“Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.” PhilosophyValuesReligiousPrinciplesAtheismDrawsEthicsHumanismPositive AtheismPracticalsEthicalSecularBasic PrinciplesEthical ValuesNon ReligiousSecular Humanism Author:Paul Kurtz
“In contemporary society secular humanism has been singled out by critics and proponents alike as a position sharply distinguishable from any religious formulation. Religious fundamentalists in the United States have waged a campaign against secular humanism, claiming that it is a rival "religion" and seeking to root it out from American public life. Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.” Has BeensStatesPhilosophyValuesReligiousUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesAtheismPositionDrawsEthicsRootsCriticsHumanismSeekingPositive AtheismCampaignsPracticalsContemporaryEthicalSecularRivalsPublic LifeBasic PrinciplesContemporary SocietyEthical ValuesNon ReligiousSecular Humanism Author:Paul Kurtz
“Secular humanism does not have the essential attributes of a religion: belief in a deity, the wish for some sort of afterlife, sacred dogma or texts, or an absolutist moral creed. Instead, it expresses a philosophical and ethical point of view, and it draws upon the scientific method in formulationg its naturalistic view of the nature.” DoeBeliefWishViewsMoralEssentialsDrawsPhilosophicalMethodSacredHumanismPoint Of ViewEthicalAttributesAfterlifeCreedsDogmaSecularDeitiesScientific MethodSecular Humanism Author:Paul Kurtz