By Janet Glass, President of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County Maybe by the time you read this I will have been able to think about something other than the results of the presidential election, its consequences and what it says about the values of many of our fellow citizens. By now you will […]
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10 Questions for Humanists
During his platform address in October, Arthur Dobrin, leader emeritus of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, posed the following 10 questions, suggesting that members consider each one for a moment. 1. What are you called upon to do as a humanist? 2. How does the idea of the dignity and worth of every […]
In Search of a Wider, Deeper, Richer Humanism
Today’s news is unsettling. Since September 2011, terrorism doesn’t seem so far away from us, even if it is taking place on the other side of the world. For those who are attuned to international events, the upheavals reported daily are captivating, and not in ways that put us at ease. Extremism is a defining […]
Speaking of Ethics: Living a Humanist Life
Author: Joseph Chuman (CreateSpace, North Charleston, S.C., 2014) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn On the cover of Joseph Chuman’s Speaking of Ethics, a silhouetted male figure holds a bullhorn in his right hand. With his left hand extended, index figure pointing upward, he rallies his troops. Women and men gesticulating wildly join him in protest. Action […]
2008 Commitment Dinner testimonials
These testimonials by members Esther, Sarah & Scott, Edith, Peter and Ellen are offered in the order in which they were delivered at the 2008 Commitment Dinner of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County in Teanck, NJ, on December 1, 2007. Esther ~ This Humanist Life Yet I was also apprehensive. Having never given […]
Ethics from the Heart
I believe in the life of reason, and my commitment to reason, in great measure, is what makes me a humanist. While honoring reason does not, in itself, a humanist make, it is certainly an essential component of the modern humanist worldview. It was Aristotle’s assumption long ago that the capacity for reason is what […]
