I’ve read rants about humanism from the far-right but I’ve also heard some conservatives use it as a pejorative as well. What does this term mean to you and are you support humanist views or not? Is it being used differently than in the sense of renaissance humanism? Aren’t liberalism (conservatives and liberals in the US) and modern science humanist projects?
Define humanism
Yes, that’s what I’m asking. How do conservatives view it? I always just thought - in a modern sense - it meant a view that human society is determined by humans rather than deterministic (“human nature”) biology or by divine order. Also the idea that humans can understand the world through reason and scientific discovery.
Does that imply denying our biological nature?
It isn’t a conservative question. I am conservative and don’t give a krap. It is a religious belief In the same way a liberal Christian would not like humanism
No such thing as liberal christian
Uh, sure there is. They’re just not politically organized like the Christian conservatives.
Once you scratch the surface, bigotry quickly shows itself
Humanism is an alternate source of morality to them. As such it conflicts with the only source of morality they respect: Christian sharia law and religion. Therefore they hate humanism, science and anything that might contradict the word view they dreamed up from a 2000 years old book.
That’s certainly true for the Christian-conservatives. Maybe for secular conservatives, it’s just cross-pollination? But I’ve also read secular right-wing nationalists rant about this.