Secular Humanism

The philosophy or life stance of secular humanism (alternatively known by some adherents as Humanism, specifically with a capital H to distinguish it from other forms of humanism) embraces human reason, ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition as the bases of morality and decision making.

Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or a god. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently evil or innately good, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature. Rather, the humanist life stance emphasizes the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisions. Fundamental to the concept of secular humanism is the strongly held viewpoint that ideology—be it religious or political—must be thoroughly examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith. Along with this, an essential part of secular humanism is a continually adapting search for truth, primarily through science and philosophy. Many Humanists derive their moral codes from a philosophy of utilitarianism, ethical naturalism, or evolutionary ethics, and some, such as Sam Harris, advocate a science of morality.

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Did Marx Have Anything Good to Say About Capitalism?

Dissident Voice 13 Feb 2025
Finally, in connection with its liberating potential, Marx held that capitalism demystified, rationalized, and secularized human culture and action, freeing the human mind from that “smallest ...

Lincoln’s birthday, Valentine’s Day, Giving Hearts Day

The Jamestown Sun 12 Feb 2025
Valentine understood God’s love, human love and he died for defying the secular law against marriage during a time of war when men were forbidden to marry lest their allegiance be for family instead of being willing to die for the state.

The Call To Build

Gab 10 Feb 2025
In an age where AI systems increasingly mediate human thought, relationships, and access to truth, the Church cannot afford to abandon this terrain to Silicon Valley’s secular priesthood ... The secular ...

A delusion

Dawn 10 Feb 2025
Another renowned scholar, Haro Karkour, argued that liberalism, while advocating secularism and rationalism, failed to address the innate needs of humans, such as the struggle for power and exertion ...

No room for old prejudices when judging the new Syria

Arab News 07 Feb 2025
Bashar Assad was forgiven because there was a clash between the values of secularism and freedom ... Secular Arab nationalist movements like Kemalism, Nasserism and Baathism have been catastrophic in terms of their human rights records.

Ailey II’s ‘Revelations’ comes to Aspen District Theater on Feb. 8

Aspen Times 07 Feb 2025
It features his first masterpiece, “Blues Suite,” which evokes the “sorrow, humor, and humanity of the blues, those heartfelt songs that he called ‘hymns to the secular regions ...

Revealed after 750 years: Face of saint whose teachings 'underpin the Christian faith' - after ...

The Daily Mail 05 Feb 2025
But he also transformed secular philosophy by linking morality to human nature, and influenced modern ideas about human liberty and the limits of government authority ... Aquinas also transformed secular ...

Youth Affairs Dept holds Kashmir Day rally

The News International 05 Feb 2025
... international norms and ignoring the resolutions of international organisations contrary to the claims of secularism the way in which basic human rights were violated in India had no other example.

West Point Disbands Cadet Clubs Following Trump’s Anti-DEI Order

Time Magazine 05 Feb 2025
... is welcoming to freethinkers while espousing the ideals of scientific rationality, secularism, and human-based ethics,” was the only affinity club that was not explicitly listed in the memo.

Anti-war Russian Orthodox priests struggle in German exile

The Times of India 03 Feb 2025
After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

Jailhouse ‘Blessed Are the Peacekeepers’ Motto Sparks Debate Over ‘Separation’ of Church and State

The Rutherford Institute 03 Feb 2025
promoting the image of law enforcement officers as peacekeepers, which is a core function of policing, while alluding to broader secular meanings related to shared humanity, moral equality, and community connection.

Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide

Consortium News 03 Feb 2025
Dismissed as Human Animals ... and dismissed as human animals ... “These events which took place in living memory undermined the basic assumption of both religious traditions and the secular Enlightenment.

The Western Way of Genocide, by Chris Hedges

The Unz Review 02 Feb 2025
These assaults will be committed, as they are in Gaza, in the name of progress, Western civilization and our supposed “virtues” to crush the aspirations of those, mostly poor people of color, who have been dehumanized and dismissed as human animals.

Who will win the sexuality debate?

The Manila Times 30 Jan 2025
What kind of sex education the young get is not merely a citizen's secular concern but a deeply moral and existential one that involves one's relationship with other human beings ... human sexuality.

How I Lost My Mother

The Atlantic 30 Jan 2025
My mother, however, had been rapt ... It was 1978 ... Amway leaders would help elect presidents ... I read a pamphlet about how John Lennon’s “Imagine” threatened America as a Christian nation, which introduced me to the (dangerous) phrase secular humanism ... W ... .

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