What Is Secular Humanism? by Paul Kurtz

What Is Secular Humanism? by Paul Kurtz

Are there any ethical values and principles that nonreligious individuals can live by? In a time when many have forsaken otherworldly religions, what does human life mean? What is its significance? Secular humanism attempts to answer these questions in a way that resonates with human aspirations and the findings of science. In this succinct, engaging overview of the secular humanist perspective, philosopher Paul Kurtz describes the many ways in which secular humanism's scientific, philosophical, and ethical outlook has exerted a profound influence on civilization from the ancient world to the present. Today many schools of thought broadly identify with humanist ideas and values. But Kurtz suggests that secular humanism is especially suitable for the needs of our increasingly secular world because it rejects supernatural accounts of reality and seeks to optimize the fullness of human life in a naturalistic universe. In tune with the most progressive trends of the contemporary world, secular humanism finds meaning in life here and now and expresses confidence in the power of human beings to solve their problems and conquer uncharted frontiers. Kurtz concludes by emphasizing that secular humanism is a bold new paradigm, which weaves together many historical threads, while adding much more that is relevant to our rapidly emerging planetary civilization.

Paul Kurtz is an emeritus professor of philosophy at SUNY Buffalo. Dr. Kurtz, dubbed the Father of Secular Humanism, is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Free Inquiry and a member of the Skeptical Inquirer's editorial board.

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ISBN 13	9781591024996
ISBN 10	1591024994
Title	What Is Secular Humanism?
Author	Paul Kurtz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prometheus Books
Year published	2007-03-06
Number of pages	42
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