Today an Ipsos MORI poll has shown that 36% of people ? equivalent to around 17 million adults ? are in fact humanists in their basic outlook.
They:
- feel scientific & other evidence provides the best way to understand the universe (rather than feeling that religious beliefs are needed for a
?complete understanding?)
- believe that ?right and wrong? can be explained by human nature alone, and does not necessarily require religious teachings, and
- base their judgments of right and wrong on ?the effects on people and the consequences for society and the world?. |