# Let's define humanism

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**Category:** Humanism\
**Created:** [December 22, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/lets-define-humanism/10619 "2023-12-22T09:52:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/lets-define-humanism/10619/3 "2023-12-22T12:35:56Z")

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> [@Is the republic the best form of government?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-republic-the-best-form-of-government/10604/106):
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> What you both call Humanist values are just vague ideas, e.g. _be nice to others_, _live life to the fullest_,

Maybe, this remark could make me think of one (secular) humanist, A. C. Grayling, and the way he speaks, examples are videos like “[A.C. Grayling on making the most of this life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA43gqEbeQA)”, “[A.C. Grayling: what makes a great life?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCO_qbAtwZQ)”

Grayling belongs both to a **secular humanist** association, the “National Secular Society”, and a **religious humanist** association “Humanists UK”. He was academically trained by a logical positivist (so Enlightenment culture). This explaining maybe that.  
This “mix” is not rare at all in Anglo-Saxon humanist culture.

Could you indicate what precisely makes you fell that secular humanism was about vague ideas, e.g. _be nice to others_, _live life to the fullest_?

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