Finding my Philosophy of Service
By Jude Lane Humanist Service Corps Volunteer For most of my life I knew I wanted to help others, and what that has meant to me changed drastically over time. I went […]
Tag Archives: ethics
Neo-humanism and PROUT: Alternative Pedagogy
by Milly Sil, Rutgers University Neohumanism will give new inspiration and provide a new interpretation for the very concept of human existence. It will help people understand that human beings, […]
Cultural Sensitivity vs. Personal Responsibility
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I was nervous about teaching in Macau. Obviously I was nervous about moving halfway across the world by myself, but more than that, I was […]
Audio Hawk 2: From Colloquy to Hip Hop Sanctuary to Sound Circle- Using Music as a Spiritual and Ethical Tool
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Missed a lot of church, so this music is our Confessional. OutKast (Aquemini) About four years ago I stepped into the Ethical Humanist Society of […]
Secular is Insufficient – How HSC Differs from the Peace Corps
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator Recently, Hemant Mehta interviewed me about the Humanist Service Corps for his Friendly Atheist blog. Check out the piece if you haven’t […]
Camp Quest and Consent Education
Camp Quest is a wonderful organization and if you haven’t heard of it, you should look it up! Basically, it’s a week-long summer camp where you do all the typical […]
Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team
As the team settles in and starts getting to work in Kukuo, it’s time to get to know them a little bit better. Naduah Wheeler Naduah Wheeler is a graduate […]
Killing Witchcraft with Kindness
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator From July 2013 – June 2014, I oversaw Pathfinders Project, a yearlong international service trip sponsored by Foundation Beyond Belief as the […]
Moral Heroism, Pt 2: How to Become a Hero (Or At Least Get Started)
In my first “Moral Heroism” post, I argued that empathy isn’t the only trait we need to deal with moral decisions. We also need a sense of “heroism”: The feeling […]
Moral Heroism Pt 1: Empathy’s Faults & Heroism to the Rescue
I’ve written before about the importance of teaching people to see things through the eyes of other people. One commentator pointed out that a quicker way to say “seeing things through the eyes […]
