This Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged, of The Philosophy of Humanism, is the definitive study of the history and growth of the humanist movement in North America. Renowned philosopher and activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping a better life in today's complex world.
The publication of this 1990 edition of The Philosophy of Humanism was supervised by Half-Moon Foundation, Inc.
The Philosophy of Humanism was originally published in 1949 as Humanism as a Philosophy.
Review
"Both readable and persuasive." --The New York Times
About the Author
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1902, Dr. Corliss Lamont graduated first from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1920, then magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1924. He did graduate work at Oxford and at Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1932. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1954. Then, until 1995, he was chairman of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. A leading proponent of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution, he won famous court decisions over Senator Joseph McCarthy and the CIA. In 1965, he secured a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against censorship of incoming mail by the U.S. Postmaster General. Lamont has long been associated with humanism, authoring the first edition of The Philosophy of Humanism in 1949. It has since become the standard text on the subject. He taught at Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard Universities, and at the New School for Social Research.
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This Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged, of The Philosophy of Humanism, is the definitive study of the history and growth of the humanist movement in North America. Renowned philosopher and activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping a better life in today's complex world.
The publication of this 1990 edition of The Philosophy of Humanism was supervised by Half-Moon Foundation, Inc.
The Philosophy of Humanism was originally published in 1949 as Humanism as a Philosophy.
Review
"Both readable and persuasive." --The New York Times
About the Author
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1902, Dr. Corliss Lamont graduated first from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1920, then magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1924. He did graduate work at Oxford and at Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1932. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1954. Then, until 1995, he was chairman of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. A leading proponent of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution, he won famous court decisions over Senator Joseph McCarthy and the CIA. In 1965, he secured a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against censorship of incoming mail by the U.S. Postmaster General. Lamont has long been associated with humanism, authoring the first edition of The Philosophy of Humanism in 1949. It has since become the standard text on the subject. He taught at Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard Universities, and at the New School for Social Research.