Roy Speckardt is the past executive director of the American Humanist Association. We speak about his latest book, Justice-Centered Humanism. Conversation topics include:
- Roy’s journey to Humanism
- How to get Humanists involved in activism
- How Humanism leads to Social Justice
- Environmentalism
- Sentientism (referencing PfI S02E06 with Jamie Woodhouse)
- Secularism
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I'm surprised that Speckhardt is unfamiliar with the fact that the theories surrounding the collapse of Rapa Nui, which blame the islanders for ecological suicide, have been thoroughly debunked:
ReplyDeletehttps://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/04/07/easter-islands-ecological-suicide-myths-and-realities/
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/12/09/249728994/what-happened-on-easter-island-a-new-even-scarier-scenario