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		<title>The unbelievers</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/04/the-unbelievers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New documentary with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss discussing religion an science.
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/28/exp-unbelievers.cnn"> http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/04/28/exp-unbelievers.cnn</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morocco: Fatwa to kill apostates</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/04/morocco-fatwa-to-kill-apostates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apostasy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A fatwa published this week by Morocco’s Higher Council of Religious Scholars (CSO) calling for the death penalty for Muslims who renounce their faith has sparked fierce controversy in the country.
<a href="http://atheistica.com/2013/04/20/morocco-a-religious-institution-leaded-by-king-mohammed-vi-issued-fatwa-to-kill-apostates/">http://atheistica.com/2013/04/20/morocco-a-religious-institution-leaded-by-king-mohammed-vi-issued-fatwa-to-kill-apostates/</a>]]></description>
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		<title>BBC HARDTalk: Daniel Dennett</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/04/bbc-hardtalk-daniel-dennett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HardTalk&#8217;s Stephen Sackur talks to philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett. He&#8217;s been described as one of the four horsemen of the new atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens. Professor Dennett has written powerfully and extensively against religion by deploying evolutionary theory to argue that religion has outlived its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Debate: THE STORYTELLING OF SCIENCE</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/04/the-great-debate-the-storytelling-of-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/04/the-great-debate-the-storytelling-of-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/03/2812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Secularization]]></category>

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		<title>Basel, 3 April 2013, Talk about Human Enhancement</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/03/basel-3-april-2013-talk-about-human-enhancement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/03/basel-3-april-2013-talk-about-human-enhancement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanist ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.frei-denken.ch/de/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/HumanEnhancement_VortragFDUB2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-16664" title="HumanEnhancement_VortragFDUB" src="http://www.frei-denken.ch/de/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/HumanEnhancement_VortragFDUB2-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="129" height="180" /></a>19:00 Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz, Hörsaal 118
Human Enhancement – Hirndoping und Designmenschen?
Referent: <a href="http://www.ethik.uzh.ch/ibme/team/phdstudents/2010/johannroduit.html">Johann Roduit</a> Doktorand in Bioethik und Recht an der Uni Zürich
Vortrag in Englisch

Johann Roduit is a founding member of NeoHumanitas and a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Ethics and Law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also the founder of TEDxMartigny and a blogger for the Huffington Post.

<a href="http://www.neohumanitas.org/">http://www.neohumanitas.org/</a>

"NeoHumanitas is a think tank that promotes reflection and discussion about the socio-ethical consequences of the use of emerging and future technologies on human beings."

Roduit's talk will be structured as follows:

1) General introduction to the debate about the ethics of enhancement
2) Quick summary of his paper on human enhancement and perfection (recently published in the Journal of Medical Ethics: <a href="http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/21/medethics-2012-100920.abstract">http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/21/medethics-2012-100920.abstract</a>)
3) Longer explanation of a forthcoming paper on ideal/non-ideal theory in the debate about enhancement - the heart of his dissertation
4) Conclusion]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Teresa: anything but a saint&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/03/mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/03/mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criticise the church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Teresa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa is dispelled in a paper by Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard of University of Montreal&#8217;s Department of Psychoeducation and Carole Sénéchal of the University of Ottawa&#8217;s Faculty of Education. The paper will be published in the March issue of the journal Studies in Religion/Sciences religieuses and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens at an atheist church?</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/02/what-happens-at-an-atheist-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/02/what-happens-at-an-atheist-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An "atheist church" in North London is proving a big hit with non-believers. Does it feel a bit like a new religion?<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21319945"> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21319945</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alain de Bottons 10 commandments for atheists</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/02/alain-de-bottons-10-commandments-for-atheists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/02/alain-de-bottons-10-commandments-for-atheists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanist ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1. Resilience. Keeping going even when things are looking dark. 2. Empathy. The capacity to connect imaginatively with the sufferings and unique experiences of another person. 3. Patience. We should grow calmer and more forgiving by getting more realistic about how things actually tend to go. 4. Sacrifice. We won&#8217;t ever manage to raise a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female circumcision in America</title>
		<link>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/01/female-circumcision-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frei-denken.ch/en/2013/01/female-circumcision-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reta Caspar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Genital integrity]]></category>

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