Humanism is a broad category of active ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on our ability to determine what is right using the qualities innate to humanity, particularly rationality. Humanism is a component of a variety of more specific philosophical systems. Humanism entails a commitment to the search for truth and morality through human means in support of human interests. In focusing on our capacity for self-determination, humanism rejects transcendental justifications, such as ...

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Contemporary humanism can be traced back through the Renaissance to its ancient Greek roots. The evolution of the meaning of the word 'humanism' is fully explored in Nicolas Walter Humanism - What's in the Word. 1 Humanism - Renaissance. Main article: Renaissance humanism Renaissance humanism was a movement in Europe, beginning in Florence in the last decades of the 14th century. It revived the study of the Latin and Greek languages; and caused the resultant revival of the studies of science, philosophy, ar ...

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Humanism - Religion. While humanism in some ways fulfills or supplements the role of religions in people's lives, and therefore qualifies as a stance on religion, it is not a religion in itself. It is entirely compatible with naturalism (and therefore atheism), but doesn't strictly require either of these, and is in fact compatible with some types of religion. Though the dominant forms of humanism are atheistic (and express a disbelief in the supernatural), not all forms of humanism are. However, humanism ...

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There are many people who consider themselves humanists, and much variety in the exact type of humanism they believe in. There is some disagreement over terminology and definitions, with some people using narrower or broader interpretations. Not all people who call themselves humanists hold beliefs that are genuinely humanistic, and not all people who do hold humanistic beliefs apply the label of humanism to themselves. All of this aside, humanism can be divided into secular and religious types.< ...

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Humanism is also sometimes used to describe "humanities" scholars, (particularly scholars of the Greco-Roman classics). As mentioned above, it is sometimes used to mean humanitarianism. There is also a school of humanistic psychology, and an educational method. Humanism - Educational humanism. Humanism, as a current in education, began to dominate school systems in the 17th century. It held that the studies that develop our intellect are those that make us "most truly human". The practical basis for this w ...

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Humanism - List of Humanists. see the category Humanists below Humanism - Founding documents. Amsterdam Declaration 2002 Humanist Manifesto A Secular Humanist Declaration Humanism - Forms of humanism. Marxist humanism New Humanism Posthumanism Religious (Spiritual) Humanism Christian Existential Humanism Humanistic Judaism Renaissance humanism Sec ...

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