DOES SECULAR HUMANISM MEET ITS OWN STANDARDS?
First, consider whether evolution provides philosophical grounds for adequate social goals. A social goal is one that, if accomplished, will benefit a group of people. The only social goal of evolution is more evolutionthat the species may continue to improve. Evolutionists cannot logically impose any other social goals because evolution is profited solely by time and chance, neither of which are subject to human influence. It is nonsensical to speak of creating time or chance, and just as ridiculous to speak of people controlling their own rate of evolution. The secular humanist may be allowed only such goals as are inherent in nature itself, for he asserts that man is merely a part of nature and the product of evolution. So, what of the social purposes of various creatures in the animal kingdom? Surely even the most strident Darwinist would refuse to normalize or universalize the social goals of, say, the lion. Social responsibility is not a leonine strength. The lion has no better s
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