Tradition · Modern & New
Secular Humanism
An ethical worldview grounding meaning and morality in reason, not the divine.
from 1933 CE → · Western world · Modern & New
Secular Humanism is a nonreligious philosophy of life, given public form in the 1933 Humanist Manifesto, that seeks meaning, ethics, and human flourishing through reason, evidence, and compassion rather than belief in the supernatural. Drawing on Enlightenment rationalism and older Greek philosophy, it affirms human dignity and responsibility for improving this world. It is represented today by humanist and secular organizations worldwide.
Key figures
- The signers of the Humanist Manifesto
Texts
- The Humanist Manifestos
Beliefs
- Meaning and ethics without the supernatural
- Reason, evidence, and human dignity
- Responsibility for this life and world
Rituals
- Reasoned inquiry and dialogue
- Secular ceremonies for life’s milestones
Grew from
Connections in the atlas
- Happy Human
- Baruch Spinoza
- Cities
- The Tamils
- ▶ Land and belief
- Peace sign
- Dove