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title: "Humanist values"
date: "2021-06-02T09:34:50+01:00"
modified: "2026-11-01T15:25:06+00:00"
url: "https://humanists.uk/humanism/humanist-values/"
post_id: 105673
---

# Humanist values

The humanist approach to life can be thought about as having three important aspects:

![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/Thinking-Clearly-2-copy.png?resize=874%2C733&ssl=1)**Thinking clearly**

Humanists value rational, critical thinking.

[Read more](https://humanists.uk/humanism/humanist-values/thinking-clearly/)



![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/Being-Good.png?resize=874%2C733&ssl=1)**Being good**

Humanists act with others in mind.

[Read more](https://humanists.uk/humanism/humanist-values/being-good/)



![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/Living-Well-copy.png?resize=874%2C733&ssl=1)**Living well**

This is the one life we have.

[Read more](https://humanists.uk/humanism/humanist-values/living-well/)





The biologist TH Huxley gave a good summing up of the humanist approach to life when he famously said we must learn what is true in order to do what is right.

The humanist approach to life emphasises seeing the world as it really is, treating others as they’d like to be treated, and living your life as fully as you can.

> ‘Learn what is true in order to do what is right.’
> 
> TH Huxley

Videos on humanist values
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With our patron Stephen Fry, we produced these four introductory videos to the important aspects of a humanist approach.

[![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/humanism-yt-right.webp?resize=766%2C431&ssl=1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZnDImejvj8)**[How can I tell right from wrong?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZnDImejvj8)**





[![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/humanism-yt-happy.webp?resize=960%2C540&ssl=1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wraQXSSjE)**[How can I be happy?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wraQXSSjE)**





[![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/humanism-yt-true.webp?resize=766%2C431&ssl=1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZSKm7U_5g)**[How do we know what’s true?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZSKm7U_5g)**





[![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/humanism-yt-death.webp?resize=766%2C431&ssl=1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ewpKqk-GDs)**[What should we think about death?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ewpKqk-GDs)**







Where next?
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Take our quick quiz and find out if ‘humanist’ describes the way you already approach life.

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