Wade Preciado
Wade Preciado is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history. After serving six years as a U.S. Navy Supply Officer, he now writes on secular humanism, moral agency, and democratic legitimacy, with a focus on dignity and responsibility under conditions of constraint. He publishes The Weekly Humanist on Substack.
Posts by Wade Preciado
Thomas Paine and the Humanist Soul of the American Revolution
The Times That Try Men’s Souls In moments of political strain, societies are not only tested by what they can endure, but by what... Read More
Humanism After Belief: What Responsibility Requires
Secular humanism has been remarkably effective at dismantling religious metaphysics. It has been far less willing to ask what it owes the people who... Read More
The Refusal of Moral Resignation
Human dignity is inherent—but indignity is the condition of being treated as if it were not. Modern life increasingly normalizes this contradiction. We affirm... Read More