age. In this column, he discusses Fromm’s relevance today, both personally and politically.
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“Should We Trust The Experts?” talk by Massimo Pigliucci
“For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert” – Arthur C. Clarke
For any subject, unless we are an expert ourselves (or an expert in expertise itself!), we have to figure out whom to believe, which experts we can trust, which should be ignored. This is not an easy and we are reminded of that in headlines almost every day about climate change, vaccinations, evolution, etc.
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What Is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?
In his talk “What is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?”, Prof. Michael Thompson of William Paterson University took his audience back to a special time and place in history–Athens in 508 BC. He described the formation of the first democracy recorded in history, and democracy’s essential attributes.
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Ethics For a Lifetime
Joe Chuman, Leader of the Bergen Society, gave a personal and heartfelt Platform address this morning on the topic, “Ethics For a Lifetime”. This was not, as one might […]
Greg Zucker on “The Populist Attack on Democracy and Science”
Greg Zucker gave a thoughtful and provocative Platform address on Sunday (Sep 29) entitled, “The Populist Attack on Democracy and Science”. Greg is managing editor of Logos , a quarterly […]
