Matthew Sharpe receives funding from the ARC for work on the history of philosophy as a way of life. Asked what was presently vexing him, the bard’s troubled Hamlet replies “words, words, words”. Here ...

Religions, despite what people think of as their personal consolations, have not served the world well. They create division and conflict, they impose unlivable moralities of denial and limitation, ...

One of the quirks of book publishing is that a finished manuscript can sit around for nearly a year before it finally appears in hardcover. For most authors, this long liminal existence is a source of ...

Robert Griffiths argues that humanist ethics has significant limitations. There are many people who do not believe in gods in any sense. Some are fervent atheists, but there are also very uninterested ...

Tom Peters' first book In Search of Excellence, which became a bestseller, was published in 1982. It sold 3 million copies in its first four years, and was the most widely held monograph in the United ...

The broadcaster and scientist talks about her new guide to humanism, her opposition to classroom prayers and the government’s handling of Covid-19 Prof Alice Roberts, the broadcaster, scientist and ...

To commentators on Fox news, this is a no-brainer. Of course, humanism is completely hedonistic, they’d pontificate. Assuming some sort of ultimate moral authority, pundits from Bill O’Reilly to Glenn ...

If someone says “humanism in medicine,” what does that mean to you? How do we define a humanistic physician? Many will consider qualities that emphasize connection between the physician and their ...