so i heard of the philosophy of “humanism” before but i dont entirely know what it means. I tried googling it and i’ll admit it was a bit too complex for me to wrap my head around.
in simple terms, what is the belief of humanism?
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There is also the psychological Humanist perspective, which is one of the big three foundations that psychology is built on. The basic beliefs are that all humans have value simply for being human, and that free will is one of the most important things about humans. It lead to psychology focus more on what we think and choose rather than just how the people & situations around us influence us (which is what behaviorism focuses on) and on our basic, unconscious drives lead us to (which is what psychoanalysis focused on). It lead to something called unconditional positive regard (valuing/love for others just because they exist, also called agapé), which is the basis for all helping relationships, and influenced the field’s code of ethics. If you’ve ever heard of needs theory, Abraham Maslow or Carl Rogers, that’s Humanist psychology. I’ve even argued that Fred Rogers fit in pretty well here, too.
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