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Welcome to Humanists Australia!
Humanism is a non-religious life stance that values compassion, reason, democracy and human rights. Are you a humanist? To find out, take the How Humanist Are You? quiz or ask us at one of our Meetups.
Our Meetups are a safe space for engaging in discussion. With us, you can voice your opinion, and have your views heard and respected. You can feel free to challenge the ideas that are put forward, and engage in robust discussion about them. We ask you to treat each other with mutual respect and consideration. While debating the ideas, there is no place here for criticism of people. We speak respectfully to each other, even when we disagree.
Humanists Australia welcomes all humanists, and others who are interested in learning about humanism and discussing topics related to humanism, to this Meetup.
Those who come to our Meetups are asked to adhere to the Humanists Australia Code of Conduct. We do not allow harassment of any kind, or promotion of any goods, services or groups unrelated to humanism (except by prior permission of the organisers).
Upcoming events (4+)
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In this series of sessions, we will be discussing Richard Norman’s short book, Being Good, exploring humanist values and what it means to be good. You are encouraged to read the assigned chapters before the session. For this second session, we are reading Chapters 2 to 4: ‘Consistency’, ‘Values as Guides to Action’ and ‘Clarity’ (pages 7 to 11). The session facilitator will provide a brief summary at the start of each session.
About the book:
Most people have some idea of how to be good. They may not always do it, but they know how to do it. They know how to be kind, how to be helpful, how to show compassion, how to be honest. But for a humanist there is more to being good than that, and the ‘more’ is what Richard Norman explores in this publication.About the author:
Richard Norman is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent and a patron of Humanists UK. He is the author of Ethics, Killing and War (1994), On Humanism (2004), and was the editor of the collection of essays Religion and Atheism (2017).Download a free PDF version of the book here >
https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Being-Good-pages.pdfCost:
This event is free. Your donation to help keep these events going is greatly appreciated. Please make your donation at https://www.humanistsaustralia.org/donate - Reading Group: Being Good - Session 3: Consequences/Empathy and ImaginationLink visible for attendees
In this series of sessions, we will be discussing Richard Norman’s short book, Being Good, exploring humanist values and what it means to be good. You are encouraged to read the assigned chapters before the session. For this third session, we are reading Chapters 5 and 6: ‘Consequences’ and ‘Empathy and Imagination’ (pp. 12 to 15). The session facilitator will provide a brief summary at the start of each session.
About the book:
Most people have some idea of how to be good. They may not always do it, but they know how to do it. They know how to be kind, how to be helpful, how to show compassion, how to be honest. But for a humanist there is more to being good than that, and the ‘more’ is what Richard Norman explores in this publication.About the author:
Richard Norman is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent and a patron of Humanists UK. He is the author of Ethics, Killing and War (1994), On Humanism (2004), and was the editor of the collection of essays Religion and Atheism (2017).Download a free PDF version of the book here >
https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Being-Good-pages.pdfCost:
This event is free. Your donation to help keep these events going is greatly appreciated. Please make your donation at https://www.humanistsaustralia.org/donate - Finding FulfilmentLink visible for attendees
Audience: Anyone seeking fulfilment in their lives without religion
Style: Presentation with discussion (repeated bimonthly)Discover how humanism is a framework for finding fulfilment in your life your way, in this 30 minute presentation with an hour of discussion. Hosted by Mary-Anne Cosgrove, CEO of Humanists Australia.
This event is FREE and open to Humanists Australia members and non-members. It is aimed at people who are new to Humanism, and is repeated bimonthly.
Speaker:
Mary-Anne Cosgrove is CEO of Humanists Australia and a Senior Software Engineer with Covidence. She is a leader of the Canberra Humanist Community and a former President of the Council of Australian Humanist Societies.Cost:
This event is free. Your donation to help keep these events going is greatly appreciated. Please make your donation here
