Humanist Manifesto II




Humanist Manifesto II, written in 1973 by humanists Paul Kurtz and Edwin H. Wilson, was an update to the previous Humanist Manifesto (1933), and the second entry in the Humanist Manifesto series. It begins with a statement that the excesses of National Socialism and world war had made the first seem too optimistic, and indicated a more hardheaded and realistic approach in its seventeen-point statement, which was much longer and more elaborate than the previous version. Nevertheless, much of the optimism of the first remained, expressing hope that war and poverty would be eliminated.


In addition to its absolute rejection of theism and deism, various political stances are supported, such as opposition to racism, opposition to weapons of mass destruction, support of human rights, a proposition of an international court, and the right to unrestricted abortion and contraception.


Initially published with a small number of signatures, the document was circulated and gained thousands more, and indeed the American Humanist Association's website encourages visitors to add their own name. A provision at the end states that the signators do "not necessarily endorse every detail" of the document, but only its broad vision, no doubt helped many overcome reservations about attaching their name.


One of the oft-quoted lines that comes from this manifesto is, "No deity will save us; we must save ourselves."


The Humanist Manifesto II first appeared in The Humanist September / October, 1973, when Paul Kurtz and Edwin H. Wilson were editor and editor emeritus , respectively.




Contents






  • 1 Signatories


    • 1.1 United Kingdom


    • 1.2 United States


    • 1.3 Yugoslavia


    • 1.4 Soviet Union


    • 1.5 France




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Signatories


The 120 original signatories to the manifesto included the following:[1]



United Kingdom



  • A. J. Ayer

  • H. J. Blackham

  • Brigid Brophy

  • Francis Crick

  • H. J. Eysenck

  • Raymond Firth

  • Antony Flew

  • James Hemming

  • Julian Huxley

  • Margaret Knight

  • Ritchie Calder



United States



  • Isaac Asimov

  • Paul Blanshard

  • Arthur Danto

  • Paul Edwards

  • Alexander Esenin-Volpin

  • Betty Friedan

  • James Farmer

  • Mordecai Kaplan

  • Alan F. Guttmacher

  • Maxine Greene

  • Sidney Hook

  • Irving Horowitz

  • Corliss Lamont

  • Vashti McCollum

  • Herbert Muller

  • A. Philip Randolph

  • B. F. Skinner

  • Mark Starr

  • Maurice Visscher

  • Bertram Wolfe

  • Joseph Margolis



Yugoslavia


  • Svetozar Stojanovic


Soviet Union


  • Andrei Sakharov


France


  • Jean-Francois Revel


References





  1. ^ Humanist Manifesto II Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine.




External links


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