Re: humanism today


edwinajessel@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What is wrong with humanism today is the problems that we have had with
> it in the past. Many would say it is too idealistic to work in today's
> society and that we cannot all unite in this way, that it would be
> naieve to think so. Do you really have a strong enough arguement to
> validate today's philosphical humanism with regards to it's past?
> I do appreciate your inscite greatly
> David V. wrote:
> > edwinajessel@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > many might assert that the word humanism has lost it's value
> > > through the crisis of humanism. what would you say is the
> > > crisis of humanism?
> >
> > This "crisis of humanism" is only a strawman argument made up so
> > that someone can assert their own, usually moronic, philosophy.
> > It's done either to make themselves look better, in their own
> > eyes, than everyone else, or it is done as part of an empire
> > building attempt.
> >
> > > do you all think that meaning can be restored to the word
> > > humanism? i would think that it can, but with difficulty as
> > > the word is often used incorrectly. any thoughts anyone has
> > > would interest me greatly, thank you
> >
> > First, what's wrong?
> > --
> > Dave
> >
> > ....If you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an
> > ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish
> > the useful ideas from the worthless ones - Carl Sagan, 1987.


The real crisis of humanism is that it is still in love with the
bravery and the clarity of its initial precept that human beings are,
and ought to be, the only arbiters of human affairs. Humanism today is
just an endless series of riffs on that single chord. As such, it fails
to seek a role for humanity on the planet on which we belong; it
refuses to seek to see what out history might presage for us; it has no
vision of humanity for the medium or distant future; it has no sense of
our significance in relation to the history of matter.

And, oh yes, it has David V sneering at anybody who dares veer off the
narrowest othrodoxy.

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