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Paul Kurtz, 86, Humanist Publisher, Dies
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Paul Kurtz, a philosopher whose advocacy of reason ahead of faith helped define contemporary secular humanism, died on Saturday at his home in Amherst, N.Y. He was 86. He had been treated...
Humanist Manifesto I
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FIRST: Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created. SECOND: Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous...
The Treatment of Non-Israelite Slaves: From Moses To Moses
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Maimonides and the Problem of Non-Israelite Slaves: The Mishneh Torah Law Code Moses Maimonides (1138-1205) is the first to take a big step towards a more humane treatment of gentile...