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[[File:Paul Kurtz.jpg|thumbnail|right|160px|[[Paul Kurtz]] is considered by some to be the founder the secular humanism movement<ref name="pointofinquiry.org">[http://www.pointofinquiry.org/paul_kurtz_the_new_atheism_and_secular_humanism/ The New Atheism and Secular Humanism]. Center for Inquiry]. 19 October 2009. "Paul Kurtz, considered by many the father of the secular humanist movement, is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo."</ref> Secular humanism is a form of [[philosophical skepticism]].]]

[[File:Paul Kurtz.jpg|thumbnail|right|160px|[[Paul Kurtz]] is considered by some to be the founder the secular humanism movement<ref name="pointofinquiry.org">[http://www.pointofinquiry.org/paul_kurtz_the_new_atheism_and_secular_humanism/ The New Atheism and Secular Humanism]. Center for Inquiry]. 19 October 2009. "Paul Kurtz, considered by many the father of the secular humanist movement, is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo."</ref> Secular humanism is a form of [[philosophical skepticism]].]]

'''Secular humanism''' is [[humanism]] that is [[Atheism|atheistic]] in nature. It is a philosophy which holds that human beings are the most important figures, and that social problems are best solved without the involvement of religious doctrine. People who are secular humanists purport to focus on ways to better themselves and human beings as a whole.  The American Humanist Association's motto on the main page of their website is "good without a God".<ref>[http://americanhumanist.org/ American Humanist Association website]</ref> Secular humanists, like atheists as a whole, are often viewed as self-centered (see: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]] and [[Atheism and hedonism]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]] and [[Views on Atheists|Views on atheists]]).  

'''Secular humanism''' is [[humanism]] that is [[Atheism|atheistic]] in nature. It is a philosophy which holds that human beings are the most important figures, and that social problems are best solved without the involvement of religious doctrine. People who are secular humanists purport to focus on ways to better themselves and human beings as a whole.  The American Humanist Association's motto on the main page of their website is "good without a God".<ref>[http://americanhumanist.org/ American Humanist Association website]</ref> Secular humanists, like atheists as a whole, are often viewed as self-centered (see: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]] and [[Atheism and hedonism]] and [[Atheist population and immorality]] and [[Views on Atheists|Views on atheists]]).  

One of the goals of secular humanism was to make atheism more humane, but the atheist population, including its secular humanist faction which has engaged in bitter infighting for years, has fallen significantly short of this standard of behavior (see: [[Atheism, social justice and hypocrisy]]).<ref name="youtube.com">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U22xTou2WgcPaul Kurtz and Ron Lindsay Argument Audio Part Two]</ref>  

One of the goals of secular humanism was to make atheism more humane, but the atheist population, including its secular humanist faction which has engaged in bitter infighting for years, has fallen significantly short of this standard of behavior (see: [[Atheism, social justice and hypocrisy]]).<ref name="youtube.com">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U22xTou2WgcPaul Kurtz and Ron Lindsay Argument Audio Part Two]</ref>