Humanist of the Year

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Humanist of the Year is an annual honor bestowed by the American Humanist Association to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of humanist values, reason, and secular ethics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual award
award
humanist award
associatedMovement humanism
secular humanism
awardFor promotion of humanist values
promotion of reason
promotion of secular ethics
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field ethics
rationalism
secular humanism
frequency annual
genre humanism
hasAwardTitle Humanist of the Year self-link
hasLanguage English
hasWebsite https://americanhumanist.org
inception 1953
isPartOf Humanist of the Year self-linksurface differs
surface form: American Humanist Association awards
notableRecipient Alice Walker
William Sanford Nye
surface form: Bill Nye

Carl Sagan
Gloria Steinem
Isaac Asimov
Kurt Vonnegut
Margaret Atwood
Neil deGrasse Tyson
P.Z. Myers
Rebecca Goldstein
Richard Dawkins
Salman Rushdie
Steven Pinker
organizer American Humanist Association
presentedBy American Humanist Association
presenter American Humanist Association
purpose to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of humanist values
to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of reason
to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of secular ethics
recognizes individuals
selectionCriteria contributions to humanist thought and activism
promotion of science and reason in public life
public advocacy of secularism
sponsor American Humanist Association
typicalVenue American Humanist Association annual conference
valuePromoted human rights
scientific skepticism
separation of church and state
social justice

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Bill Nye awardReceived Humanist of the Year
Richard Dawkins awardReceived Humanist of the Year
Steven Pinker awardReceived Humanist of the Year
Humanist of the Year hasAwardTitle Humanist of the Year self-link
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this entity surface form: American Humanist Association awards