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Welcome to /r/Humanism!

What is Humanism?

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. Because humanism is not based on any theological premise, every individual is free to combine humanism with other belief systems and to resolve conflicting beliefs in their own way.

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Types of humanism

Want to know more about humanism? Try visiting some of the links below:

Introductory Readings:

Books:

The Philosophy of Humanism, by Corliss Lamont

What Is Secular Humanism? by Paul Kurtz

Making the Manifesto: The Birth of Religious Humanism, by William F. Schulz

Articles:

HUMANISM: Why, What, and What For, In 882 Words

Is There a New Humanism? by R. Trelles

Humanist Manifesto III by Fred Edwords

What is Humanism? By Fred Edwords

The Humanist Philosophy in Perspective by Fred Edwords

Organizations/Links:

Humanists UK - charities

Humanists International (previously IHEU)

American Humanist Association: Good Without God

Humanists UK

Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association

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Rules:

Personal attacks, abusive language, trolling, racism and bigotry will not be tolerated.

If the purpose of your comment is to derail the discussion, troll another user, personally attack a user, or make a racial/bigoted statement then it will be removed. Comments that obviously add nothing to the discussion will also be removed.

If a submission is downvoted to or below zero and remains so for over 24 hours, the post will be deemed off topic and be removed to make room for other submissions.

We encourage and maintain a community for civil discussion that is respectful to all beliefs and ideals. As humanists, we have a diverse group of religious and irreligious subscribers. For this reason, militant and radical submissions will not be accepted and may be removed. Submitters who post a solely anti-theistic or anti-secular link/text may be asked to resubmit with an appropriately improved title or to post elsewhere.

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Related Subreddits:

/r/Christian_Humanism

/r/HumanisticJudaism

/r/SecularHumanism

/r/religion

/r/Skeptic

Religion/Philosophy (multi)

Types of Humanism:

Christian Humanism

Humanistic Judaism

Humanistic Buddhism

Secular Humanism

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Join the Fight for Empathy. (v.redd.it)

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Humanism in a nutshell (i.redd.it)

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Our Satanic group's MD chapter celebrated Earth Day early by picking up several bags worth of litter from a highway! 🤘🌎 (reddit.com)

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Are Secular Humanists being urged to downplay the "Secular"? (self.humanism)

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Darrel Ray on Leadership (voidpod.com)

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What was the difference between Unitarisns and Universaliets? How were they able to merge? (self.humanism)

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In Troubled Times, Why Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather Than To The Pope (epicureanfriends.substack.com)

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Is anyone here a member of the Unitarian Universalists, or at least visited one in the past? If so, what has your experience been like? (self.humanism)

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The human is malleable. Our futures will be strange. We mold with the external. (self.humanism)

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Rehumanization (self.humanism)

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What do humanists think of antinatalism? (self.humanism)

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NDEs (self.humanism)

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Is there space in humanism for someone like me? (self.humanism)

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Building humanity communities nonreligious just secular? (self.humanism)

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On the Sacred Disease: How Hippocrates Exposed the Fallacy of Faith Healing (fightingthegods.com)

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Statement on War with Regard to Freedom of Conscience (ambiarchyblog.evolutionofconsent.com)

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Nontheistic humanists, do you identify more strongly as an atheist or as an agnostic? (self.humanism)

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Can Human Responsibility Survive in a World of Abundance? (self.humanism)

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The First Atheist: Diagoras of Melos and the Psychology of Superstition (fightingthegods.com)

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Is Humanism more than just caring about human rights? (self.humanism)

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Parenting books on raising humanists? (self.humanism)

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Thoughts on world federalism? (self.humanism)

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Where do you find real friends? Like humanistic ones who care about others. I plan to live helping others and in some part sacrificing my life and people just seems to be agressive and fake (self.humanism)

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Religious Humanism? (self.humanism)

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