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On Humanism

On Humanism

Norman, Richard

Paperback

Series: Thinking in Action

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0415670411
ISBN13: 9780415670418
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 27 2012
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.60
Language: English

What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century's crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism?

On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defence of humanism. It is also an impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates' age-old question: what is the best kind of life to lead? Although humanism has much in common with science, Richard Norman shows that it is far from a denial of the more mysterious, fragile side of being human. He deals with big questions such as Darwinism and 'creation science', matter and consciousness, euthanasia and abortion, and then argues that it is ultimately through the human capacity for art, literature and the imagination that humanism is a powerful alternative to religious belief.

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