The Problem of ‘Secular Inhumanism’
Justin Brierley of Premier Christian Radio and Unbelievable? just released the latest in his ‘The Big Conversation’ series, a debate between Glen Scrivener and Matt Dillahunty on ‘Can Atheism Lead Us to a Better World?’. You can watch it here if you’d like to. I have much to say on many aspects of the debate, but I’d like to focus my present efforts on setting out some thoughts I had on an issue that came up over the last third of the debate—whether secular humanism is capable of grounding the sanctity of all human life.
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