Test 4 Flashcards
How does the Humanist Manifesto explain where the universe and man came from?
Man emerged from the universe and is still evolving. The universe was self-existing, not created.
What is impossible to do when “I” is the center of ones life?
Make your life meaningful by something that transcends you.
What is the manner in which the philosophy of secular humanism responds to the concept of “evil”?
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What are the two primary consequences of believing in the concept of evolutionary biology?
No ultimate foundation for ethics and no life after death.
Every sin that besets us can be traced back to our belief in what?
A lie.
Model by? Entitled?
Maslow, Hierarchy of needs.
Model:
Self actualization Self-esteem Social Safety Physiology
Who is the instructor of the truth project?
Tackett
Who is one of feh signers of the Humanist Manifesto and influenced government schooling in the United States?
Dewey
The individual who criticized secular morality by stating that virtue is in only pleasing themselves and defining good as being loyal to only oneself.
Dalrymple
The individual who state that “the cosmos is all there is, or ever was, or ever will be.”
Sagan
The individual who stated that the chains which keep humanity in bondage if organized religion.
Rousseau
The individual who stated that the only way to make your life meaningful was to believe in something that transcends yourself.
Dalrymple
The philosopher who believed that truth is to be derived from the pursuit of high or lofty ideals.
Plato
The philosopher who believed that truth is to be derived from observation.
Aristotle
Jesus came into the world to.
Bring grace and truth.
The year that the first Humanist Manifesto was written?
1933
The governmental system that grew out of the manifesto written by Karl Marx and Engels promoting the elimination of religion.
Communism
The governmental system rejected by the humanist Manifesto.
Communism
The governmental system promoted by the Humanist Manifesto.
Capitalism