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Corliss Lamont (March 28, 1902 – April 26, 1995) was an American socialist and humanist philosopher and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities, he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship , starting from the early 1940s.
The National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC), until 1968 known as the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, was an organization formed in the United States in October 1951 by 150 educators and clergymen to advocate for the civil liberties embodied in the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, notably the rights of free speech, religion, travel, and assembly. [1]
He was appointed the Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity (1988–2009) and Bussey Professor of Divinity (1981–1988). [1] Upon his retirement from the active faculty in 2009, he became the Florence Corliss Lamont Research Professor of Divinity.
Corliss Lamont (1902–1995): American socialist and humanist philosopher, and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. [86] Stephen Law (1960–): English philosopher and editor for the philosophical journal Think, [87] which is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy [88] and published by the Cambridge University Press ...
In 1965, the Supreme Court produced some decisions, including Lamont v. Postmaster General (in which the plaintiff was Corliss Lamont, a former ACLU board member), which upheld fifth amendment protections and brought an end to restrictions on political activity. [139]
Corliss Lamont: Named a Humanist Fellow by the American Humanist Association in 1970. [53] Stieg Larsson: Swedish leftist journalist, feminist, novelist and atheist, author of Millenium series of novels. Norman Lear: Presented the Humanist Arts Award 1977 by the American Humanist Association. [54]
Thomas Lamont (1888) – partner and chairman of board of directors of J.P. Morgan & Co. Lee McClung (1888) – All-American football player; Treasurer of the United States; Horace Tracy Pitkin (1888) – missionary beheaded during Boxer Rebellion; Frank St. John Sidway (1888) – New York State politician; Samuel Washington Weis (1888) – painter
According to Corliss Lamont, this criticism is a malicious campaign by religious fanatics, the so-called Moral Majority, who need a demonic scapegoat to rally its followers. [142] Other religious opponents scorn humanism by stating it is materialistic thereby diminishing humanity because it denies the spiritual nature and needs of man.