Humanist Association of Ireland Humanist Association of Ireland The Humanist Association of Ireland (HAI) is an Irish secular humanist organisation that was founded in 1993 to promote Humanism, which they describe as: an ethical philosophy of life, based on a concern for humanity in general, and for human individuals in particular. This view of life combines reason with compassion. It is for those people who base their interpretation of existence on the evidence of the natural world and its evolution, and not on belief in a supernatural power. The HAI is also active in providing Humanist alternatives to traditional wedding, baptism and funeral ceremonies.
Humanist Manifesto periodical. His Secular Humanist Declaration was the starting point for these enterprises. "Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism" is a book by Paul Kurtz published in 2000. It differs from the other three in that it is a full-length book rather than essay-length, and was published not by the American Humanist Association but by the Council for Secular Humanism. In it, Kurtz argues for many of the points already formulated in Humanist Manifesto 2, of which he had been co-author in 1973. The Amsterdam Declaration 2002 is a statement of the fundamental principles of modern Humanism passed