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Holding a secular humanist philosophy does not prescribe a specific theory of morality or code of ethics. As stated by the Council for Secular Humanism, Secular Humanism is not so much a specific morality as it is a method for the explanation and discovery of rational moral principles. [35]
The term "postsecular" has been used in sociology, political theory, [1] [2] religious studies, art studies, [3] literary studies, [4] [5] education [6] and other fields. Jürgen Habermas is widely credited for popularizing the term, [7] [8] to refer to current times in which the idea of modernity is perceived as failing and, at times, morally unsuccessful, so that, rather than a ...
Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. E. O. Wilson: Humanist Laureate in the International Academy of Humanism. [2] Edwin H. Wilson: Signer of the original Humanist Manifesto. [21] He also co-authored Humanist Manifesto II. [51]
Philosopher Theodore Schatzki suggests there are two varieties of posthumanism of the philosophical kind: [18]. One, which he calls "objectivism", tries to counter the overemphasis of the subjective, or intersubjective, that pervades humanism, and emphasises the role of the nonhuman agents, whether they be animals and plants, or computers or other things, because "Humans and nonhumans, it ...
He believed that creative, secular humanism, free from authoritarian assertions about truth and goodness, is the key to a better future. Rorty saw his neopragmatism as a continuation of the Enlightenment project, aiming to demystify human life and replace traditional power relations with those based on tolerance and freedom.
The term secular religion is often applied today to communal belief systems—as for example with the view of love as the postmodern secular religion. [11] Paul Vitz applied the term to modern psychology in as much as it fosters a cult of the self, explicitly calling "the self-theory ethic ... this secular religion". [12]
Paul Kurtz (December 21, 1925 – October 20, 2012) [2] was an American scientific skeptic and secular humanist.He has been called "the father of secular humanism". [3] He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, having previously also taught at Vassar, Trinity, and Union colleges, and the New School for Social Research.
According to Tony Davies, Comte's secular and positive religion was "a complete system of belief and ritual, with liturgy and sacraments, priesthood and pontiff, all organized around the public veneration of Humanity", referred to as the Nouveau Grand-Être Suprême (New Supreme Great Being).