On humanism
By: Richard Norman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Thinking in action
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Secular humanism
Description: An impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates' age-old question: what is the best kind of life to live? Norman deals with big questions such the environment, Darwinism and 'creation science,' euthanasia and abortion, and then argues the it is ultimately through the human capacity for art, literature and the imagination that humanism is a powerful alternative to religious belief.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why science undermines religion; title: What's so special about human beings?; title: Morality in a godless world; title: The meaning of life and the need for stories.