Humanism Figures
Paul Kurtz
Kurtz gave organized secular humanism a durable institutional and publishing base.
Notable contribution
Built major institutions for secular humanism, skepticism, and naturalistic ethics.
Profile notes
- He founded or led organizations devoted to humanism, skepticism, and free inquiry.
- His work promoted ethics without supernatural authority and public criticism of pseudoscience.
- He helped make humanism a visible modern worldview rather than only a historical movement.