SECULAR HUMANISM

TEAM NAME : CALIFORNIA

TEAM MEMBERS: LIU JIA YI LEE HUI ROU
LEE HUI XUAN ESTHER SIM XIN YING
TING JHY CHEE CHONG YEE
CARMEN YIEK LEH XION JEWEL TIONG HO RU
LAU JIIN BING LU EE CHEN
SECULAR HUMANISM
• An ethical philosophy that emphasizes a
world view based upon naturalism
• Naturalism
-the belief that the physical world or
nature is all that exists or is real
• Emphasizes scientific inquiry & rejects
revealed knowledge as well as theistic
morality
• influential in politics, ethics and morals,
as well as education
 RELIGION OF SECULAR HUMANISM
• Atheists
- a person without a belief
in a god or very skeptical of
the possibility

• Agnostics
- a person without knowledge
of a god and uncertain of the
possibility
EVOLUTION OF SECULAR HUMANISM

• The universe is self-existing and has not been created

• Mankind is a part of nature and has emerged as a result of
continuous, natural evolutionary forces
MORALITY/ETHICS
SECULAR HUMANISTS
• Free from supernaturalism
• Rooted in their human experiences and culture
• Oppose any absolute standards (through objective principles of moral)

ETHICS

• Individualistic and situational

• Stem from human needs and interests
MAJOR GOALS OF HUMANISM
• Happiness of good life
• Shared enjoyment of life
• Creative realization of human needs and desires
• Complete realization of the human potential and enrichment

RELIGION
• Accelerate to increase the joy of living
SEXUAL EXPRESSION
• Do not hold the many varieties of
sexual expression as evil
• Do not seek to limit, by law or social
mores sexual behavior between
consenting adults
• Encourage intimate, sensitive,
respectful, and honest interpersonal
relationships
• Recognize the right to birth control,
abortion and divorce
• Moral education is important for
children and adults
ONE WORLD
• Deplore the division
of mankind
• Democratized
economy
• Inequality of wealth,
income, and economy
must be reduced
 EDUCATION
Definition: The essential method of building
humane, free and democratic societies.
ENCOURAGES: 1 2 3
Moral The capacity Understanding
awareness for free of the
choice consequences
of choices
Aims:
• Transfer of knowledge
• Training for a job or career
• Development of democratic citizens
• Encouragement of moral growth
• Develop moral virtues, intelligence &
building of character
Q&A
1. How many categories of religion did secular humanism had?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
2. What is the goal of humanism?
A.Increase of poverty
B. Sadness
C. Happiness of life
3. What is important for children and adults?
A.Moral education
B. Money
C. Mathematics
D.History
4. To achieve One World concept, the unfair distribution
of wealth, income, and economy must
be_________________?
A) Increased
B) Maintained
C) Reduced
5. What are the aims of education in Secular Humanism?
I. Training for a job or career
II. Development of democratic citizens
III. Encouragement of moral growth
IV. To involve in criminal activities
A. I, II and III only
B. I, II and IV only
C. II, III and IV only
D. All of the above