A NEW HUMANISM Naturalism, Democracy, and the Principle of Humanity

Authors

  • Barry F. Seidman Journalist and Broadcaster

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v17i1.11

Keywords:

humanism, political philosophy, atheism, naturalism

Abstract

If humanism is not equal to scientific naturalism, atheism, skepticism, or secularism, what then is humanism?

Author Biography

  • Barry F. Seidman, Journalist and Broadcaster

    Barry F. Seidman worked as a humanist/freethought community leader and events coordinator for the Center for Inquiry from 2000-2006. He has a BA in Video and Film Production from Rutgers University, and a MA in Science Journalism from New York University. He has been published in Free Inquiry, Philosophy Now, The Skeptic UK, The New Humanist, the Daily Record of New Jersey, Biotechnology News, Oncology.com, The Sciences, and Skeptical Inquirer. Barry has also contributed a chapter for the book anthology, Opposing Viewpoints: Death and Dying, and is coeditor of the anthology, Toward a New Political Humanism. He is also the producer of “Equal Time for Freethought,” a live radio program on WBAI-NY covering the scientific, philosophical, and humanistic aspects of the Freethought world.

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Published

2013-10-09

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Section

Articles

How to Cite

Seidman, B. F. (2013). A NEW HUMANISM Naturalism, Democracy, and the Principle of Humanity. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 17(1), 11-35. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v17i1.11