For all the implicit humanism of a story about amazingly massive and expensive resources being deployed for the rescue of one person, the movie is ultimately impersonal — not accidentally impersonal, not impersonal by sheer narrative propulsion, but impersonal by a design that ultimately comes off as ideological.
For all the anthropocentric humanism of Medieval scholastic thought, the heart of the Medieval thinker beat to the Gothic rhythm of puny, cipher-like Man, cringing before the overwhelming force of God's drama as it played itself out across the uncertain face of the fallen world.
But communities like the one we have at Harvard, where the mutual goals of love and service remain at the forefront of our actions, present a hope I long to see actualized in religious and nonreligious communities alike -- for the sake of Humanism, and for the sake of all humans.
But he believed it with weakening conviction; he could see all the arguments for considering humanism a vain promise.
The conference, sponsored by the Council for Secular Humanism, drew members from all the major doubters' organizations, including American Atheists and the American Humanist Association.
Blaine Merker, ASLA, Gehl Studio, argued for "making humanism physical and celebrating the human condition" through well-designed space for people.
The trilogy has already been criticized by church organizations alarmed at its preference for humanism and for its depiction of a cruel fictional church that is obsessed with what it regards as the sexual purity of children but blinded by its own lust for power.
Not content with attacking Nabokov, Bellow, Updike, Martin Amis and myself for "selective humanism", he states: "Of course, violence and exploitation underpin all nation states, democratic or not".
Vishniac was also remembered for his humanism and respect for life, sentiments that can be seen in all aspects of his work.
The publishers are for peace, humanism, civil liberties, a truthful portrayal of Negro life, & the dignity of human beings (They plan to pay writers $2 per printed page, which is dignified enough for anyone).
