RE: How many reasonable solutions are there to any particular social issue?
April 2, 2020 at 10:08 am
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2020 at 10:13 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Exactly, the difference is experienced content, not propositional content. This is why the secular humanist will find it hard to object to religious humanism's influence in society and government. Why they will be hard pressed to be secular, with respect to the religion of humanism.
I'll plow ahead with another example, from earlier. A religion of nature. Most secular humanists are also naturalists. A religion of nature might state that we have an ethical commitment to environmental stewardship. As far as it's confluence with humanism, it's not clear how we could be looking out for humans if we weren't committed, in at least some sense. Here again it is very likely that a secular humanist will have trouble being secular. This example has the benefit of not using the same words in two contexts, as secular humanism and religious humanism do.
I'll plow ahead with another example, from earlier. A religion of nature. Most secular humanists are also naturalists. A religion of nature might state that we have an ethical commitment to environmental stewardship. As far as it's confluence with humanism, it's not clear how we could be looking out for humans if we weren't committed, in at least some sense. Here again it is very likely that a secular humanist will have trouble being secular. This example has the benefit of not using the same words in two contexts, as secular humanism and religious humanism do.
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