The newest Ethical Circle at the Society is following a 9-step plan to “Financial Integrity” using a workbook that is available for free online. The steps are based on the book Your Money or Your Life, a book that revolutionized how I thought about money, work, spending, etc.
If you have questions in [...]

Check out this great presentation on ted.com by Dan Ariely on the problems with unexamined intuition and what influences people to cheat or not to cheat (about 20 minutes). Fascinating stuff. Do any of his results surprise you? I wonder: if more regulations and policies were based on social science evidence, would the [...]

LGBT-rights lobby day at Jefferson City is Wednesday, March 25. Buses will be leaving from the Ethical Society parking lot early in the morning. Register to join us on PROMO’s web site. If you haven’t been to a lobby day before, it’s not hard–the organizers will explain exactly what to do. Thank [...]

I just found out that Ellen DeGeneres follows a vegan diet, which is great. I don’t watch her show but I hope she talks about it regularly there, since that would help demystify veganism for a lot of people.
I’ve been thinking about Ellen lately as I research my next platform on feminism today. [...]

Fascinating article in Sunday’s Times about religion in Scandinavia. Basically, Christianity in Denmark and Sweden has become purely cultural and ethical, meaning that people enjoy the rituals and holidays and take basic moral messages from Christianity, but they don’t believe in any of the supernatural aspects of Christianity anymore. They just don’t think [...]