Where is the balance between humanism and morals?

Question

Do you have a balance or a belief concerning the subject?

Answer 1

I simply did not think there was a difference

'between the two .  there is the balance in each

one of us to morolise our lives as we see fit, or

also as has been shown or taught to us : The humanistic

mixture in us makes that final choice of the

Ultimate Balance.

Answer 2

the difference between the two is the fact that humanism is an ethical theory, there are people that follow this theory and those that don't. Like most theories there are subsequent differences in every ones belief but they all relate back to the same principle of reason and science to fulfill their lives. Morals are habits that people use to feel good about themselves, principals, right and wrong. Morals can be drastically different depending on the persons environment, circumstance or bringing up.

Answer 3

Morals are social constructs enumerated by any culture in any given time in history.  Humanism alludes to an invariant set of principles that spans all cultures and time.

Answer 4

Humanism: be compassive, we all are humans and thus will make mistakes.

Morals: rules that must be screened with personal ethics and you can use your humanity to make a problem or mistake an opportunity to overcome, learn and grow.

Answer 5

Craig hit the nail on the head...

Humanism is important to the continuation of humanity... helping starving kids in Africa, stopping the practice of FGM, which cultural relativists say must be left alone, as it fits with the "morality" of the region.

Morality is anything but moral. It's a method of suppressing others. No s*x before marriage! g*y people are evil! Bah.

An atheist who does good for the sake of doing good is infinitely better than the Christian who does good to avoid eternal suffering or to gain eternal pleasure.

Answer 6

humanism and morals should be balance together otherwise some human who doesn't have morals will behave as animals. It all depend on the person how much morals they have.

Answer 7

the humanism - morals venn diagram has much more of an overlap than does the religion - morals venn diagram

im a secular humanist and so my morals are guided by whats best for humanity and NOT whats the best way to adhere to millenia old superstitious hogwash

the only things i see you have to balance against humanism when it comes to morals are things like animal welfare and care for the planet - whats good for humanity might not always be what's best for animals or the planet

Answer 8

Is there a difference between the two? Who is to say that humans are not innately moral?

I think that the balance lies in the thought that what is moral is in society's best interest. I think Humanism could have been created to serve as a platform to manipulate common-sense morals.

But yeah--we're only human! We're not supposed to, or going to solve life's mysteries.

Answer 9

there isnt any conflict as far as I can see. To love humanity and want what is best for us all is innately moral - I love the idea of looking out for each other in a non divisive way.

seems to me that is where religious morality loses itself by not knowing how to love the neighbour that is not in the same self intrest group - humanism doesn't count that as a problem.

Answer 10

I think humanism is a kind of philosophy. Yes, it usually involves some sort of moral theory, but it is not identical with moral theory. Today's humanism traces its roots to the enlightenment.

I do think there are some good criticisms of humanism. One, which somebody already mentioned, is that it is antropocentric and might no be able to articulate any moral obligations to animals or the environment. There are also criticisms from post-structuralist and pos-modern viewpoints, which may see humanism as a guise for the power ambitions of a specific culture.

I'm afraid I'm not really sure if this is what you were looking for...