April 2008. Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence was published in 2010. Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity was published in 2011. In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections, a collection of essays from The Reader and elsewhere, was published in April 2012. Other work Tallis is among the Distinguished Supporters of Humanists UK. Tallis is also a Patron of Dignity in Dying. On 15 September 2010, Tallis, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK. In a 2010 interview with author Jesse Horn, Tallis declared that he is an optimistic humanist and an atheist. "Given that I was born a few months after Auschwitz was liberated, it is hardly surprising that I have a strong sense of the evil that humans – individually and collectively – do. My position is that of cautious and chastened optimism, a belief that, if we are ourselves well-treated by others, we will usually treat others reasonably well." References External links Raymond Tallis's web site https://web.archive.org/web/20220411150125/http://raymondtallis.co.uk/ Raymond Tallis argues for the uniqueness of human consciousness on NOUS the podcast Copac listing of his published works Little Atoms Interview – Hunger: The Art of Living Raymond Tallis discusses Parmenides on Philosophy Bites podcast Raymond Tallis debates the nature of time at How The Light Gets In, 2 June 2012 video 1946 births Living people Alumni of Keble College, Oxford English atheists English non-fiction writers English philosophers English humanists English medical researchers Academics of the University of Manchester British geriatricians 20th-century British philosophers Philosophers of mind Continental philosophers Philosophical anthropology 21st-century British philosophers English male poets 20th-century atheists 21st-century atheists People educated at Liverpool College