Compass Session 6: The Good Society COURSE FULL
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This session is full for those who have booked and paid in advance. Please contact David for any late availability.
Compass is an 8-week series of discussions which will explore, and put into practice, the humanist values and virtues which underpin human happiness, resilience and flourishing. Exclusively designed and hosted by Dorset Humanists. No essays or exams or prior knowledge needed! All you need is a curious mind about human life and its challenges.
### Compass Session Six: The Good Society – How to Live Well Together Beyond Individualism and Tribalism
How can we live well together in an age of growing individualism, cynicism, and moral division? What does a good society look like from a humanist point of view — one that balances freedom with belonging, reason with compassion, and democracy with responsibility?
In this session of the Compass series, we’ll explore three vital themes:
- What we mean by a good society
- The virtues of citizenship — being informed, engaged, and committed to democracy as a humanist ideal
- How to move beyond utopianism and tribalism toward dialogue, realism, and shared human flourishing.
Join us for a reflective and wide-ranging discussion on how humanist values can help us build a society worthy of our best selves — one that restores faith in reason, community, and democracy.
- From Tuesday 23rd September 2025, 6.45-8.45pm, for 8 consecutive Tuesday evenings
- Priority given to those who are able to attend all or most sessions
- Coffee/tea at 6.45pm for prompt start at 7.00pm
- Booking fee £15 includes complimentary membership of Dorset Humanists for one year. £10 booking fee for existing members. Free for those on very low income. Pay cash at the first session you attend.
- Facilitator is David Warden. David has degrees in theology and human resource management & development, and a diploma in humanistic counselling. He is an experienced trainer and course leader.
- Comprehensive course notes will be emailed after each session
- Email chairman@dorset.humanist.org.uk or WhatsApp 07910 886629 for any late availability
The whole course in outline
- The Human Quest: What does it mean to be a good person today?
- Friendship and Love: Why we cannot flourish alone
- Thinking Well: How to seek truth with humility in a polarised world
- Personal Growth: Virtues for self-understanding and fulfilment
- Courage in Adversity: How to face life’s challenges with resilience
- The Good Society: How to live well together beyond individualism and tribalism
- The Good Things of Life: Beauty, pleasure, and the art of living well
- Carrying the Compass: What this journey means for us and our humanist community