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The Brick Wall Brain: Why Facts (Usually) Don’t Change Minds
The Brick Wall Brain: Why Facts (Usually) Don’t Change Minds
AEU All-Society Program When presented with solid data, some people go blank, get angry, or walk out. Why isn't evidence breaking through? Seth Andrews, creator of The Thinking Atheist online community, discusses "identity beliefs" and suggests how to crack open the barriers they create and let in some light. We'll be meeting in the […]
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Instrumental Music and Humanist Spirituality
Instrumental Music and Humanist Spirituality
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader Philadelphia Ethical Society Music reinvigorates, heals, comforts, and inspires. It can turn us inward by connecting our heads and our hearts. It also can turn us outward by nurturing emotional connection to others. Music, in many forms, has been central to religions throughout time. Hugh Taft-Morales brings a humanist perspective to the […]
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Politics Hour #1 (in person)
Politics Hour #1 (in person)
Join us for the first of two conversations about political tactics today. We will watch and discuss the five-minute video “Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity.” Bring your own lunch. (For additional context, watch the 30-minute video “The Theory of Stupidity” on your own.) Links: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ZaXpIn2fg
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Politics Hour #1 (virtual)
Politics Hour #1 (virtual)
Join us for the first of two conversations about political tactics today. We will watch and discuss the five-minute video “Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity.” Bring your own lunch. (For additional context, watch the 30-minute video “The Theory of Stupidity” on your own.) Links: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ZaXpIn2fg
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Climate Skills
Climate Skills
Eugene Chislenko Professor of Philosophy, Temple University Combatting climate change requires a set of skills that allow us to address the problem constructively rather than focus solely on threats and the possibility of failure. Climate skills are not specialized: they include such familiar actions as listening, raising issues, making connections, starting groups, creating art, and […]
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Lessons from Bonhoeffer
Lessons from Bonhoeffer
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader Philadelphia Ethical Society Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, resisted Nazism and paid for it with his life. After 18 months in prison for participation in the German resistance, Bonhoeffer was hanged on April 9, 1945. Although they differed theologically, Ethical Culture founder Felix Adler and Bonhoffer shared some characteristics. Both were […]
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Politics Hour #2 (in person)
Politics Hour #2 (in person)
Join us for the second of two conversations about political tactics today. We will watch and discuss the 20-minute video, "The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low." Bring your own lunch. Link: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbab8aP4_A
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Politics Hour #2 (virtual)
Politics Hour #2 (virtual)
Join us for the second of two conversations about political tactics today. We will watch and discuss the 20-minute video, "The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low." Bring your own lunch. Link: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbab8aP4_A