What's Wrong With Humanism?

On Religion, Philosophy, and Human Dignity

Humanism—say critics—is wrong in at least two ways: 1) it over-focuses on our obligation to fellow humans, to the detriment of non-humans, and 2) it defines our humanness in such a narrow way as to exclude many humans. Here’s Martha Nussbaum:

Finally, cosmopolitanism is a form of humanist rationalism. Our duties are to other humans only, and their ground…