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Humanist Magazines
01/13/2013
Del Allen

This is a presentation by Del Allen. He displays a sample of recent articles from humanist magazines. Our president Howard Ellberger has indicated that he would like to see more programs that deal with Humanism. Today, Del shares a power point presentation from Humanist sources in a way that's somewhat different from what you might think.

Infantile Morality
12/16/2012
Charles Sullivan

This is a presentation by Charles Sullivan. Children who eventually learn how to reason about moral questions for themselves, without relying on parental commands or threats of punishment, will have moved from an infantile morality to an adult morality. Adults who make moral decisions based solely on the Bible's commands or out of fear of God's punishment will have failed to learn to reason about moral questions for themselves, and will be stuck in an infantile morality. Charles Sullivan teaches philosophy at Portland Community College and Portland State University. He has published articles related to science and philosophy in popular venues such as Skeptical Inquirer, The Secular Web, Writer Magazine, and even Playboy.

Celestial Navigation
11/25/2012
Robert McGown

This is a presentation by Robert McGown. Celestial navigation has been called the lost art. It is still taught at the U.S. Naval Academy. In our discussion, we address the quest for longitude starting with Galileo on to the development of the chronometer. Celestial navigation is used by hikers, climbers, sea kayakers and sailors. Robert McGown is an engineer physicist who works as a self employed electrician. His avocation is astrophysics/astronomy. He has co/authored a number of books including Galaxy Groups and Clustersand The Local Group and Galactic Neighborhood. Robert is active in the scientific community and has completed a Masters thesis in physics at PSU. His hobbies include mountaineering.

A Political Junkie Looks at the Election Results
11/11/2012
Jeff Seward

Jeff Seward, associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Pacific University, discusses the election results. Seward has taught comparative politics, political philosophy, and political economy since 1992. He had a previous career as a producer, reporter, and anchorman for public television stations in Boise and Seattle.

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