http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus/videos/uploaded Videos uploaded to Vimeo by Ethical Culture Society Bergen Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:45:56 -0500 Vimeo http://images.vimeo.com/11/68/12/116812073/116812073_75.jpg http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus/videos/uploaded Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:45:56 -0500 http://vimeo.com/8546048 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8546048" title="Liberalism, Individualism and Values"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/401/346/40134644_200.jpg" alt="Liberalism, Individualism and Values" /></a></p><p>Harvard professor Michael Sandel, author of Public Philosophy, “is worried that those espousing a liberal political philosophy, including leaders in the Democratic Party, weaken themselves by refusing to engage in discussion about religious and moral values, especially those that support their political positions,” notes Dr. Chuman. “While I understand the problem that Sandel and others point to, I conclude that the cure is potentially worse than the disease.” </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2010-01-04:clip8546048 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Liberalism, Individualism and Values Liberalism, Individualism, Values, joseph chuman, michael sandel, public philosophy, ethical culture Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:16:44 -0500 http://vimeo.com/8107211 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8107211" title="Ethical Culture and Human Rights"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/369/178/36917810_200.jpg" alt="Ethical Culture and Human Rights" /></a></p><p>Dr. Joseph Chuman has been the leader of The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County for over 35 years. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Columbia University, where he is adjunct professor of religion and an academic advisor in the human rights curriculum. Dr. Chuman lectures frequently to public audiences on philosophy, social issues and humanist thought. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-12-10:clip8107211 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Ethical Culture and Human Rights human rights, ethical culture, joseph chuman Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:02:21 -0500 http://vimeo.com/8001396 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8001396" title="What is HumanLight?"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/361/502/36150246_200.jpg" alt="What is HumanLight?" /></a></p><p>[The video referenced in this video can be viewed at <a href="http://humanlight.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">humanlight.org</a>.]<br /> <br /> Everything You always wanted to know about HumanLight, the Humanist Winter Holiday, but Were Afraid to Ask<br /> <br /> Ok, so maybe you were not afraid to ask really, but just haven't thought about HumanLight much before, or have never even heard of it? Here's your chance to learn all about the winter holiday designed to promote humanism and celebrate humanist values. Patrick Colucci has been involved with promoting and publicizing HumanLight since it's earliest inception, so he can probably answer any questions you might have. (If he can't answer something, he'll make up a reasonable-sounding guess....we humanists do always try to be reason-based, afterall!) <br /> <br /> Patrick Colucci is vice-chair of the HumanLight Committee (www.humanlight.org) and a member of the New Jersey Humanist Network (www.njhn.org) and the American Humanist Association. Based in New Jersey, he's a long-time activist in the movements for Humanism and for peace and social justice. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-12-05:clip8001396 Ethical Culture Society Bergen What is HumanLight? humanlight, humanist, festival, winterfest, winter festival, ethical culture, patrick colucci, celebrate, celebration, solstice, holiday, humanlight.org Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:33:26 -0500 http://vimeo.com/7884894 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7884894" title="Barbara Katz Rothman: Now You Can Choose! Issues in Sex Selection (11/15/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/352/913/35291389_200.jpg" alt="Barbara Katz Rothman: Now You Can Choose! Issues in Sex Selection (11/15/2009)" /></a></p><p>In the last thirty years we have seen the slow emergence and acceptance of something new under the sun: known fetal sex. Women now know the sex of the fetus they carry; and with selective abortion, selective implantation, or newly developing technologies, they can actually choose the sex of the baby they will bear. How does this change women's experiences of pregnancy? What are the consequences of sex selection for the families involved, and for the rest of the world? Looking beyond the well-known sex imbalances that occur 'out there,' what is happening in American society as fetal sex becomes increasingly one more consumer option? <br /> <br /> Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, is on the Faculty of the Health and Society Program of the Charité -Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, and has served as a Visiting Professor at the Universitat Osnabrueck in Germany, a Fulbright Professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and a Leverhulme Professor at Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. She is the recipient of the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Associat ion, has been named a “Mother of Bioethics” by the Women’s Bioethics Network, and has received the Mentoring Award from Sociologists for Women in Society and the Lee Founders Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is editor of BIOETHICAL ISSUES, SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES and THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHILDBEARING: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. Her books, translated into German, Japanese and Finnish, include IN LABOR, LABORING ON (with Wendy Simonds), THE TENTATIVE PREGNANCY, RECREATING MOTHERHOOD, THE BOOK OF LIFE, and WEAVING A FAMILY. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-11-29:clip7884894 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Barbara Katz Rothman: Now You Can Choose! Issues in Sex Selection (11/15/2009) barbara katz rothman, sex selection, now you can choose, ethical culture, ethics, bioethics Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:39:03 -0500 http://vimeo.com/7612057 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7612057" title="Matt Cherry: The Right to Blaspheme (11/8/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/332/171/33217150_200.jpg" alt="Matt Cherry: The Right to Blaspheme (11/8/2009)" /></a></p><p>Why does an atheist work at the UN to defend the human right to freedom of religion or belief and does this right protect humanists and atheists? Cherry will also highlight IHEU's current campaign against efforts to have the UN outlaw "defamation of religion" which would amount to a global blasphemy law.<br /> <br /> Matt Cherry is IHEU International Representative and leads the IHEU delegation to the United Nations headquarters in New York. He has served two terms as president of the UN NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, where he is now vice president. Over the past two decades Matt Cherry has played a leading role in humanist groups in Britain, the Netherlands, and the USA, including five years as executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and eight years as executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies. He has co-authored books on secular parenting and humanism in business. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-11-14:clip7612057 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Matt Cherry: The Right to Blaspheme (11/8/2009) matthew a cherry, matt cherry, cherry, right to blaspheme, blaspheme, iheu, united nations, un, ngo, freedom of religion, religion, freedom of speech, speech, freedom of belief, belief Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:04:13 -0500 http://vimeo.com/7490485 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7490485" title="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Idealism, Pragmatism and Politics (11/1/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/323/395/32339535_200.jpg" alt="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Idealism, Pragmatism and Politics (11/1/2009)" /></a></p><p>President Obama is a pragmatist “in the colloquial meaning of the word,” says Dr. Chuman. “There are certainly benefits to being a pragmatist. But as a product of a more idealistic age, I can’t help but wonder whether something is lost as well.” Joe will explore these issues further in his Platform address.<br /> <br /> Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-11-07:clip7490485 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dr. Joseph Chuman: Idealism, Pragmatism and Politics (11/1/2009) joseph chuman, idealism, pragmatism, politics, barack obama, chuman Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:01:34 -0500 http://vimeo.com/7381807 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7381807" title="Dale McGowan: Raising Freethinkers (10/18/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/315/156/31515629_200.jpg" alt="Dale McGowan: Raising Freethinkers (10/18/2009)" /></a></p><p>Much is rightly made of raising children who are compassionate, intelligent, moral, and well-adjusted. But too often, these values are placed in opposition to raising independent thinkers. Allow them to think for themselves, goes the reasoning, and our children just might think their way into immorality and self-indulgent chaos.<br /> <br /> Dale McGowan argues that this is one of several areas in which we often work counter to our own intentions, and that parents who raise independent thinkers are actually more likely to end up with compassionate, intelligent, moral, and well-adjusted kids.<br /> <br /> McGowan edited and co-authored Parenting Beyond Belief<br /> and Raising Freethinkers<br /> and serves as executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a new humanist charitable and educational foundation. In 2008, he was named Humanist of the Year by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.<br /> <br /> Dale holds degrees in physical anthropology and music theory from UC Berkeley as well as a Ph.D. in music composition and theory from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife Becca, a first grade teacher, live near Atlanta with their three kids—Delaney (7), Erin (11), and Connor (14). </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-11-01:clip7381807 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dale McGowan: Raising Freethinkers (10/18/2009) raising freethinkers, parenting beyond belief, dale mcgowan, ethical culture, humanism, secular humanism, religion, religious humanism Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:15:27 -0400 http://vimeo.com/7131384 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7131384" title="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Reflections on the Lunatic Fringe (10/4/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/296/515/29651539_200.jpg" alt="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Reflections on the Lunatic Fringe (10/4/2009)" /></a></p><p>The fracas over health care reform has brought to political life an irrationality that is very disturbing. But it is not new to American history. How are we to explain views that are not only extreme but are disconnected from fact? This address will provide some possible responses. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-10-18:clip7131384 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dr. Joseph Chuman: Reflections on the Lunatic Fringe (10/4/2009) lunatic fringe, health care, american history, reform, politics, joseph chuman, chuman Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:23:13 -0400 http://vimeo.com/6894325 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6894325" title="Anne Klaeysen: Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality (9/27/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/278/104/27810416_200.jpg" alt="Anne Klaeysen: Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality (9/27/2009)" /></a></p><p>Ethical Culture founder Felix Adler frequently used the language of spirituality: for example, “holy,” “sacred,” “divine” and “soul.” He told us to “conceive of progress spiritually.” Yet over the years, we have become uncomfortable with this language, ceding it too readily to traditional theistic communities, cautious of what supernatural visions we may be conjuring. “What a loss!” says Leader Anne Klaeysen, who will address us on the necessity of developing authentic Ethical Culture spiritual practices. <br /> <br /> Introduction by Deb Watsky </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-10-04:clip6894325 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Anne Klaeysen: Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality (9/27/2009) ethical culture, felix adler, spiritual, anne klaeysen, holy, sacred, divine, soul, adelphi humanist chaplain Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:58:14 -0400 http://vimeo.com/6728195 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6728195" title="Derek Araujo: The Establishment Clause in Exile - Church and State in the 21st Century (9/20/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/278/120/27812033_200.jpg" alt="Derek Araujo: The Establishment Clause in Exile - Church and State in the 21st Century (9/20/2009)" /></a></p><p>George W. Bush transformed the composition of the federal courts through eight years of judicial appointments. The judges he appointed have wrought striking changes in the law, including Establishment Clause jurisprudence. In light of these changes, protectors of the wall of separation between church and state must reexamine their strategic approach to defending our secular democracy<br /> <br /> Derek Araujo, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of the Center for Inquiry (CFI). Introduced by Ken karp </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-09-23:clip6728195 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Derek Araujo: The Establishment Clause in Exile - Church and State in the 21st Century (9/20/2009) religion, establishment clause, church and state, law, seperation Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:17:11 -0400 http://vimeo.com/6564807 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6564807" title="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Ethical Culture's Distinctive Voice (9/13/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/252/390/25239023_200.jpg" alt="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Ethical Culture's Distinctive Voice (9/13/2009)" /></a></p><p>For the last twelve months we have been visited by an unprecedented number of newcomers. Clearly people are attracted not only by the warmth of our community but by what we stand for. But what do we stand for? Dr. Chuman reflects on the ideas and values that make up Ethical Culture’s “distinctive voice.” </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-09-13:clip6564807 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dr. Joseph Chuman: Ethical Culture's Distinctive Voice (9/13/2009) ethical culture, distinctive voice, joseph chuman, religion, ethics, morals, humanism, religious humanism, chuman Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:33:37 -0400 http://vimeo.com/5140717 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5140717" title="Jennifer Michael Hecht: The Triumph of Poetic Atheism (5/31/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/156/240/15624016_200.jpg" alt="Jennifer Michael Hecht: The Triumph of Poetic Atheism (5/31/2009)" /></a></p><p>In this talk Hecht speaks about the rise of what she calls Poetic Atheism. Lately Atheism has been chiefly associated with science, but through history doubters and atheists have had an equally extraordinary relationship with the arts. Many of the great poets wrote many of the greatest poems about the empty sky and the sublime, horrible, majesty of being human. Life is difficult enough without trying to go it alone: we need our history. The next wave of religious doubt should be a poetic atheism that is keenly aware of our past. <br /> <br /> Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of three history books and two volumes of poetry. Her bestseller Doubt: A History (Harper One, 2003) demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt. Hecht’s The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology (Columbia University, 2003) won the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award “for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.” Her most recent book, The Happiness Myth (Harper One, 2007) brought a skeptical eye to modern wisdom about the good life. Hecht’s poetry books are The Next Ancient World (which won the Poetry Society of America’s first book prize), and Funny which Publisher’s Weekly called “one of the most original and entertaining books of the year.” Her prose and poetry appear in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. Hecht earned her Ph.D. in the History of Science from Columbia University in 1995 and now teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at The New School University. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-06-13:clip5140717 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Jennifer Michael Hecht: The Triumph of Poetic Atheism (5/31/2009) atheism, poetry, philosophy, science, history, civilization, belief, religion, Hecht Sun, 31 May 2009 07:02:34 -0400 http://vimeo.com/4925652 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4925652" title="Child Survivors of the Holocaust (5/24/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/140/679/14067956_200.jpg" alt="Child Survivors of the Holocaust (5/24/2009)" /></a></p><p>A panel program<br /> Panelists: Carl Hausman, Goldy Hess, Evelyn Ripp<br /> Moderator: Dr. Joseph Chuman </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-05-31:clip4925652 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Child Survivors of the Holocaust (5/24/2009) holocaust, ethical culture, panel, discussion, ethics, france, germany, history, world war II, Jewish, Jews, survivor Sun, 24 May 2009 09:03:11 -0400 http://vimeo.com/4810505 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4810505" title="Jan Meshon, FreeThoughtAction : Reaching the Tipping Point (5/17/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/132/898/13289889_200.jpg" alt="Jan Meshon, FreeThoughtAction : Reaching the Tipping Point (5/17/2009)" /></a></p><p>Why I’m Optimistic About the Next 20 Years<br /> <br /> Why freethinkers will grow in size and influence in America and what we can do to help that happen sooner rather than later. Jan Meshon, the founder of the FreeThoughtAction marketing campaign, whose “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone” billboard created a stir on the New Jersey Turnpike and in many cities around the country since, speaks about the statistics and strategies that point toward a more secular America in the near future. The speaker also discusses the reaction to the marketing campaign and upcoming plans. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-05-24:clip4810505 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Jan Meshon, FreeThoughtAction : Reaching the Tipping Point (5/17/2009) atheism, billboards, freethought, humanism, ethical culture, jan meshon, freethought action, dont believe in god, you are not alone Sun, 17 May 2009 08:56:24 -0400 http://vimeo.com/4690072 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4690072" title="Professor Richard W. Bulliet: The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization (5/10/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/124/893/12489308_200.jpg" alt="Professor Richard W. Bulliet: The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization (5/10/2009)" /></a></p><p>Columbia Professor Richard W. Bulliet, a preeminent scholar and author on the Middle East, reexamines most of the pieties of the West about the Muslim world and Islamic politics (and about the West itself) and finds them not only wrong, but wrongly conceived. He argues that modern European and Muslim history are deeply intertwined and that one cannot be understood in isolation from the other, thereby launching a profound challenge to teachers, historians and policy makers. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-05-17:clip4690072 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Professor Richard W. Bulliet: The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization (5/10/2009) islam, ethical culture, bergen county, christianity, islamo christian, civilization, mideast, peace, arab, muslim, jewish, israel Sat, 09 May 2009 13:16:49 -0400 http://vimeo.com/4562754 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4562754" title="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Liberty and the Inquiring Mind (5/3/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/116/111/11611138_200.jpg" alt="Dr. Joseph Chuman: Liberty and the Inquiring Mind (5/3/2009)" /></a></p><p>The Englishman, John Stuart Mill, published what is considered to be the classic work on democratic freedom, the essay, On Liberty, which is as controversial today as when it was published in 1859. <br /> <br /> On Liberty provides a good foundation from which to examine some of our own nagging problems about individual freedom and its limits. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-05-09:clip4562754 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dr. Joseph Chuman: Liberty and the Inquiring Mind (5/3/2009) Chuman, Ethical Culture, liberty, Mill, philosophy, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, politics, freedom, joseph chuman Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:00:45 -0400 http://vimeo.com/4412707 Ethical Culture Society Bergen <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4412707" title="Dr. Richard Bernstein: Visiting Nurse Service & Ethical Culture (4/26/2009)"><img src="http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/105/100/10510014_200.jpg" alt="Dr. Richard Bernstein: Visiting Nurse Service & Ethical Culture (4/26/2009)" /></a></p><p>Dr. Richard Bernstein, Medical Director of the VNS Medicare Program, speaks about the founding and vision of the Visiting Nurse Service. <br /> April 26, 2009 at The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, NJ. </p><p>Cast: <a href="http://vimeo.com/ethicalfocus" style="color: #2786c2; text-decoration: none;">Ethical Culture Society Bergen</a></p> tag:vimeo,2009-04-30:clip4412707 Ethical Culture Society Bergen Dr. Richard Bernstein: Visiting Nurse Service & Ethical Culture (4/26/2009) Visiting Nurse Service, Ethical Culture, Dr Bernstein, nurse, nursing, medical, New York, social justice, welfare