As a philosophical stance, humanism emphasizes on the intellectual capacities of man as a rational animal. Moreover, secular humanism rejects the notion of a higher spiritual being dominating the will and nature of man. This is summed up in the work of Ted Hendrich in his 1995 book The Oxford Companion to Philosophy wherein secular humanism is “An appeal to reason in contrast to revelation or religious authority as a means of finding out about the natural world and destiny of man, and also giving a grounding for morality…Humanist ethics is …show more content…
Humanism promotes tolerance and human reasoning over religious and spiritual views. In the early years, religion has been the basis of everything. However, the new discoveries, accomplishments and experiences of mankind brought a dilemma to religion requiring a new rationale as to why religion exists. The nature of the universe depicted by modern science dispels any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of human values. Nowadays, people may consider religion as a