Posted on April 16, 2014 by David
Last night at the Discussion Group Meeting of the Concord Area Humanists, the subject of justice came up and it was apparent that most people in this group were not aware of an alternative justice system called Restorative Justice. So I thought I would present a very basic tutorial. Read more about Humanism and Restorative Justice »
Posted on March 30, 2014 by David
As Humanists, it should go without saying that we should be concerned about Human Rights. The first thing necessary about “being concerned” is objective viewpoints. The media often presents us viewpoints about Human Rights in Russia, or Cuba, or China. And while many of these Human Rights articles give us viewpoints, often they are not objective but are subjective. But seldom does the media give us viewpoints on Human Rights regarding the United States. (I want to say “never”, but I never say “never”.) Read more about Humanism and Human Rights and the US »
Posted on March 24, 2014 by David
As some of you may know, I define Humanism as encompassing “all that it means to be human”. This, of course, includes science, but it also includes the non-rational mind of the creative, the social, the psychological, and all of those subjects that the universities include in their “Humanities” subjects like art, literature, history, etc. (Humanism is soooo much more than pro-science and anti-religion.) And it also includes all of the efforts included in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As such, I subs Read more about Humanities and Humanism »
Posted on March 10, 2014 by David
A few nights ago, those of us at Concord Area Humanists had a speaker, Tom Clark, discuss free will and determinism (among other topics of Naturalism). I’m not going to say that I followed everything he said, but I wanted to present my theoretical model that I have created which allows me to accept both free will and determinism without any distortions to my worldview. Read more about Free Will and Determinism »
Posted on March 3, 2014 by David
“Enough is Enough” by Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill
(Book Review by David Kimball) Read more about "Enough is Enough" Book Review »