Secular humanism
Bases ethics and public life on reason and science rather than religion.
Associated with: Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, the Humanist Manifestos.
Secular humanism sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly tech-optimist on technology and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on economy.
Where secular humanism sits on eight dimensions
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