Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated.

The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them.