Charles Murn
Charles Murn is a humanist philosopher and works as a legal writer and lawyer. He edited and contributed essays to the book, The Best of The Humanist: Humanist Philosophy 1928 – 1973, published in 2018 by Humanist Press. His web page is appliedhumanist.com.
Posts by Charles Murn
The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
BY RICHARD WRANGHAM VINTAGE BOOKS, 2019 Already in the preface, Richard Wrangham’s The Goodness Paradox put a smile on my face. Wrangham there advocates... Read More
Striking Imbalance: The Conservative Long Game for the Courts
With the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the idea of any semblance of balance on the... Read More
From the Magazine: Humanist Profile: Alain Locke
“Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.” —Alain Locke Alain LeRoy Locke was born on September 13, 1885,... Read More
Can American Capitalism Survive?
BY STEVEN PEARLSTEIN ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 2018 205 PP.; $27.99 Steven Pearlstein’s Can American Capitalism Survive? Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not... Read More
White Privilege and Humanist Leadership
As progressives, humanists are a feisty, opinionated lot. My new book, The Best of the Humanist: Humanist Philosophy 1928–1973, shows this to be true... Read More
Cigarettes & Wine
BOOK BY J.E. SUMERAU SENSE PUBLISHERS, 2017 250 PP.; $25.00 Cigarettes & Wine, by J.E. Sumerau, is a novel that illuminates fresh perspectives on... Read More
Ask What You Can Do for Your Climate
While the federal government is becoming a follower rather than a leader on climate change, we humanists can fight on the state, local, and... Read More