PPT-What do humanists value?

Admiring symbolic buildings and natural beauty How could you represent these words in a building One life Happiness Friendship Community Humanity Progress Empathy Science The arts Creativity. How did the Renaissance change the nature of society.. Humanism: Renaissance Philosophy. Humanism. Was . a . philosophy. , or way of . thought. . . Humanist . thought came from . Classical. writings. Individuals of the Renaissance thought of their time as one in which mankind changed fundamentally—men thought the lives they lived and the ideas they held made their age strikingly different from the one(s) before.. Literary Humanists. Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) . Father of Humanism. Italian poet, author. Loved Classical world, despised “Dark Ages” & papal corruption. His solution:. Reconstruct G-R world. Five people have fallen onto a train track and a train is hurtling towards them. It is too late for the train to stop. You are the signal man and by flicking a switch you can divert the train onto a different track, saving the people who have fallen. On the other track is a workman who will be hit by the train if you divert it.. 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.. Admiring symbolic buildings and natural beauty. How could you represent these words in a building?. One life. Happiness. Friendship. Community. Humanity. Progress. Empathy. Science. The arts. Creativity. What does this symbol look like to you?. Possible ingredients of happiness. Gifts, games, and gadgets. Friends. Family. Money. Food and drink. A big house. Music. Being kind to others. Exploring the world. What does ‘happiness’ mean?. Do not use the words ‘happy’ or ‘happiness’ in your answer.. Possible ingredients of happiness. Gifts, games, and gadgets. Friends. Family. Money. Food and drink. Age 11-14. Humanists have no doctrine or creed they must sign up to. Many will disagree on the specifics of the best way to live. But most will agree with the following key beliefs:. Believe the world is a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side, and . What do you celebrate?. Human beings are . special. and human life is valuable. Humanists . don’t believe in a god. ,. . or believe we can never know if there is a god. Humanists believe . we only have one life . Humanists base their moral decisions on . empathy. , . reason. , . evidence. , and . respect for the dignity of each person. .. Humanists will consider the evidence and the potential . consequences. of their actions, trying to find the course of action that leads to the least harm.. Use discretion with some topics depending on the age of the children. Remember you are there to describe Humanism, not to criticise and challenge religion. It is often best not to focus on arguments for and against the existence of a god or an afterlife, but better to simply state that humanists see no evidence for either, then present the positive values of Humanism.. Italian Renaissance humanists promoted a revival in classical literature and created new philological (study of languages) approaches to ancient texts.. Some Renaissance humanists furthered the values of secularism and individualism.