Platform address by Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County Dec. 4, 2011 In 2002, a 32-year-old Irish-born American journalist won the Pulitzer Prize for […]
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Simply Because It Is The Right Thing To Do
Platform address by Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County Dec. 1, 2012 The horror of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, last month, has […]
Our Leader on “Romney-Ryan worldview: Reaganism on steroids” in Bergen Record
Our Leader, Dr Joe Chuman, has been published in the Opinion section of the Bergen Record. He notes “the article reflects my personal views and the Ethical Culture Society […]
Religion and Religious Violence
Leader Joseph Chuman discusses how religion relates to violence in general and to terror in particular.
Political Leadership and American Ideals
The presidential campaign of 2008 is proving to be the most exhilarating political event within memory. Most eye-catching and inspiring is, of course, the Democratic side, with the inevitability that either a woman or an African-American will be the presidential nominee. It’s a novel, surprising, if not astonishing turn of events, which could not be more exciting if some master political operative in the sky had planned it that way.
Their Dignity and Ours
If there is anything that approaches a creed in Ethical Culture it is respect for the dignity of human beings. A respect and reverence for the worth or dignity of people is the foundation of Ethical Culture; it is central to our understanding of ethics and to us….
But what specifically do we mean by this invisible quality that resides somewhere within us, and regard for which is the centerpiece of ethical behavior?