Humanism Quiz Flashcards
____________ is how people behave (what is).
morals
____________ is a transcendent norm of behavior (what ought to be).
ethics
____________ is the ability to understand the perspective of others.
emphathy
____________ ____________ is a comprehensive set of truth claims that purports to paint a picture of reality.
formal worldview
What is the comprehensive set of truth claims taught at MVCS?
Christianity
Humanism believes that who is responsible for the realization of an individual’s dreams and achievements?
humans themselves
Humanism puts it’s faith in man’s ____________ achievements.
scientific
Humanism rejects dualism, which is: ________________________.
the belief in the body, soul/spirit
Humanism believes that the universe was ____________ and was not ____________.
self-existing
created
Humanists do not believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth can be found in a relationship with God through ____________ or ____________.
worship
prayer
Humanists believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth is to be found in relationships with ____________.
others
Humanists believe that traditional religion gives individuals false ______ and wishful _________.
hope
thinking
When what the original Humanist Manifesto written?
1933
How many different versions of the Humanist Manifesto are there?
3
What were the two significant events that led to the writing of the second Humanist Manifesto?
Roe v. Wade
continual war
What is the most famous quote from the second Humanist Manifesto?
“No deity will save us, we must save ourselves.”
What term used to describe humanism was dropped from the writing of the first to the second Humanist Manifesto?
religion/religious
Who was one of the signers of the original Humanist Manifesto that was a philosopher and influenced government schooling in America?
John Dewey
According to Humanists, man is basically what?
good
According to Humanists, relief from the personal and societal problems of life as well as the meaning to life comes from where?
satisfying one’s desires
What Manifesto promoting the community of man and the elimination of religious influence was written by authors Marx and Engel in 1848?
Communist Manifesto
What three examples do the writers of the Humanist Manifesto call “advancements” at the start of the 3rd paragraph in order to conclude that a new situation has been created “which requires a new statement of the means and purposes of religion”?
1) Larger understanding of the universe
2) Man’s scientific achievements
3) Deeper appreciation of brotherhood
What kind of language is the following statement: “There is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal, identification of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem of human living in the 20th Century.”
Assumptive language
The Humanist Manifesto states that religion is to meet which two needs of humanity?
1) adequate social goals
2) personal satisfactions
The Humanist Manifesto states that the universe was NOT created…what did they believe?
it is self-existing
How does the Humanist Manifesto explain where man came from?
emerged from the universe (evolution)
What does the Humanist Manifesto reject when an individual is “determining existence and the value of any and all realities”?
supernatural guarantees of human value
What two methods does the Humanist Manifesto promote when an individual is “determining existence and the value of any and all realities”?
1) intelligent inquiry
2) assessment in how it meets a human’s needs
How does the Humanist Manifesto believe that humans can comes to a “complete realization of the human personality”?
to fulfill oneself in the here and now
What does the Humanist Manifesto believe individuals are to express their “religious emotions”?
1) heightened sense of personal life
2) cooperative effort to create social well being
How does Christianity believe individuals are to express their “religious emotions”?
worship and prayer
The Humanist Manifesto states that man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of which two manners?
1) knowledge of naturalness
2) knowledge of probability
Furthermore, the Humanist Manifesto states that man will no longer face the crises of life in which three manners?
1) sentimental hopes
2) unreal hopes
3) wishful thinking
What are the two ways advised in the Humanist Manifesto in order to endure that man will face the crises of life in the way they have determined to be correct?
1) fostered by education
2) supported by custom
What has been created in the US Government that illustrates the following statement: “We assume that humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene.”
welfare state (programs)
What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto promote?
Socialism
What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto reject?
Capitalism
The Humanist Manifesto states that all associations and institutions exist for what purpose?
fulfillment of human life
What were the two primary reasons that the Humanist Manifesto found an acceptable audience in Western Civilization?
1) Appeals to the inherent sinful nature
2) Appeals to those seeking to be out from under the control of organized religion
