Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) is a part of a UK, European and wider international movement of people and organisations.
In Scotland HSS members have a clear vision of a secular Scotland, and the activities that HSS can pursue to achieve that end.
Individual humanists will differ in the importance they give to different activities such as seeking to improve human rights or the development of humanist ceremonies. For some humanism is primarily a life stance that influences the way we behave as individuals; some see humanism as being primarily a belief system or a set of coherent philosophical positions; others view humanism as a series of values which should inform public policy . What unites HSS members is the basis of their life stance. In negative terms the phrase we often use is, “we can be good without god”; we do not need a deity or indeed any other supernatural presence to determine what might be ethical or appropriate.
Humanists do not have one fixed “text” that describes all about humanism. You can find out more by reading:
- The Amsterdam Declaration
- Some quotations about humanism, and
- An essay on Humanist Ethics by Nigel Bruce, a long-serving HSS member
