Sunday Meeting, November 2
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Singing Practice - Led by Patricia Bruder Debrovner and Jerry Ranck.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rooms 507 & 508
We the Kids… The World is in Our Hands! Everyday Leaders Making a Difference in the World
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium
"One Nation, Indivisible: What Our Political Choices
Say About Us"
Curt S. Collier, Leader
Chris Bernhardt presides
Setting aside our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, what do our choice of politicians say about us as Americans? While an American foundational belief is that all “men” are created equal, how did past presidents interpret that statement? We may exhort freedom, but what is the reality behind the rhetoric for the men we elected to govern our nation? Curt Collier will survey American presidential choices and glimpse the true America behind the slogans.
Social Hour and Lunch - 12:30 p.m. - Social Hall
Afternoon Activities
1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Community Meeting
2:00 p.m. - Room 514
Teen Ethical Leadership Program. For more
Video of today's event: November 2, 2008
Collier - One Nation Indivisible
The Joy of Personal Writing – Fall Semester
Monday, November 3 (registration required)
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 508
Election Night Café
Tuesday, November 4
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Join friends and neighbors of all political stripes. Watch the returns on a giant screen. Participate in straw polls and comment on issues.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Sheleigah Grube. Admission is free. Snacks and drinks (beer, wine and soda) available for purchase.
Men's Group
Wednesday, November 5
6:00 PM
Room 508
Topic: What Has Been A Turning Point In Your Life? A Person? An Event?
Great Books
Wednesday, November 5
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Room 507
Goethe, Faust Part One - complete work
List for the season
Leader Lunch Discussions: "Professional Ethics - Part 1"
Thursdays - 12:00 PM
Room 507
Bring your lunch and join Leader Anne Klaeysen.
This month we will explore the area of professional ethics. We are all familiar with the Hippocratic Oath for doctors. What other ethical standards are required of medical professionals? What about journalists and clergy, specifically Ethical Culture Leaders?
- November 6 - Journalism
- November 13 - Medical
- November 20 - Clergy
- November 27 - Thanksgiving — have a lovely holiday
Copies of relevant articles for participants are available in the Leader's office. Stay tuned for Part 2 early next year.
Leader Lunch Discussion - "Professional Ethics - Part 1"
Thursday, November 6
12:00 PM
Room 507
Bring your lunch and join Anne Klaeysen.
November 6 - Journalism. For more
Prospective Members' Reception
Thursday, November 6
7:00 PM
Room 514
Please email Moe-Swe, or call 212-874-5210, ext. 113 in advance to attend.
The Joy of Personal Writing
Thursday, November 6 (registration required)
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Room 508
Sunday Meeting, November 9
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408
Colloquy: The Wisdom of Epictetus. John Hwang presides.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Rooms 507 & 508
We the Kids… The World is in Our Hands! Everyday Leaders Making a Difference in the World
Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium
"Ethics After Darwin"
Professor Philip Kitcher
John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Curt S. Collier presides
Professor Kitcher suggests that the ethical practices in place today emerged from a long history, extending back into our evolutionary past. They are built upon altruistic dispositions we share with other primates, but involve a specifically human ability to shape those dispositions. Cultural evolution over tens of thousands of years has been crucial to the actual ethical systems according to which we operate. He will propose that this picture should redirect our thinking about ethics and the application of ethics in today’s world.
Philip Kitcher was born in London, received his B.A. from Cambridge University and his Ph.D. from Princeton, and has taught at several American universities. He is the author of ten books on topics including the philosophies of mathematics and of biology, the growth of science, the role of science in society, Wagner’s Ring Cycle, and Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. He has been President of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) and Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy of Science. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was also the first recipient of the Prometheus Prize, awarded by the APA for work in expanding the frontiers of science and philosophy.
Lunch - 12:30 p.m. - Social Hall
Afternoon Activities
1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
PIC Open Meeting: PIC presents a video and discussion on paid sick days. This program is in anticipation of the Thursday, Nov. 20 Breakfast/Panel on the subject. Abe Markman presides.
2:00 p.m. - Room 514
Teen Ethical Leadership Program. For more
Video of today's event: November 9, 2008
Kitcher - Ethics After Darwin
The Joy of Personal Writing – Fall Semester
Monday, November 10 (registration required)
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 508
Can the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas Change Your Life?
An Evening with Simon Critchley
Monday, November 10, 2008
7:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall
A Co-Sponsorship of the New York Society for Ethical Culture and the Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation
Emmanuel Levinas is arguably the most important and original post-war Jewish philosopher. His work and life were dominated, in his words, by the 'memory of the Nazi horror' and he sought to defend a radically novel conception of ethics based on infinite responsibility to the other person. Dr. Critchley will take a look at his life, explain his conception of ethics and discuss its application to our everyday lives.
Dr. Simon Critchley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research as well as the author of many original works in philosophy. His new book, The Book of Dead Philosophers, is forthcoming from Vintage.
"Simon Critchley is the most powerful and provocative philosopher now writing about the complex relations of ethical subjectivity and reinvigorated democracy… his humor-inflicted notions of commitment and resistance are refreshing in our nihilistic times." –Cornel West
For more information contact Julie Blutstein at 212-874-5210, ext. 144. Addmission: free.
