Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism

Lobbing Horseshit

Lobbing Horseshit

With everyone talking about the need for 'respect' Martin Rowson reckons it's time to come clean about what they really mean

Spirited away

Spirited away

Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda

Meme Wars (part 2)

Meme Wars (part 2)

Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore

Pleasure principles

Pleasure principles

In the second of our series on thinkers who are significant for humanism, Peter Cave marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Stuart Mill

Editorial: Start making sense

Editorial: Start making sense

Do you get the feeling that you're constantly swamped by religion? Are you worried that the humanist, rationalist or secularist world view is losing out to zealotry? Is reason on…

Reasonable bounds

Reasonable bounds

Continuing our series reclaiming thinkers for humanism, AC Grayling celebrates Immanuel Kant

Wishful thinking

Wishful thinking

Humanists should be careful not to confuse what ought and what is, says Jeremy Stangroom

Editorial: One year on

Editorial: One year on

I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.

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