Drafted with the help of a 12-person committee, this Manifesto promotes a humanistic ethics based on reason and a Planetary bill of rights and responsibilities.
This Manifesto was drafted by Paul Kurtz in consultation with a twelve-person internal committee..
Wilson, and eleven Nobel Laureates--Humanist Manifesto 2000 recommends long-range attainable goals and generates confidence in the ability of the human species to solve its problems by rational means and a positive outlook.
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Clarke, Alan Cranston, Richard Dawkins, Richard Leakey, Jill Tarter, E.
Endorsed by a distinguished list of Humanist intellectuals--including Arthur C.
It proposes a new global agenda, stresses the need for international institutions (including a new world parliament and regulation of global conglomerates), and concludes on a note of optimism about the human prospect.
Humanist Manifesto 2000 promotes a humanistic ethics based on reason and a Planetary bill of rights and responsibilities.
Drawing on the achievements of modernity - the success of scientific medicine, the overall improvement of public health, the Green Revolution, the conveniences of a consumer society, global communication and transportation, increased understanding of the natural world, and many others - the Planetary Humanism that this Manifesto presents seeks to transcend the negativity of postmodernism and looks forward to the information age now upon us.
Humanist Manifesto 2000 is formulated in the conviction that science, reason, democracy, education, and Humanist values can enhance human progress.
Providing a strong defense of scientific naturalism and technology, it is offered as a contribution to the dialogue among the different cultural, political, and economic viewpoints in the world.
This entirely new Humanist Manifesto is designed to address the problems of the twenty-first century and the millennium beyond.
It proposes a new global agenda, stresses the need for international institutions, and concludes on a note of optimism about the human prospect.
Drafted with the help of a 12-person committee, this Manifesto promotes a humanistic ethics based on reason and a Planetary bill of rights and responsibilities
