This Week at the Ethical Society of Austin
April 21, 2024
10:30 am-12:00 pm
The Ethics of Compassion
with Dr. Nori Rost
In this Platform, Dr. Rost will explore the power of compassion to create positive changes in our world. Using the 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life by theologian Karen Armstrong, she will explore how we can find and embody compassion in our lives beginning with learning about compassion, looking at our own world, and compassion for our own dear selves.
Dr. Rost is a Clergy Leader at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from California State University-Long Beach, a Master’s of Divinity from Iliff School of Theology, and a Doctorate of Ministry from the Episcopalian School of Divinity.
This will be a hybrid event. You can join us in person at 5604 Manor Road, The Workers Defense Project building, or join us on Zoom. If you choose to attend in person, please bring proof of vaccination and masks are encouraged. If you would like to join us on Zoom, please request a link.
Join us Sunday mornings. Our community welcomes you.
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The online Ethical Culture Journal, Reflections, published 2017 - 2019, provided a forum for Ethical Culture Leaders to discuss specific issues of relevance and concern to members of the Ethical Culture Movement in the 21st century. Carolyn A. Parker, Ph.D. continues a series of platforms drawing on these discussions.
Ethical Culture can be readily critiqued as being humano-centric. However our relationship to the natural environment has become urgent in our times in a way in which it was not when our Movement was founded. In short, Ethical Culture needs to expand its philosophical foundation to include an environmental ethic. How can we construct a philosophy to encompass an appreciation for, and protection of, the natural world?
This is a virtual meeting
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In Ask culture, people grow up believing they can ask for anything – a favor, a raise, a last minute appointment, – fully realizing the answer may be no. In Guess culture, people grow up believing that they should only ask for something if they're pretty sure the answer will be yes.
The purpose of Colloquy is to help participants, in a communal setting, “delve more deeply into the depths of their own being and to develop the habit of self-reflection, to live in a closer conformity to their stated beliefs and to find a source of inspiration.”
During a Colloquy, participants reflect on a theme introduced by a facilitator. Sharing about the session’s theme often promotes deeper insight.
This is a hybrid meeting. You can join us in person at 5604 Manor Road, The Workers Defense Project building, or join us on Zoom. If you choose to attend in person, please bring proof of vaccination and masks are encouraged.
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This is the second in a series of community building circles, during which we will delve more deeply into the Eight Commitments of Ethical Culture and what they mean for us personally.
The Second Commitment states: Ethics begins with choice. Creating a more humane environment begins by affirming the need to make significant choices in our lives.
How do your emotions and intuition - gut instinct - influence the significant choices you make?
What’s a time that you didn’t make a choice - and the outcome affected you or someone else?
What makes it easier for you to make significant choices?