need communal encouragement support promotes capacity intelligence evaluating modifying morality wider cultural ways privileges individual dignity autonomy necessary subordinate goals cultural political groups encourages ethical ideals promoting human intelligence flourishing cultures reasonably support blockquote along social changes nations faced late th century humanist ethics evolved constant voice supporting secularism civil rights personal autonomy religious toleration multiculturalism cosmopolitanism humanist philosopher brian ellis argues social humanist theory morality called social contractual utilitarianism
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