Michael Werner
Michael Werner is past president of the American Humanist Association and currently a member of the AHA chapter, Humanists and Freethinkers of Cape Fear.
Posts by Michael Werner
HUMANISM 101 | We Will Get Through This
There is a tear in the fabric of society and our cultural capital is spilling out. We all see it. The effects of global... Read More
How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
EDITED BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI, SKYE C. CLEARY, AND DANIEL A. KAUFMAN VINTAGE, 2020 How to Live a Good Life is not an overview of... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | There Is No “Planet B”
Both the delicacy and the resilience of life on earth are amazing. Just think—we know of at least five mass global extinction events: the... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | Predicting the Future by Making It
It is said that the depressed see reality clearer than most. I take issue with that view because when we’re depressed we may be... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | End Cash Bail
Why are 76 percent of people held in jails not convicted of any crime? Because of the cash bail system that is only found... Read More
The “Fake News” We Tell Ourselves
Psychotherapists say that therapy is merely holding a mirror up to ourselves, just as Socrates championed the wisdom of “know thyself,” which was carved... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | Racism by Numbers and the Battle Ahead
Overt racism, nativism, loss of compassion, and hate speech are on the rise. All of our highest humanist values are under attack. Racial fear... Read More