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Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system, or life stance that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism, while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision-making.
A Humanist Manifesto was written in 1933 primarily by Roy Wood Sellars and Raymond Bragg and was published with 34 signatories including philosopher John Dewey.Unlike later revisions, the first manifesto talked of a new "religion", and referred to humanism as a religious movement to transcend and replace previous religions that were based on allegations of supernatural revelation.
The Ethical movement was an outgrowth of the general loss of faith among the intellectuals of the Victorian era.A precursor to the doctrines of the Ethical movement can be found in the South Place Ethical Society, founded in 1793 as the South Place Chapel on Finsbury Square, on the edge of the City of London.
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Appendix B contains "The Ten Offers of Evolutionary Humanism" in contrast to the Ten Commandments of the Bible. In short they read as follows: [3] [4] Serve neither foreign nor familiar "gods" but rather the great ideal of ethics to lessen the suffering in the world. To possess science, philosophy and art means not to need religion!
Sonja Eggerickx: Belgian secular Humanist, president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union 2006–2015; awarded the Distinguished Services to Humanism Award 2016 for her work in secular education and ethics. Albert Einstein: Served on the advisory board of the First Humanist Society of New York [31] [32]
The Center for Inquiry was established in 1991 by atheist philosopher and author Paul Kurtz. [3] It brought together two organizations: the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (founded by Kurtz in 1976) and the Council for Secular Humanism (founded by Kurtz in 1980).
Scientific humanism: this emphasizes belief in the scientific method as a component of humanism as described in the works of John Dewey and Julian Huxley; scientific humanism is largely synonymous with secular humanism. [69] Secular humanism: coined in the mid-20th century, it was initially an attempt to denigrate humanism, but some humanist ...