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title: "What is humanism?"
date: "2021-08-04T13:16:22+01:00"
modified: "2021-11-26T15:24:27+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/area/what-is-humanism/"
post_id: 2395
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# What is humanism?

**What do humanists believe? What do they value? What are their goals and ambitions and what motivates them?**

Here you will find resources to support an introduction to the humanist approach to life, on the shared beliefs and values humanists hold, on humanist organisations, and on how people discover the word ‘humanist’ applies to them.