Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

CONTENTS

ALSO BY STEVEN PINKER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

LIST OF FIGURES

PREFACE

PART I: ENLIGHTENMENT

CHAPTER 1. DARE TO UNDERSTAND!

CHAPTER 2. ENTRO, EVO, INFO

CHAPTER 3. COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENTS

PART II: PROGRESS

CHAPTER 4. PROGRESSOPHOBIA

CHAPTER 5. LIFE

CHAPTER 6. HEALTH

CHAPTER 7. SUSTENANCE

CHAPTER 8. WEALTH

CHAPTER 9. INEQUALITY

CHAPTER 10. THE ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 11. PEACE

CHAPTER 12. SAFETY

CHAPTER 13. TERRORISM

CHAPTER 14. DEMOCRACY

CHAPTER 15. EQUAL RIGHTS

CHAPTER 16. KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER 17. QUALITY OF LIFE

CHAPTER 18. HAPPINESS

CHAPTER 19. EXISTENTIAL THREATS

CHAPTER 20. THE FUTURE OF PROGRESS

PART III: REASON, SCIENCE, AND HUMANISM

CHAPTER 21. REASON

CHAPTER 22. SCIENCE

CHAPTER 23. HUMANISM

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX