Secular Humanism
Human reason and solidarity can sustain morality and meaning without a transcendent guarantee.
What it claims
Secular humanism seeks grounds for morality and meaning in reason, experience and empathy without appealing to supernatural authority. Dewey (1934) locates the core of a religious attitude in commitment to ideals rather than to a transcendent object. Kurtz's 1980 declaration organizes the position around free inquiry, separation of religion and government, scientific method and human rights.
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Key thinkers
John Dewey · Paul Kurtz · Corliss Lamont · Bertrand Russell