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Tag Archives: ethics

Finding my Philosophy of Service

August 17, 2016by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog

Neo-humanism and PROUT: Alternative Pedagogy

May 31, 2016by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

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, […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Religion & Secularism

Cultural Sensitivity vs. Personal Responsibility

April 13, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Politics & Culture

Audio Hawk 2: From Colloquy to Hip Hop Sanctuary to Sound Circle- Using Music as a Spiritual and Ethical Tool

March 17, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys, Religion & Secularism

Secular is Insufficient – How HSC Differs from the Peace Corps

January 22, 2016by Humanist Service Corps 8 Comments

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 […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Religion & Secularism

Camp Quest and Consent Education

October 2, 2015by Matthew Facciani 2 Comments

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy

Meet the Humanist Service Corps Team

August 18, 2015by Humanist Service Corps Leave a comment

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 […]

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Humanist Service Corp Blog, Memoirs & Journeys

Killing Witchcraft with Kindness

August 7, 2015by Humanist Service Corps 1 Comment

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy, Humanist Service Corp Blog, Politics & Culture, Religion & Secularism

Moral Heroism, Pt 2: How to Become a Hero (Or At Least Get Started)

July 6, 2015by Aaron Gertler 4 Comments

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 […]

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Ethics & Philosophy

Moral Heroism Pt 1: Empathy’s Faults & Heroism to the Rescue

May 29, 2015by Aaron Gertler 2 Comments

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 […]

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