WHAT IS A BRIGHT?
* A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview
* A bright’s worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements
* The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview
REASON AND PURPOSE:
Currently the naturalistic worldview is insufficiently expressed within most cultures, even politically/socially repressed. To be a Bright is to participate in a movement to address the situation.
There is a great diversity of persons who have a naturalistic worldview. Some are members of existing organizations that foster a supernatural-free perspective. Far more individuals are not associated with any formal group or label. Under the broad umbrella of the naturalistic worldview, the constituency of Brights can undertake social and civic actions designed to influence a society otherwise permeated with supernaturalism.
THE MOVEMENT’S THREE MAJOR AIMS ARE:
1. Promote the civic understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview, which is free of supernatural and mystical elements.
2. Gain public recognition that persons who hold such a worldview can bring principled actions to bear on matters of civic importance.
3. Educate society toward accepting the full and equitable civic participation of all such individuals.
Bill Moyer interviews Daniel Dennett on the Charlie Rose Show, April 2006
Disclaimer: This interview begins with a discussion of the Brights Movement where both Dennett & Moyers err by falsely claiming that the noun, Bright, is simply a new word for ’atheist’. For more information on this frequent misconception, check out this essay from Brights’ Central.
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Daniel Dennett’s award acceptance speech at the AAI 2007 conference.
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