The magazine Humanist Perspectives has published a special issue on challenges faced by men in contemporary society. These articles presuppose we know what a man is but, in a society where a U.S. Supreme Court justice declared that she cannot define what a woman is because she is not a biologist, can we be sure? The […]
Photo: Archives JF Pagga According to Pascal Bruckner, the fashionable phenomenon of class defectors provides some fine examples of ‘dolorism’. Christian Desmeules, Le Devoir, 13 May 2024 In this age of allergy to constraints, heightened sensitivities, reluctance to accept obligations and martyrdom of all kinds, ‘offensology experts’ seem to be all the rage. “Alfred de […]
Each year, in the section Le Devoir de philo, we publish an abridged version of the winning text of the Philosopher contest, which is held in the (Quebec) college network. For the 2022 edition, the question was: Is the future woke? Reda Hessi Student at Jean-de-Brébeuf College Le Devoir, January 14th, 2023 “Stay woke”, warned […]
By Sam Haroun, writer Le Devoir, May 31, 2022 They call themselves liberals, but they have an elastic idea of liberalism when it comes to freedom of religion, as if freedom of conscience, the matrix of all freedoms, is exercised differently depending on its field of application: freedom of expression, assembly, demonstration, etc., are subject […]
February 22, 2021Author: Dr. Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Individual Publication Date: February 22, 2021Web Domain: http://www.nep-humanism.caWords: 8,018 Abstract Wokism has become a major force in Western political culture with manifestations in Black Lives Matter, transgenderism, cancel culture, political correctness and various social justice movements. Examinations of this phenomenon have focused […]