TAILIEUCHUNG - Humanist Manifesto II

It is forty years since Humanist Manifesto I (1933) appeared. Events since then make that earlier statement seem far too optimistic. Nazism has shown the depths of brutality of which humanity is capable. Other totalitarian regimes have suppressed human rights without ending poverty. Science has sometimes brought evil as well as good. Recent decades have shown that inhuman wars can be made in the name of peace. The beginnings of police states, even in democratic societies, widespread government espionage, and other abuses of power by military, political, and industrial elites, and the continuance of unyielding racism, all present a different and difficult social outlook. In various. | Humanist Manifesto II 1 Humanist Manifesto II Preface It is forty years since Humanist Manifesto I 1933 appeared. Events since then make that earlier statement seem far too optimistic. Nazism has shown the depths of brutality of which humanity is capable. Other totalitarian regimes have suppressed human rights without ending poverty. Science has sometimes brought evil as well as good. Recent decades have shown that inhuman wars can be made in the name of peace. The beginnings of police states even in democratic societies widespread government espionage and other abuses of power by military political and industrial elites and the continuance of unyielding racism all present a different and difficult social outlook. In various societies the demands of women and minority groups for equal rights effectively challenge our generation. As we approach the twenty-first century however an affirmative and hopeful vision is needed. Faith commensurate with advancing knowledge is also necessary. In the choice between despair and hope humanists respond in this Humanist Manifesto II with a positive declaration for times of uncertainty. As in 1933 humanists still believe that traditional theism especially faith in the prayer-hearing God assumed to live and care for persons to hear and understand their prayers and to be able to do something about them is an unproved and outmoded faith. Salvationism based on mere affirmation still appears as harmful diverting people with false hopes of heaven hereafter. Reasonable minds look to other means for survival. Those who sign Humanist Manifesto II disclaim that they are setting forth a binding credo their individual views would be stated in widely varying ways. This statement is however reaching for vision in a time that needs direction. It is social analysis in an effort at consensus. New statements should be developed to supersede this but for today it is our conviction that humanism offers an alternative that can serve present-day needs .

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