PPT-SECULAR HUMANISM

PHILIP KITCHER DEWEY AND JAMES REVISITED JAMES CENTRAL PROBLEM RECONCILING SCIENCE AND RELIGION FOR DEWEY THIS IS ONE PROBLEM ONE TASK ARISING WITHIN THE PROJECT OF DEVELOPING A LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLDVIEW. Two. Fundamental . Aspects. . of. the Personal Worldview . Artur Nilsson. Lund University, Sweden. The 13th . European. Congress . of. . Psychology. , . July. . 12th. , 2013, Stockholm, Sweden. Renaissance Humanism. The term "Renaissance" means "re-birth" and refers to Europe's "cultural rebirth" in approximately 1350-1550.. Cultural and artistic developments that began in Italy in the late 1300s, and then spread to Northern Europe in the late 1400s and early 1500s.. See Chapter 12 Sections 2 and 3 (p. 382-384 and 389-390. Italian Renaissance Humanism . A key intellectual movement of the Renaissance was humanism. . Humanism was based on the study of the classics, the literary works of ancient Greece & Rome such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history. . The European World. Religion: Now & Then. NOW. Voluntary. Private. Individual. THEN. Mandatory. Public. Shared. Peter Marshall: ‘where faith met community’. Corporate souls, members of the body of Christ which had visible expression in local structures.. Florence. Humanism. Salutati. Man is responsible for his good or bad deeds. God does not control a man’s will or morality. It is better to benefit others by living an active public life than to live as a monk, which does not benefit anyone other than the monk. Presbyterian Church of the Master 3 of 4. April 26, 2015. Secular Humanism . Radical individual freedom. truth. changes to human meanings. No sin. Political power determines what’s true, good, beautiful. What is a Worldview made up of?. There is a conflict of Worldviews across the Globe. Every worldview is made up of. Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, Biology, . Pyschology. , Sociology, Law, Politics, Economics and History. THEOLOGY. The Start. Humanism at it’s very core denies god and focuses on the power of humanity. The supernatural is rejected and the power of humankind is celebrated.. They seek to become the best human being possible through their own means—evolution, education, philosophy, etc.. By Andrew Edmondson. To believe or not to believe?. Our worldview, religious or otherwise, partly depends on what we believe about death.. Whatever our beliefs, happiness is our common goal, in this life or the next.. Local Church/State Activism. By Amanda Scott. The movement behind ‘In God We Trust’. In . 2002, . Bakersfield Council member . Jacquie Sullivan . pushed the Council to display 'In . God We Trust' in the council chambers at City . kakkori. & . rauno. . huttunen. Question. on . humanism. The question ‘what is human being?’, is the basic question of . philosophy. . It is also . the basic . question of the science of . I. Characteristics of the Renaissance. Contrast with the Middle Ages. The Renaissance man . viewed the Middle . Ages as a backward interval between classical culture and his own “modern” age. Contrast with the Middle Ages. April 26, 2015. Secular Humanism . Radical individual freedom. truth. changes to human meanings. No sin. Political power determines what’s true, good, beautiful. Second commandment w/o First. Psychology as self-fulfillment. To understand how humanists make moral decisions.. To begin to evaluate humanist ethics.. Learning Objectives. Has anyone ever heard of Humanism before? . What is it?. Starter. https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/.