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'Recommended Reading: Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment' by Phil Zuckerman - RichardDawkins.net
Contrary to the views of many conservative pundits and the Christian Right, the least religious countries in the world today are not full of chaos and immorality, but are actually among the safest, healthiest, most well-educated, prosperous, ethical, and successful societies on earth. Based on a year's worth of research conducted while living in Scandinavia, SOCIETY WITHOUT GOD by Phil Zuckerman explores life in a largely secular culture, delving into the unique worldviews of secular men and women who live in a largely irreligious society, and explaining the reasons why some nations are less religious than others, and why religious faith doesn't seem to be the secret to national success that so many claim it to be.
Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives | Video on TED.com
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
Edge: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt
If Democrats want to understand what makes people vote Republican, they must first understand the full spectrum of American moral concerns. They should then consider whether they can use more of that spectrum themselves. The Democrats would lose their souls if they ever abandoned their commitment to social justice, but social justice is about getting fair relationships among the parts of the nation. This often divisive struggle among the parts must be balanced by a clear and oft-repeated commitment to guarding the precious coherence of the whole.
The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality - Pogue’s Posts - Technology - New York Times Blog
I’m hoping that in the next ten years, the movie, record, and television industries will begin to collapse, to be replaced by an entire spectrum of Web 2.0 media. [Interesting acknowledgement that capitalism involves risk, else its just welfare...]
www.kansascity.com | 02/22/2008 | MIDWEST VOICES: Let us bow our heads in thanks for atheists
Nonbelievers know a lot about Christianity and Judaism, most having been raised in religious families. Believers, however, are somewhat less clued-in about atheists. Here are a few simple truths about who they are, and aren’t.
The War On Bullshit » Blog Archive » 8 Reasons Why Freedom of Religion is Impossible
Freedom of religion is impossible because it is inconsistent with religions themselves. Even if it were possible, it would be folly because religious practices have the potential to be, and often are immoral and barbaric.
Minyanville - NEWS & VIEWS-Article
...the heart... was the following moral question: ...consciously depreciating the value of the USD has winners and losers (Wall Street/banks/the rich and everyone else), Mr. Bernanke. How do you constantly choose Wall Street over the rest of America?
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural - washingtonpost.com
Altruism, the experiment suggested, was not a superior moral faculty that suppresses basic selfish urges but rather was basic to the brain, hard-wired and pleasurable.
Pursue pleasure: it's the natural way to do good in the world by A.C. Grayling
Contrary to the religious anxiety about "the good life", then, it is arguable that pleasures and possessions not only make life enjoyable, but they make other positive things possible too.
What does $456 billion buy? - Boston.com
Including the $124.2 billion bill, the total cost of the Iraq war may reach $456 billion in September, according to the National Priorities Project, an organization that tracks public spending.
YouTube - Christopher Hitchens: "The Moral Necessity of Atheism."
Convocation Hall, Sewanee February 23, 2004
RichardDawkins.net - The Official Richard Dawkins Website
In other words, only 8 million of the 1 BILLION non-believers who damned well SHOULD be in prison are actually there. There is only one conclusion that I can draw from this rigorous scientific analysis: Atheists are lazy.
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