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100 1 $aKurtz, Paul,$d1925-2012.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058432
245 10 $aWhat is secular humanism? /$cby Paul Kurtz.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2007.
263 $a0703
300 $a62 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 00 $tHistory -- $tClassical roots -- $tModern secular humanism -- $tSecularism -- $tContemporary secular humanism -- $tA new paradigm -- $tMethod of inquiry -- $tNaturalistic cosmic outlook -- $tNon-theism -- $tHumanist ethics -- $tSocio-political perpective : democratic humanism -- $tPlanetary humanism and the new paradigm.
520 1 $a"Are there any ethical values and principles that nonreligious individuals can live by? In a time when many have forsaken otherworldly religions, what does human life mean? What is its significance? Secular humanism attempts to answer these questions in a way that resonates with human aspirations and the findings of science. It provides a scientific, philosophical, and ethical outlook that exerts a profound influence on civilization and that may be traced back to the ancient world, through the modern world, down to the present. Today many schools of thought broadly identify with humanist ideas and values. By conjoining the term secular with humanism, we may narrow its focus and meaning, enabling us to distinguish secular humanism from other forms of humanism ... in the contemporary world Secular Humanism offers a bold new paradigm."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSecularism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119460
650 0 $aHumanism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062902
852 00 $bmil$hBL2747.8$i.K87 2007