Editorial

4

The Principles of Fairness: Progressive Taxation

Paul Kurtz

Op-Ed

12

The Seductions of Misbelief

Tom Flynn

14

Is there a God? Go Ask Alice

David Koepsell

15

Anglicans and Idiocy

Christopher Hitchens

17

What Greater Motivation?

Peter Singer

18

Rescuing the Constitution from the Flag

Nat Hentoff

20

Sin, Sex, and Celibacy

Shadia B. Drury

22

Gender and Science

Vern L. Bullough

24

Altruism's Bad Influence

Tibor R. Machan

25

Spiritual Libertarians

R. Joseph Hoffmann

27

Should We Respect Religion?

Barbara Smoker

Features: Humanism and the Science of Happiness

31

Introduction

Nathan Bupp

32

God, Aristotle, and the New Science of Happiness

Ken Livingston

39

A Talk with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-the Father of 'Flow'

Nathan Bupp

41

Can Psychology Be Positive about Religion?

John Shook

43

How Can Philosphy Address the Problem of Happiness?

James Gouinlockr

47

Humans Are Hive Creatures

Jonathan Haidt

49

Bertrand Russell and The Conquest of Happiness

Michael E. Berumen

53

The Fullness of Life

Paul Kurtz

Departments

8

Leading Questions Pop Icon, Humanist An Interview with Bjšrn Ulvaeus

9

Letters

48

Poem The Round Square

Jamey Hecht

55

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr and Tom Flynn

56

Islam Watch The Nature of the Literary Evidence: A Dialogue on Methodology, Part 1

Ibn Warraq

Reviews

60

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom-Why the Meaningful Life Is Closer Than You Think By Jonathan Haidt

David L. Weiner

61

Dictionary of Atheism, Skepticism, & Humanism Edited by Bill Cooke

William Harwood

62

Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement Edited by John Brockman

Glenn Branch

63

OSuperman Returns Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., 2006

William Orem