Don't be put off from attending this Sunday's platform if you were one
of the few people who didn't attend Fritz's well-attended talk last
Sunday. I will provide copies of extracts from Fritz's talk as a
starting point for our investigation of what it means to live a
passionate life. Platforms and activities for the rest of November are
shown below as is a link to the AEU's November Ethical Action Report.
Stephen Meskin
Nov 11: *"The Good Life: A Passionate Life Continued"* An interactive
program facilitated by Stephen Meskin
We more fully explore what it means to lead a passionate life and how we
can accomplish this. Share examples of lives lived with passion and
techniques for doing so ourselves. Discuss related questions, such as
whether a passionate life is something that can only be accomplished by
those whose basic needs have been met.
Stephen Meskin is a member of the BES Board, an Ethical Humanist
Officiant, and a Mathematician. He is a graduate of the Humanist
Institute and attended the AEU Lay Leadership Summer School in 2006
Nov 18: "*Empathy, Imagination, and Ethical Development*"Bob Berson,
Leader, Northern Westchester E.S.
Dr. Berson will discuss Empathy as it appears in the human species, how
it develops in the human individual, and whether it is a natural or
learned part of being human. He will discuss the role that Imagination
plays in the development of Empathy and the role of both in Ethical
growth. He will address what impedes or even defeats Empathy and Ethical
living and also what fosters them.
Robert Berson, EdD, PhD, is Leader of the Ethical Society of Northern
Westchester and a clinical psychologist in private practice in
Manhattan, a graduate of the Riverdale Yonkers Sunday School as well as
of the Fieldstone School. He is Dean of the National Leader's Council of
the American Ethical Union.
Nov 25: *"Global Warming is Hot"*Stephen Meskin, Ph.D.
Global warming is the hot new buzz word. With Gore sharing the Nobel
Prize for his work, politicians are starting to talk about it;
newspapers, magazines, and TV shows are tripping over each other to tell
the story. Global warming has become a cultural phenomenon. The general
consensus is that it is really happening and human activity is the
cause. Some communities and individuals are starting to take action.
Finally an environmental issue has captured the world's attention. What
should we do? What could we do? What will we do? What are the ethical
implications of action?
Other November 2007 Activities
Sun Nov 18, 9:30 am *Poetry Group*: Bring poems that move you or that
you have written to share and discuss. Each meeting we look at poems
that loosely relate to a specific topic. Topics are announced by Karla
ahead of time via e-mail. To be added to her e-mail list, write her at
poet at BaltimoreEthicalSociety dot org.
Sun Nov 25, 12:30 pm *Newcomers' Meeting*: New to the Society and
interested in learning more? Thinking about joining? Come to the
Newcomers' Meeting, held following the last platform of every month, and
learn more about Ethical Culture and about our Society---its history,
its philosophy, and its organization. Meetings last about one hour and
are hosted by members of the Society, sometimes including Fritz
Williams, our professional Leader.
To obtain the November 2007 Ethical Action Report go to the link listed below:
http://aeu.org/library/eactions/EAR200711.pdf
This November Ethical Action Report is also listed on www.aeu.org
under the following prompts in the right hand column of the front page
of the website:
Library
Latest Entries
Ethical Action Report
Nov. 2007
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