Humanist Manifesto signed by 21 nobel laureates

[Ichingcarpenter]

I was listening to big Ed on the radio and a right winger called in and was alarmed by humanism
and calming that it would ruin this nation..........lol

Humanist Manifesto III

Main article: Humanism and Its Aspirations
Humanism and Its Aspirations, subtitled Humanist Manifesto III, a successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933, was published in 2003 by the AHA, which apparently wrote it by committee <1>. The new document is the successor to the previous ones, and the name "Humanist Manifesto" is the property of the American Humanist Association.

The newest one is deliberately much shorter, listing six primary beliefs, which echo themes from its predecessors:

Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis. (See empiricism.)

Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change.

Ethical values are derived from human need and interest as tested by experience. (See ethical naturalism.)

Life’s fulfillment emerges from individual participation in the service of humane ideals.

Humans are social by nature and find meaning in relationships.

Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.

Signatories included 21 Nobel laureates.


Other Manifestos for Humanism

Aside from the official Humanist Manifestos of the American Humanist Association, there have been other similar documents. "Humanist Manifesto" is a trademark of the AHA. Formulation of new statements in emulation of the three Humanist Manifestoes is encouraged, and examples follow.


A Secular Humanist Declaration
Main article: A Secular Humanist Declaration
In 1980, the Council for Secular Humanism, founded by Paul Kurtz, which is typically more secular and anti-religious in its outlook than the AHA published what is in effect its manifesto, entitled A Secular Humanist Declaration. It has as its main points:

Free Inquiry
Separation Of Church And State
The Ideal Of Freedom
Ethics Based On Critical Intelligence
Moral Education
Religious Skepticism
Reason
Science And Technology
Evolution
Education

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_Manifesto


Sounds like what I believe in...........

[Strong Atheist]

1. Cool. nt.

[rd_kent]

2. Seems pretty simple, huh?

No scary deity or fear from eternal torture needed.

[defendandprotect]

3. Also makes clear that why our corporate educations fail humanity . . .

[jody]

4. How many irreligious groups support Humanist Manifesto III ? n/t

Humanist Manifesto III, a successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933*

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Signatories of the 1933 Manifesto

(Signed)

J.A.C. Fagginger Auer—Parkman Professor of Church History and Theology, Harvard University; Professor of Church History, Tufts College.
E. Burdette Backus—Unitarian Minister.
Harry Elmer Barnes—General Editorial Department, ScrippsHoward Newspapers.
L.M. Birkhead—The Liberal Center, Kansas City, Missouri.
Raymond B. Bragg—Secretary, Western Unitarian Conference.
Edwin Arthur Burtt—Professor of Philosophy, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University.
Ernest Caldecott—Minister, First Unitarian Church, Los Angeles, California.
A.J. Carlson—Professor of Physiology, University of Chicago.
John Dewey—Columbia University.
Albert C. Dieffenbach—Formerly Editor of The Christian Register.
John H. Dietrich—Minister, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis.
Bernard Fantus—Professor of Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois.
William Floyd—Editor of The Arbitrator, New York City.
F.H. Hankins—Professor of Economics and Sociology, Smith College.
A. Eustace Haydon—Professor of History of Religions, University of Chicago.
Llewellyn Jones—Literary critic and author.
Robert Morss Lovett—Editor, The New Republic; Professor of English, University of Chicago.
Harold P Marley—Minister, The Fellowship of Liberal Religion, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
R. Lester Mondale—Minister, Unitarian Church, Evanston, Illinois.
Charles Francis Potter—Leader and Founder, the First Humanist Society of New York, Inc.
John Herman Randall, Jr.—Department of Philosophy, Columbia University.
Curtis W. Reese—Dean, Abraham Lincoln Center, Chicago.
Oliver L. Reiser—Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.
Roy Wood Sellars—Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan.
Clinton Lee Scott—Minister, Universalist Church, Peoria, Illinois.
Maynard Shipley—President, The Science League of America.
W. Frank Swift—Director, Boston Ethical Society.
V.T. Thayer—Educational Director, Ethical Culture Schools.
Eldred C. Vanderlaan—Leader of the Free Fellowship, Berkeley, California.
Joseph Walker—Attorney, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jacob J. Weinstein—Rabbi; Advisor to Jewish Students, Columbia University.
Frank S.C. Wicks—All Souls Unitarian Church, Indianapolis.
David Rhys Williams—Minister, Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York.
Edwin H. Wilson—Managing Editor, The New Humanist, Chicago, Illinois; Minister, Third Unitarian Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Copyright © 1933 by The New Humanist and 1973 by the American Humanist Association


More on 1933 Manifesto in regard to religion

http://www.americanhumanist.org/who_we_are/about_humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_I

[jody]

8. Understand but my question was about III . n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Daii Lama, Desmond Tutu, Coretta Scott King, Nelson Mandela

This piece was drafted (not merely signed) by twenty-four Nobel Peace Prize laureates--including the Dalai Lama
, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela

, Coretta Scott King
, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel--and issued this past March 4 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
. Advocating the transformation of the culture of war and violence into a culture of peace and nonviolence, this manifesto is a refreshingly short, nonreligious personal pledge that is free of triumphalism




. And anyone anywhere in the world may sign it simply by logging on to the Manifesto 2000 website at www2.unesco.org/manifesto2000, selecting the desired translation, and keying in the appropriate minimal information.


I really don't understand the point you are trying to make

[jody]

10. I'm familiar with individuals who signed III but my question is re "groups". Do you know of any

"group" that supports III?

My question goes to the oft asked question "What do agnostics/atheists believe?"

IMO III and it's predecessors is one well reasoned statement of belief that could answer that question for an irreligious group, hence my question.

I am not trying to be confrontational because I've been familiar with I, II and now III for several decades and find it a very good basis for morality.

[Bluenorthwest]

11. The signatories are individuals.

And what exactly is an 'irreligious group'? Do you mean to say 'non religious' or even 'secular'? Irreligious, I do not get your point at all. Many of the signatories of this and past statements have been clergy for crying out loud.
What is an irreligious group? Never heard such a term in my life.

[jody]

12. Webster dict "irreligious. . . 2 : indicating lack of religion" . Irreligious groups include

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, American Atheists, Camp Quest, and the Rational Response Squad.

You might consider browsing other groups at links available from wiki "Irreligion".

Have a blissful day. :hi:

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. Bathering

No one understands your point or what axe you are trying to grind.


The" blissful day" quote is rather non-pedantic and condescending to the discussion .............

[jody]

14. Your OP and #4 is an intelligent question re it. Do you know of any group irreligious group that

supports III, note not signed but supports?

[Odin2005]

5. Not just a right-wing thing, plenty of DUers bash science and Humanism and preach New Age nonsense

[Greyskye]

6. Yep, us Secular Humanists are coming for YOU next!

:evilgrin:

[Blue_Tires]

15. i see nothing wrong in it at all...

that caller to Ed's show must have been a jackoff...