Where: Ceremomial Hall
When: 09/09/2012 - 11:15am
Curt Collier, Leader
Joseph Marvel Presides
NeoNazi gunmen, reactionary politics, civil wars, sexual slavery, conscripted child soldiers, rapacious capitalism at the expense of our shared environment, the spread of fundamentalism, climate change deniers.
Despite our claims to live in a more enlightened age, we continue to live in a world that is little changed from that of our grandparents. We often struggle to make sense of what is going on around us, to analyze and reanalyze the events of the day to gain some glimmer of understanding. Why can't we all just be reasonable? This begs the question, what is "reason." What makes people reasonable? Will being more reasonable solve our problems? This talk will explore the human capacity for reason, and will ask the question, "are you reasonable?"
Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead (212-874-5210 x 107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.
Reasonable New York is a consortium of local reason-based organizations and people working together to increase awareness of secular-minded movements throughout the Greater New York area. We aim to inform New Yorkers that there is a community of people who share a rational basis for their worldviews, who attend intellectual public lectures, enjoy philosophy discussions, and socialize. We invite you to visit our various member groups, to contact any of those in which you are interested, and check out our calendar to attend gatherings of any of our organizations, many of which are free. Some of these events are also posted on our shared meetup site.
