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There has rarely been a time when a clear statement of Humanist values has been so necessary. In intellectual life, these include a respect for evidence, the independence to follow any argument to where it leads, and an enlightened suspicion of claims to be authoritatively in possession of truth - religious or otherwise. In morality, they include an emphasis upon our fundamental equality and a respect for human rights, including the right to lead one's own life in one's own way. These values are united within the framework of a world view, premised on the recognition we each have only one life to lead, and that it is each person's own responsibility - no-one else's - to live that life to the fullest possible extent. In this welcome book, the Humanist framework is set out in terms which are both thorough and clear. Alan Haworth, author of Political Philosophy After 1945 (2022), Totalitarianism and Philosophy (2019), and Understanding the Political Philosophers: From Ancient to Modern Times (2012). A great choice for students and teachers wanting a thorough modern account of humanism. Jim Al-Khalili, Vice President of Humanists UK. An easy-to-read and informative overview of humanism. The manual for those wishing to delve deeper into this broad tradition of historical thought. Shaparak Khorsandi, Vice President of Humanists UK.

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Andrew Copson has been Chief Executive of Humanists UK since 2009 and President of Humanists International since 2015. A former director of the Religious Education Council, the Values Education Council, and the National Council for Faiths and Beliefs in Further Education. With Alice Roberts, he is author of the The Sunday Times bestseller The Little Book of Humanism (2020), the author of Secularism: a very short introduction (2019), and editor, with A.C. Grayling, of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Humanism (2015). Luke Donnellan is the Director of Understanding Humanism at Humanists UK, where he manages their programme of teacher training and education resources. He has worked as a primary school teacher and as a TV producer of video resources for teachers and students. He has written two online courses on humanism: Introducing humanism and Humanist lives. Richard Norman was formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent, UK. He is a member of Kent Humanists and a Patron of Humanists UK. His book On Humanism is also published by Routledge (2nd edition 2012).

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