Saturday, August 4, 2012

The Humanist Manifesto III

This reading is in honor of the recent passing of Gore Vidal, an author who influenced C0nc0rdance at a young age. Gore Vidal was a one-time spokesman for the American Humanist Association, sharing that honor with other authors like Kurt Vonnegut and Isaac Asimov. You can read more about Gore Vidal here.



What is Humanism? This Manifesto attempts to address the common goals of humanism. It is not a dogma. In fact, it is revised every twenty years or so. As Kurt Vonnegut elegantly put it "Being a humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead". It is the ethical and moral code of many non-believers.

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