Humanism
What is Humanism?
Humanism is an approach to life emphasizing ethics, rationality, and intelligent compassion. Furthermore, Humanism asserts that --
- Reason and science are the soundest means for investigating claims of truth.
- All ideas, values, myths, and social systems are based on human experience.
- Free thought thrives best in free, democratic societies.
Recipients of Humanists of the Year (AHA)
Richard D. Lamm o Kurt Vonnegut o Margaret Atwood o Ted Turner o Faye Wattleton o John K. Galbraith o Issac Asimov o Helen Caldicott o Carl Sagan o Andrei Sakharov o Edwin H. Wilson o Margaret E. Kuhn
o Corliss Lamont
o Jonas E. Salk o Betty Friedan o Henry Morgentaler o Mary Calderone o Joseph Fletcher o Thomas Szasz o B. F. Skinner o Albert Ellis o A. Philip Randolph o Buckmister Fuller o Benjamin Spock o A. H. Maslow o Erich Fromm o Carl Rogers o Herman J. Muller o Sir Julian Huxley o Linus Pauling o Margaret Sanger
Naturalistic Humanists of Our Era
Thomas Jefferson o Benjamin Franklin o Thomas Paine o Spinoza o David Hume o Voltaire o R. W. Emerson o H. D. Thoreau o Emma Goldman o Friedrich Nietzche o Jeremy Bentham o John Stuart Mill o William James o Elizabeth Cady Stanton o Sigmund Freud o John Dewey o Albert Schweitzer o Bertrand Russell o W. V. Quine o Sir Karl Popper o Jacob Bronowski o Sidney Hook o Albert Einstein o Charles Darwin o T. H. Huxley o Stephen J. Gould o Edwon O. Wilson o Francis Crick o Murray Gell-Man o Garrett Hardin o George Elliot o Mark Twain o Hernam Melville o James Thurber o Don Marquis o Somerset Maugham o Nikos Kazantzakis o Simone de Beauvior o Albert Camus o Octavio Paz o Gloria Steinem
Humanist/Secular Organizations
Organizations that Humanists my be interested in:
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