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Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

Join us for our popular Lunchtime debating Club for an afternoon of friendly conversation whilst dining at a local restaurant.

Our next meeting will discuss two articles:

– Is Preaching Ever the Right Thing to Do? by Nick Green

– Naming Secular Liberal Humanism by Roger Heppleston

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Naming Secular Liberal Humanism

Naming Secular Liberal Humanism

At our last meeting there seemed to be good acceptance that what I called Secular Liberal Humanism determines the moral framework of most countries in the West. We also agreed that this is not recognised and celebrated for the force it is. Part of the problem is that it has no recognised name.  I was tasked with suggesting some names.

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The Moral Culture of Modern Western Society is Liberal Humanism

The Moral Culture of Modern Western Society is Liberal Humanism

This new “universal” morality became based on the liberal ideas of freedom and equality that emerged in Britain and the USA in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, alongside natural humanistic ideals of behaviour. It has no recognised name, for want of a better phrase I call it secular liberal humanism. It has transformed our lives.

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The Evolutionary Origins of Morality

The Evolutionary Origins of Morality

Human beings have a strong moral sense, a belief in what behaviour is right and what is wrong. We may not always agree on exactly what is right, but that there is right and wrong is an almost universal human sensibility. Throughout human history there has been continual debate about the nature of this moral sense: where it comes from and how it works.

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Why do the increasing levels of inequality in the Western World present a threat to political stability?

Why do the increasing levels of inequality in the Western World present a threat to political stability?

Since the birth of civilisation there have always been extremes of wealth and poverty.  Many societies from the Roman Empire to Victorian Britain have had a small very rich elite who rule over the masses. The Roman Empire had very high levels of slavery. The working class in Victorian Britain was exploited and impoverished. And yet they were both societies that survived and thrived.

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Welcome to the Debating Club

Welcome to the Debating Club

“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” Joseph Joubert

Dine, Discuss, and Debate in a friendly environment!

Join us for a regular lunchtime meetup. We’ll be informally discussing ideas about human progress, social issues, and human fallibility. If you’re open minded, enjoy a good debate, and interested to learn from the ideas of others, come along to dine and discuss in a local pub. We believe that everyone has something valuable to contribute to the conversation and we would love for you to be a part of it.

read more
Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

We’re extremely excited to have Professor Callum Brown present to our first online Humanists in Berkshire* session. Callum is one of the authors of the recently published book, The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain, and a leading historian of secularisation and humanism in Britain. He will be discussing one of themes from the book: Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

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Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

Join us for our popular Lunchtime debating Club for an afternoon of friendly conversation whilst dining at a local restaurant.

Our next meeting will discuss two articles:

– Is Preaching Ever the Right Thing to Do? by Nick Green

– Naming Secular Liberal Humanism by Roger Heppleston

read more
Naming Secular Liberal Humanism

Naming Secular Liberal Humanism

At our last meeting there seemed to be good acceptance that what I called Secular Liberal Humanism determines the moral framework of most countries in the West. We also agreed that this is not recognised and celebrated for the force it is. Part of the problem is that it has no recognised name.  I was tasked with suggesting some names.

read more
The Moral Culture of Modern Western Society is Liberal Humanism

The Moral Culture of Modern Western Society is Liberal Humanism

This new “universal” morality became based on the liberal ideas of freedom and equality that emerged in Britain and the USA in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, alongside natural humanistic ideals of behaviour. It has no recognised name, for want of a better phrase I call it secular liberal humanism. It has transformed our lives.

read more
The Evolutionary Origins of Morality

The Evolutionary Origins of Morality

Human beings have a strong moral sense, a belief in what behaviour is right and what is wrong. We may not always agree on exactly what is right, but that there is right and wrong is an almost universal human sensibility. Throughout human history there has been continual debate about the nature of this moral sense: where it comes from and how it works.

read more
Why do the increasing levels of inequality in the Western World present a threat to political stability?

Why do the increasing levels of inequality in the Western World present a threat to political stability?

Since the birth of civilisation there have always been extremes of wealth and poverty.  Many societies from the Roman Empire to Victorian Britain have had a small very rich elite who rule over the masses. The Roman Empire had very high levels of slavery. The working class in Victorian Britain was exploited and impoverished. And yet they were both societies that survived and thrived.

read more
Welcome to the Debating Club

Welcome to the Debating Club

“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” Joseph Joubert

Dine, Discuss, and Debate in a friendly environment!

Join us for a regular lunchtime meetup. We’ll be informally discussing ideas about human progress, social issues, and human fallibility. If you’re open minded, enjoy a good debate, and interested to learn from the ideas of others, come along to dine and discuss in a local pub. We believe that everyone has something valuable to contribute to the conversation and we would love for you to be a part of it.

read more
Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

We’re extremely excited to have Professor Callum Brown present to our first online Humanists in Berkshire* session. Callum is one of the authors of the recently published book, The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain, and a leading historian of secularisation and humanism in Britain. He will be discussing one of themes from the book: Why were British humanists so confident in the 1960s?

read more

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