With obvious lack of respect for humanity pervading many governments and so few Humanists, will Humanists ever be able to affect change for the better?
2007-02-25 15:06:21 · 5 answers · asked by Gent 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It is a very lost cause.
2007-02-25 15:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by Think. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Humanist cause will never be a lost cause for Humanists, that is the essence of Humanism :o]
As for effecting change for the better, i believe we have seen this is many ways over the decades. You could argue that the UN Humanitarian organisations are part of that, maybe taking credit for that is going too far.
My answer: I sincerely hope so.
2007-02-25 15:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by n b 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You would think that everyone would want to be a humanist, wouldn't you? It seems so obvious.
I think that too many people think of themselves as too exclusively important for the rest of us.
And class, wealth, status etc. Don't come into it. It's all about ego.
I would say that a person who was not a humanist was not entirely human.
2007-02-25 15:16:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Humanism and Inhumanism make history together. Neither cause can 'win'. Stagnation or destruction being the outcome when this happens.
(I take humanism to mean nurturing/ passive/ matrist tendencies and inhumanism aggressive/ exploratory/ creative/ hierarchical/ patrist tendencies).
2007-02-25 15:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by mince42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humanism is part of the ethical debate. In fact it helps to believe there must be a God.
2007-02-25 19:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Tamart 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋