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Humanism

Dialogue Education Update 3. Humanism.

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Humanism

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  1. Dialogue Education Update 3 Humanism THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET)

  2. Content • Page 3 - The origins of Humanism • Pages 4 to 9 - Defining the term Humanism • Pages 10 - Speciesism? • Page 11- Video interview with Peter Singer • Page 12 - Humanism and Optimism • Page 13 - Humanism - A Life Stance • Page 14 - Secular Humanism • Pages 15 to 16 - Religious Humanism • Page 17 - Bibliography

  3. Humanism • The origins of contemporary humanism can be traced back through the Renaissance and back to the Islamic Golden Age to its ancient Greek roots.

  4. Humanism • The term humanism was coined in 1808, based on the 15th century Italian term umanista, which was used to designate a teacher or student of classic literature.

  5. Humanism • Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality.

  6. Humanism • In focusing on the capacity for self-determination, humanism rejects transcendental justifications, such as a dependence on belief without reason, the supernatural, or texts of allegedly divine origin.

  7. Humanism • Humanism rejects deference to supernatural beliefs in resolving human affairs but not necessarily the beliefs themselves; indeed some strains of Humanism are compatible with some religions.

  8. Humanism • As Humanism encompasses intellectual currents running through a wide variety of philosophical and religious thought, several strains of Humanism allow it to fulfil, supplement or supplant the role of religions, and in particular, to be embraced as a complete life stance.

  9. Knowledge According to Humanism, it is up to humans to find the truth, as opposed to seeking it through revelation, mysticism, tradition, or anything else that is incompatible with the application of logic to the observable evidence.

  10. Speciesism Some have interpreted Humanism to be a form of speciesism, regarding humans as being more important than other species.

  11. Video interview with Professor Peter Singer about Speciesism. Click on the image to the right. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen

  12. Optimism • Humanism features an optimistic attitude about the capacity of people, but it does not involve believing that human nature is purely good or that all people can live up to the Humanist ideals without help.

  13. Humanism (life stance) • Humanism (capital 'H', no adjective such as "secular")is a comprehensive life stance that upholds human reason, ethics, and justice, and rejects supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition.

  14. 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.

  15. Secular Humanism • Secular humanism is the branch of humanism that rejects theistic religious belief and adherence to belief in the existence of a supernatural world.

  16. Religious Humanism • Religious humanism is an attempt to derive morality from religious grounds..

  17. Humanism A Jewish form of Humanism was developed by the late Rabbi Sherwin Wine, who, in the fall of 1963 along with eight families in the northern suburbs of Detroit formed The Birmingham Temple.

  18. Bibliography • Petrosyan, M. 1972 Humanism: Its Philosophical, Ethical, and Sociological Aspects, Progress Publishers, Moscow. • Barry, P. 2002 Beginning Theory: an introduction to literary and cultural theory, 2nd edn, Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., p. 36 • Everything2, 2002 Liberal Humanism, http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1321605 • Liberal Humanism (Modernism) and Postmodernism 2001, http://herbergeronline.asu.edu/the220/notes/postmodern.html • Moon, B. 2001 Literary terms: a practical glossary, 2nd edn, Chalkface Press, Cotteslow, W.A., Australia, p.62 • PhilWeb: Theoretical Resources Off– and On–line. "Liberal Humanism." http://www.phillwebb.net/History/TwentiethCentury/AngloAmerican/LiberalHumanism.htm • Wikipedia-Humanism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism

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