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title: "Empathy, capitalism, and an atheist sermon"
date: "2015-11-30T11:29:54+00:00"
modified: "2015-11-30T11:29:54+00:00"
url: "https://rationalists.org.uk/2015/11/30/empathy-capitalism-and-an-atheist-sermon/"
post_id: 6464
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# Empathy, capitalism, and an atheist sermon

1\. [Preaching to the converted](/articles/4952/preaching-to-the-converted)

In this essay from our Autumn issue, avowed atheist Julian Baggini reflects on giving a sermon to an Anglican church – and the possibility for common ground.

2\. [Is empathy the hidden motor of human history?](/articles/4962/is-empathy-the-hidden-motor-of-human-history)

Often depicted as a feel-good emotion and “soft” skill, empathy can be a powerful secular force for social and political transformation, writes Roman Krznaric.

3\. [Against humanism](/playdice/2419)

Of course we should love, honour and cherish our species, says Mary Midgley in this archive piece from 2010. But should we have to worship it too?

4\. [Where next for capitalism?](/articles/4960/where-next-for-capitalism)

Is the rise of technology strengthening capitalism or tearing it down? In our Winter issue, Dawn Foster looks at new books by Matt Ridley and Paul Mason.

5\. [Suits you, Madam](/articles/653/suits-you-madam)

In this archive piece, originally published in 2003, Sally Feldman unbuttons the classic male costume.

*[October’s top long-reads](/articles/4949/murder-in-bangladesh-cyborgs-and-gender-and-an-interview-with-lisa-jardine).*

[More on our Winter issue – out now.](/articles/4959/the-winter-2015-new-humanist-is-out-now)