Tag: evolutionary perspective
What Shapes Our World: I. Evolution (First of a Three-Part Series)
I am publishing in the Lynchburg newspaper -- the News & Advance -- a three-part series, under the theme, "What Shapes Our World."
The purpose...
What Does It Take to Get It About Climate Change?
This is appearing in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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We now know, from Exxon’s own communications, that Exxon itself understood -- even...
A Better Human Story # 11– Humankind as Tragic Hero
Previous installments in this "Better Human Story" series can be found here.
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We are now in a position to see the main elements of the...
A Better Human Story #9 – Understanding Evil
Understanding Evil
The effort to understand evil has a long history in our civilization.
At a minimum, people have felt a need to be able to...
A Better Human Story #4– Humankind’s Perilous Step into Terra Incognita:...
All previous entries in this series can be found here.
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We now approach what may be the most pivotal part of what I’ve called my...
The Sacred Space of Lovers (Third in the Series, “A Better...
Never Underestimate the Light Side of the Force
The answers I promised in the first installment related mostly to the problematic aspect of the human...
How “the Good” Emerges Out of Evolution (Second in the Series,...
The first installment of this series can be found here.
Secularization and Its Disconnections
I claimed, in the first entry of this series, that a meaningful...
Sexual Assault vs. “The Sacred Space of Lovers”
I would like to talk about the Trump sex-bully tape, along with the other recent tawdry disclosures, in a perspective that is non-political and...