Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Humanism

"I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead." 


-- Kurt Vonnegut


"Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality."


Humainsm:

1. is ethical.
2. is rational.
3. supports democracy and human rights.
4. insists that personal liberty must be combined with social responsibility.
5. is a response to the widespread demand for an alternative to dogmatic religion.
6. values artistic creativity and imagination.
7. a lifestance aiming at the maximum posible fulfillment through cultivation and creative and living.
TTFN 
(Bright)

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