Humanist · 19th–20th century institutional forms

Secular Humanism

Bases public justification on human experience, inquiry, and welfare without requiring religious authority. It supports equal dignity and freedom of belief within a shared political order.

Foundational doctrines

Disagreement and variation

Humanists disagree over economics and moral theory; secular public reasoning alone does not settle questions about redistribution, hierarchy, or institutional change. Humanists disagree on economics, moral realism, and policy; secularism does not by itself imply a complete ideology.

Source and historical context

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