Austin Dacey Philosopher

Austin Dacey (born April 19, 1972) is an American philosopher, writer, and human rights activist whose work concerns secularism, religion, freedom of expression, and freedom of conscience. He is the author of The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life, The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights, and a 2006 New York Times op-ed entitled "Believing in Doubt," which criticized the ethical views of Pope Benedict. He is a representative to the United Nations for the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the creator and director of The Impossible Music Sessions.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 19, 1972
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Main interest
Political philosophy

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Philosopher

influenced by
philosophical school
Analytic philosophy
region
Western philosophy

Topical connections

Alan M. OlsonPhilosopher
Alain LeRoy LockeWriter
Bruce William NickersonScientist

Austin Dacey on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://blip.tv/grittv/grittv-interview-with-austin-dacey-926187
  2. http://www.austindacey.com
  3. http://www.csicop.org/author/austindacey
  4. http://www.ethicalear.com/2011/05/gods-phonemes.html
  5. http://www.impossiblemusic.org
  6. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128216493
  7. http://www.pointofinquiry.org/austin_dacey_moral_values_after_darwin
  8. http://www.religiondispatches.org/authors/austindacey
  9. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/2010/sep/02/forum-impossible-music