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Jennifer Hancock urges humanists to help reduce suffering in Horn of Africa

Submitted by FBB on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 08:15

Humanist Approach to Happiness author Jennifer Hancock

urges compassionate humanist action in response to the famine

in the Horn of Africa. "What kind of people would we be if

we could reduce suffering and refused to?" she asks.

"Because we can, we must."

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