secular humanists

Nonreligious moral philosophers

Secular humanists are people who embrace a philosophy centered on human reason, ethics, and welfare without reliance on religious belief or supernatural authority.

The term combines secular (nonreligious) with humanist (focused on human values and potential).

Secular humanists typically advocate for science-based understanding, individual freedom, and ethical systems grounded in human experience rather than divine command: Secular humanists argue that morality doesn't require religion.

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nonbelievers · enlightenment · reason · free inquiry · ethics · Darwin · Carl Sagan · science · morality · moral compass · godless · progressive · liberal · philosophy · manifesto · Dawkins · irreligious · empathy

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source of meaning and ethics

secular humaniststheists

People affirming divine existence

theocrats · creationists · evangelicals · Orthodox Jews · mystics

metaphysical stance

secular humanistssupernaturalists

Believers in non-material forces

mystics · spiritualists · occultists · faith healers · theosophists

value of human agency and reason

secular humanistsnihilists

Deniers of meaning

misanthropes · fatalists · absurdists

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