Everything on this page is measured by the same standards as for every other tradition: the same twelve values, the same eight questions, the same scale per area of life. What is measured is what the texts do, not whether they are right.
| Value | here | overall | difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice | 73 % | 25 % | +48 |
| Knowledge | 62 % | 36 % | +25 |
| Truthfulness | 44 % | 16 % | +28 |
| Community | 37 % | 58 % | -21 |
| Responsibility | 20 % | 28 % | -8 |
| Care | 17 % | 20 % | -3 |
| Hope | 7 % | 18 % | -11 |
| Humility | 4 % | 25 % | -21 |
| Patience | 1 % | 14 % | -13 |
| Gratitude | 1 % | 16 % | -15 |
| Repentance | 1 % | 19 % | -18 |
| Mercy | 0 % | 12 % | -12 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality | 66 % (112) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the economy, politics, or social structures | 80 % (112) |
| What helps against it? | insight, learning, enlightenment, right understanding | 66 % (112) |
| What is human being according to this text? | self-determined, the author of one's own actions | 88 % (112) |
| Where is history heading? | it is getting worse, an order is coming to an end | 46 % (112) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on argument, logic, science | 96 % (112) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to every human being, regardless of faith | 91 % (112) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at others, at society, at other groups | 80 % (112) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| State and politics | -0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 96 of 112 texts |
| Other religions | -0.6 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 48 of 112 texts |
| Education and science | +0.7 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 46 of 112 texts |
| Law and punishment | -0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 42 of 112 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.7 as a danger or transgression that is warned against | 29 of 112 texts |
| Migration and strangers | -0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 22 of 112 texts |
| Illness and death | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 21 of 112 texts |
| Poverty and care | +0.5 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 19 of 112 texts |
| Gender and roles | +0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 16 of 112 texts |
| Environment and animals | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 12 of 112 texts |
| Family and children | +0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 10 of 112 texts |
| Money and possessions | -0.8 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 9 of 112 texts |
| Sexuality | +0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 9 of 112 texts |
| Work and performance | +0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 7 of 112 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 4 of 112 texts |
The text analyses political dissatisfaction and deficits of justice in Germany and calls for trust-building reforms.
Report on the introduction of animal ethics workshops to reflect on the keeping of farm animals in the humanist youth FEIER programme in Berlin.
A hospice visit shows how finitude makes life more intense and how self-determination is made possible through the care of others.
A conference of the Humanistische Akademie Deutschland addresses fake news, their causes, and the responsibility of science, media, and educational institutions.
Announcement of a lecture by Prof. Dr. Erwin de Blok on the finiteness of star formation and the gas reservoirs of galaxies.
Bremen bans religious symbols during police operations involving contact with citizens in order to preserve state neutrality, following a legal dispute involving a Sikh applicant.