Understanding Humanism

By: Andrew Copson, Luke Donnellan, Richard Norman

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Hardcover | 30 September 2022 | Edition Number 1

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Understanding Humanism is an easy-to-read and informative overview of the beliefs and values of humanism as a non-religious worldview. This short and lively book explores humanism both as a broad historical tradition of thought and as it is embodied in organised institutions. It sets out clearly and systematically the beliefs and values of humanism as well as the reality and personal experience of living as a humanist today. Questions discussed in the book include:

Is humanism wedded to science as the only valid form of knowledge?

Why do humanists value the arts?
What does humanism say about ethical values and the making of moral decisions?
What are the relations between humanism, science and religious belief?
Would humanists say that 'life is sacred'?
What account do humanists give of the basis of human rights, and why they are important?
Can humanists meet the challenge of nihilism?
How do humanists find meaning and purpose in life?

Understanding Humanism provides a reliable and easily digestible introduction to the field. Drawing on a wide range of case studies which illustrate what humanism means for individual humanists, this is the ideal textbook for all those, whether students or the general reader, approaching the topic of humanism for the first time.

Industry Reviews

"There has rarely been a time when a clear statement of Humanist values has been so necessary. In intellectual life, these include a respect for evidence, the independence to follow any argument to where it leads, and an enlightened suspicion of claims to be authoritatively in possession of truth - religious or otherwise. In morality, they include an emphasis upon our fundamental equality and a respect for human rights, including the right to lead one's own life in one's own way. These values are united within the framework of a world view, premised on the recognition we each have only one life to lead, and that it is each person's own responsibility - no-one else's - to live that life to the fullest possible extent. In this welcome book, the Humanist framework is set out in terms which are both thorough and clear."

Alan Haworth, author of Political Philosophy After 1945 (2022), Totalitarianism and Philosophy (2019), and Understanding the Political Philosophers: From Ancient to Modern Times (2012).

"A great choice for students and teachers wanting a thorough modern account of humanism."

Jim Al-Khalili, Vice President of Humanists UK.

"An easy-to-read and informative overview of humanism. The manual for those wishing to delve deeper into this broad tradition of historical thought."

Shaparak Khorsandi, Vice President of Humanists UK.

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