Category: Humanism

One of the most common criticisms of humanism is the claim that without religion, morality has no foundation. If there is no divine command, no…

View More Humanist Ethics and How We Tell Right from Wrong

Human beings seem almost unable to avoid the question of meaning. At some point, whether in youth or in grief, in success or in emptiness,…

View More Finding Meaning in Our Lives

Humanism is a way of understanding life that places human beings, human dignity, and human responsibility at the center of meaning and ethics. It begins…

View More What Is Humanism?

There is a peculiar suspicion in many modern conversations about love. People are often told, directly or indirectly, that wanting romance too much is weakness,…

View More Is Wanting Romance, Partnership, and Devotion a Weakness? A Humanist Answer

There is no great difficulty in being both religious and humanist when religion is treated mainly as culture. If religion is little more than holidays,…

View More Being Religious and Being a Humanist

One of the easiest mistakes people make is confusing humanism with a political tribe. In practice, this usually means assuming that humanism is simply another…

View More Humanism Is Not a Party Platform

Felix Adler stands as one of the most important figures in the history of modern humanist thought, but he is often misunderstood. He was not…

View More Felix Adler and the Founding of Ethical Humanism

Love is often treated as religion’s greatest possession, as though only faith can give it depth, sanctity, or meaning. Humanism rejects that idea. Love does…

View More Love and the Humanist

One of the more common religious claims, especially in some Christian circles, is that human beings do not truly need human love, because God is…

View More We Do Need Human Love: A Humanist Response to “Only God Is Enough”