In this talk, Humanist Celebrant Jessica Dapson used a historical approach to understand morality and the world we live in, touching on many religions, parts of the world, and historical eras. Click the video above to see the talk in its entirety.
Some thoughts on Humanist morality from Jessica:
As humanists, why do we believe we should be good?
Humanists don’t believe we will be rewarded or punished for our behavior after we die
If an afterlife was the only reason to be good, then we might not do the right thing if we saw no opportunity for reward or danger of punishment
Most humanists believe that…
We should treat others the way we would like to be treated
If everyone tries to do the right thing, we can make the world a better place; if everyone does the wrong thing, then everyone will be worse off
Making other people happy can make us happy
From the American Humanist Association website: Without a definitive set of beliefs, dogma, or scripture, humanism appears nebulous, which is the main reason we at the American Humanist Association Center for Education have developed the Ten Commitments.