IHEU Minimum Statement on Humanism (1996)

[In 1996, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s General Assembly adopted the following resolution. Any organization wishing to become a member of IHEU is signifies its acceptance of this statement. Source 🔗]

Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives.

It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities.

It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality.