Book: Fundamentals of Modern Humanism

Humanism as a social phenomenon (that is, humanistic organizations and movements) cannot turn into a political party or ideology, since by doing so it betrays itself as a worldview, loses its privacy, personality, humanity and universalism. If humanism becomes a political program or ideology, then it turns from a goal into a means of struggle for power, which, by definition, cannot be the power of one and all. It necessarily has its own bosses and subordinates, leaders and executors ... Any attempt to turn a humanistic movement or organization into a political party or ideology is doomed to failure, to perversion of humanistic ideals and real social functions of humanism. All this does not diminish, but on the contrary, enhances the significance of the political component of humanism ... The spiritual core of humanism as a social force, as a collective worldview should be a moral social force. Its general political task is to humanize the political consciousness of a citizen, the practice of political parties and the state.

Humanism is a secular, worldly, general civil worldview developed by man and going from person to person, expressing the idea of the absolute dignity of the individual, its outwardly relative, but steadily progressing towards absolute independence, self-sufficiency and equality in the face of society and the world known and unknown in it. Humanism is a modern form of realistic psychology and human life orientation, which includes rationality, criticality, skepticism, empathy, stoicism, tolerance, restraint, discretion, optimism, love of life, freedom, courage, hope, fantasy, and productive imagination. The humanistic worldview includes the requirement to recognize the presence or possibility of the inhuman in a person, not to ignore, but to strive to limit the power and sphere of influence of the dark side of human nature as much as possible. Moreover, humanism is full of conviction in the ability of people to more and more successfully and reliably curb their negative qualities in the course of human self-improvement and the progressive development of world civilization.

The essence of man is the essence acquired, co-edged and realized by him in himself and in the world in which he is born, lives and acts. Man is a co-creation, a being who, at the final stage of his formation, participates in the birth of himself as a reasonable, self-aware, worthy and equal partner of society and the world.

In order not to turn into a slave or servant of your convictions, which are not necessarily, more precisely, most likely, are not absolutely true and, of course, are not the only ones and are not better than everyone else in the world of ideas and beliefs, you need to look at them from the outside, be critical and careful about what they tell us, what they propose to do, or how to live. Apparently, it is important to remember that any knowledge is limited by time and place, there may be mistakes in it, especially since life does not stand still, and that knowledge that was enough yesterday may not be enough today.

Humanism does not claim to be absolutely true and complete. He admits that he may contain erroneous ideas or statements, and at the same time he admits that his truths may be probabilistic, limited by time or circumstances, that is, they are not necessarily absolute and eternal. This assumption allows humanism to see and take into account its delusions, correct them, improve and not turn into a dogma.

Self-consciousness is the way not to the outside, but to the individual. On this path, consciousness finds what we call the human self. To find and preserve one's self means to find and preserve the most important thing in oneself: one's dignity, independence, reasonable freedom and responsibility.

Man is not only a creation, but also a co-creation, in which the completion of the process of human emergence is impossible without the own efforts of the born person.