The moderator is Alex Havasy, who is on the board of the Pro-Choice Coalition. After assessing the immediate tactics and long-term strategy of those who would restrict a woman's ability to control her own body, the panel zeros in on practical ways to move out of mere reactivism. A Deeper Look at Human Rights Human rights belong to all peoples. Ely Brandes leads the discussion. Among atheists, there is a tradition of negativity.
Humanists distance themselves from negativity and display a positive, life-affirming outlook.
Peter Bishop will tell us more about this aspect of Humanism, while showing us how to look at the problems of life with hope, not fear. Arthur Jackson says that humanity has been making a major evolutionary transition from a species like all others on Earth to something unique. His book, A Religion for the New Millennium, lays the basis for an empirical, experiment-based Science of Religion. He plans to publish it in 2000. Bill Jacobsen speaks today and for the rest of the Forums in July.