humanism Flashcards
what is humanism
the positive attitude to the world without any particular belief
live by knowledge and morals as they only believe this is the only life we have
absence of deity or religious book
humanism origin
during the renaissance after the middle ages who believe that life was all about suffering renaissance started in Italy and they believe that life could be about fun and people started to do activities such as singing science etc
religion could be involved though
modern humanism
no faith in deity, no God or Bible etc
belief in the Big Bang
no proof that there is no God though, agnostic Humanist
fact over faith
the four cornerstones
we only live this life
humans learn morals from personal experience and history and thought
humans can be ethical without religion
science is a reliable source of evidence
quotes
the for characteristics of humanism are curiosity a free mind belief in good taste and belief in the human race
E.M, Forster
