Humanism and Activism

2013-08-06

Recently an Indian actress named Vidya Balan was asked about her activism on behalf of the poor of India.Her response? I’m not an activist, I’m a Humanist.I obviously loved her answer. ----more----I loved it not only because she’s open about her Humanism.But because for her, part of being a Humanist is to be an activist.I agree. It isn’t enough to care about the suffering other people.We have a moral obligation to take action to help them, if we can. We don’t choose to be activists.Activism is an embedded par...

Recently an Indian actress named Vidya Balan was asked about her activism on behalf of the poor of India.

Her response? I’m not an activist, I’m a Humanist.

I obviously loved her answer. ----more----

I loved it not only because she’s open about her Humanism.

But because for her, part of being a Humanist is to be an activist.

I agree.

It isn’t enough to care about the suffering other people.

We have a moral obligation to take action to help them, if we can.

We don’t choose to be activists.

Activism is an embedded part of how we choose to live our lives.

A link to the article about Vidya is on the podcast page - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/news-interviews/40589115_1_shabana-azmi-humanist-activist

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