A Humanist Society Of New Mexico

us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” While this assessment of human nature is correct, there have been different reasons for this struggle. The Puritans believed that people were sinners who had fallen out of grace with an angry, yet just, God. Their days were strictly regimented with work and prayer, so they could live wholesome and modest lives. The Humanists, on the other hand, believed people were good for the betterment of their society and themselves. They were able to make their own decisions and live their lives because their loving God would understand, rather

Secular humanist believe the starting point of life is nothing breathtaking. The Human life is a result of a great many years of advancement that can be explained through the theory of evolution. There is no god who made life, and that religion is nothing more than the fears of mankind. Secular humanist utilize science, intelligence, and individual feelings as the answer for life’s most troublesome questions.

The Humanistic Perspective focuses on how people can achieve their fullest potential as individuals who make choices and who take control of responsibility for their mental, social, and personal experiences.   It also emphasizes free will and individuals' control of their own behavior. Andrea fulfilled her dreams when in high school by being valedictorian. She also had a home to shelter with her family. She was loved very much by her kid’s husband, and parents.

Humanistic theories emerged in 1950s. We have two types of humanistic theories, the first one is Person-centred theory by Carl Rogers which is based on how people see them-selves in relation to their personal experience and the second theory is Self-actualisation by Abraham Maslow which is based on the needs that motivate people. In this paper both theories will be described in detail and also they will be evaluated.

Humanist's believe that this world and this life is all we have. Once this “machine” (the body) breaks down and dies, death is the final and there is nothing more beyond that. Once the body starts decomposing, all that remains or they suggests lives on, is the impact they left on loved ones and through their culture (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011, p64).

The state of New Mexico defines murder in the first degree as the killing of one person by another without a lawful justification or excuse. Any action resulting in death, which can be proven to have been willful, deliberate and premeditated; committed during the commission or attempt to commit a felony; or by an act so dangerous to the lives of others that it indicates a depraved mind and disregard for human life, is a capital felony (NM Stat § 30-2-1). Currently, capital felonies are subject to a sentence of life imprisonment, or a “true life imprisonment” sentence which provides no option for release or parole (NM Stat § 31-18-14). However, from 1979 to 2009, New Mexico carried a harsher set of punishments for first-degree murder; life in prison with the possibility of parole, or the death penalty.

This is a narrative of one Mexican American woman’s experiences and her views on the importance of passing down the cultural beliefs of her ancestors. In the section of the country in which I live there is a large population within the community of Mexican American culture. Although I have frequent contact with people of Mexican American heritage either through employment or interaction out in the community, I have a limited understanding of their culture. For this reason, I chose to learn more about the population of people I have frequent contact with and as a professional work with as clients in the field of mental health counseling. The quest of finding someone knowledgeable to discuss the population, their cultural background and some of their necessities, as well as some past experiences, led me towards contacting a church. This took calling two different churches before the person at the second church informed me that I needed to speak with, Mrs. Socorro Garcia head of their Hispanic Ministries. Unfortunately, Mrs. Garcia was on vacation when I called, but I was able to speak with her over the phone the following week, setting up an interview in person at her office a couple days later. This was a relief because I was becoming concerned about locating someone for a personal interview.

Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;

Although numerous people do good to make the world a better place, many people perform good actions out of consequential fear that may come if certain actions are not performed. Puritans believe in doing good actions in order to seek rewards, and they undertake good projects out of fear. On the contrary, Humanists believe in doing good in order to make the world a better place. Overall, both Puritans and Humanists present good actions to obtain their beliefs.

This perspective assumes that we all thrive for personality growth, through mental processes and behaviors.. This perspective is different in its methodology compare to the biological approach, and the psychodynamic approach. Both these perspectives assume that human beings are controlled by internal or external forces. There are deterministic in nature. The humanistic perspective, promotes free will, and people can be, whatever, they envision themselves. This perspective was influence by humanists such as Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, who emphasizes on the importance of individual potentials.

The humanistic perspective on personality deals exclusively with human behavior. Humanistic psychologists believe that human nature includes a natural drive towards personal growth, that humans have the freedom to choose what they do regardless of environmental factors, and humans are mostly conscious beings and are not controlled by unconscious needs and conflicts. They also believe that a person's subjective view of the world is more important than objective reality. Two of the humanistic theorists that have made an impact of humanism are Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.

Humanists believe that people are influenced by their self-perceptions and personal meanings attached to their experiences. The humanist theory helps to develop critical thinking, judgment, and creativity. They encourage to empower and take control over their learning processes not be just concentrating on the reward at the end They encourage people to look into themselves for the answers to their questions. Behaviorists believe the exact opposite. They believe we are solely the product of our environment, and by controlling rewards and punishments you can shape the behavior of another person. Humanists also believe in stimulating people though asking question to help them draw on their past experiences to extract lessons (DeMar, 2007).

Looking at the basic aspects of humanistic theory, it is somewhat incompatible with the biological explanations of personality. According to the biological explanation of personality, the general idea of Maslow’s hierarchy is that everyone is born with specific needs. If people do not meet those base needs, they are unable to

Humanists celebrated the mind, beauty, power, and enormous potential of human beings. They believed that people were able to experiance god directly and should have a personal, emotional relationship to their faith. God had made the world but humans were able to share in his glory by becoming

Encarta Dictionary says that Humanism is a system of thought that centers on human beings and their values, capacities and worth. Encarta also goes on the say that, in philosophy, humanism is an attitude that emphasizes the dignity and worth of an individual. A basic premise of humanism is that people are rational beings who possess within themselves the capacity for truth and goodness. I see myself as a being a humanist through everyday life. I always try to see the good in a person when he/she makes me angry or sad, and say I to myself that maybe that person has had a bad day and living life is difficult at the moment. Socrates was even an early humanist of sorts. He can be quoted as saying, "to know the good is to do the