Course Information and Outline - Introduction to Ethical Culture
This course may be taken independently at any time. YOU MUST BE LOGGED ON IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE MATERIALS OF THE COURSE. On a regular basis ESWoW will be offering this course with a teacher and course phone calls so that students may discuss Ethical Culture and the material in this course. Please check the ESWoW events tab to see when the next course is scheduled and when the phone calls will be.
If you are interested in taking this course with others, please contact ESWoW Leader Susan Rose at susan.rose at eswow.org.
(I) History and Identity
A) Readings
“A Brief History of the Ethical Culture Movement” – Pat Hoertdoerfer
“An Ethical Society” - Jone Lewis
“2008 National Leaders Council Statement “
The Humanist Way: An Introduction to Ethical Humanist Religion – Edward Ericson (1988)
B) Discussion Questions
C) Teacher’s Notes
D) Forum – on History and Identity
(II) The Primacy of Ethics and Inherent Worth
A) Readings
Ethical Culture as a Religion - Jone Lewis
Selections from Distinctive Features of the Ethical Movement – Alfred Martin (1938)
Spiritual Discoveries – John Lovejoy Elliott
Selections from “Inherent Worth” – Hugh Taft-Morales (2008, revised 2010)
The Possibilities of Human Nature – Jerome Nathanson (1952)
B) Discussion Questions
C) Teacher’s Notes
D) Forum
(III) Nurturing Ethical Relationships:
A) Readings
Selections from Marriage from the Heart – Lois Kellerman (2002)
Can Humanism Survive Individualism? – Dick Reichart (1998, revised 2010)
On Community – Washington Ethical Society
Human Partnerships – Matthew Ies Spetter (2004)
B) Discussion Questions
C) Teacher’s Notes
D) Forum
(IV) Ethical Action and Social Justice:
A) Readings
Are We Religious? – Algernon Black (probably 1931)
Criteria for Ethical Action - Hugh Taft-Morales
Ethical Culture and the Ongoing Quest for Social Justice – Joe Chuman (2005)
B) Discussion Questions
C) Teacher’s Notes
D) Forum
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