Table 1 Basic ideas of humanists
From: Bench-to-bedside review: Humanism in pediatric critical care medicine – a leadership challenge
Explore and challenge all areas of thought |
Make no claims to possess or have access to transcendent knowledge |
Reject arbitrary faith, authority, revelation and altered states of consciousness |
Recognize that intuitive feelings, hunches, flashes of inspiration, and emotion may lead to new ways of looking at the world |
Regard human values as making sense only in the context of human life |
Be concerned with meeting human needs and answering human problems |
Recognize the existence of moral dilemmas |
Accepts contemporary scientific concepts |
Accepts today's enlightened social thought |
Accepts new technological developments |
Is a philosophy for those in love with life |