What is Humanism?

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Wheres the bad come into it to balance the books out?

Ethics by reason rather than fiat. VERY short & sweet it looks at how society is better for everyone if people can trust each other and not try to impose their decrees (especially religious ones) on each other, and that makes it very accepting. OTOH as one is supposed to use reason rather than "someone says it, I believe it, that settles it" then many of the particulars are open to debate. For example, which is more harmful, drug prohibition or drug decriminalization? Do children have the mental skills and maturity to agree to a contract or do they need time to mature and learn before having all the rights & responsibilities of citizenship? Is society harmed if children are allowed to work in sweat shops? Unlike most religions they allow reasonable debate (as opposed to "what's actually meant by this obscure verse...") to decide, and so no they don't accept child rapists, slavers, etc (btw, there are Bible verses that DO, and we have the age of enlightenment to thank for why Christians are no longer, for the most part, this barbaric still). And if it's wrong it CAN be questioned...not simply reinterpreted without reason and based simply on one's own prejudices (or prejudices inflicted on a victim of religious abuse).