The big questions

What gives life meaning? How do we know what’s right? What happens when we die? Here’s how humanists approach life’s biggest questions, with free guides to help you think them through for yourself.

Two free guides to a good life

Short, readable introductions to humanist thinking, each by a different author, with suggestions for further reading.

Living Well

by Richard Docwra

An introduction to the humanist approach to a good life: thinking clearly, finding meaning, being good, and how to think about death.

Richard Docwra is a writer, coach, and consultant, and the author of Modern life – as good as it gets?

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Being Good

by Richard Norman

What humanists think it means to be good, from kindness and honesty to the harder questions beyond.

Richard Norman is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent and a patron of Humanists UK.

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