Humanism
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Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the agency and the individual and social potential of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
Portrait of Petrarch painted by Altichiero in 1376
David by Michelangelo, 1501–1504. Artistic work during the Renaissance illustrates the emphasis given to anatomical details of humans.
Henry William Pickersgill, Portrait of Jeremy Bentham, 1829.
Home of Giordano Bruno Foundation in Germany.
Alice Roberts
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Alice May Roberts is a British academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was p
Humanism
…UK had around 28,000 members. Its membership includes some high-profile people such as Richard Dawkins, Brian Cox, Salman Rushdie, Polly Toynbee, Alice Roberts and Stephen Fry, who are known for their participation in public debate, promoting secularism, and objecting to state funding for faith-based institutions…
Roberts in 2016
Roberts giving a public lecture for the opening of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath in 2018
Roberts at the unveiling of the Statue of Mary Anning in Lyme Regis in Dorset, May 2022