[BES Friends] Balt Eth Soc this weekend

[Stephen Meskin]

Hi,
As you recover from T-day and B-Friday, you can visit the Baltimore 
Ethical Society tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:30 am.
Last week we had a presentation on the politics of _Health Care Reform_; 
this week it will be about the ethics.  See more info below.

Also this Sunday you can find out more about us at a _Newcomers' 
Meeting_.  Learn more about Ethical Culture and about our
Society---its history, its philosophy, and its organization.  Meetings 
last about one hour.  You are welcome whether you are interested in 
joining or just exploring.  Attendance is recommended before becoming a 
member.

For parents, our _Sunday School_ has had multiple visitors on recent 
Sunday mornings; your child may find it exciting.

We have some very interesting platforms coming up in the next few 
weeks.  Keep an eye out for the _December BESpeak _, our newsletter, for 
details.

"*The Principles of Health Care Reform*" by John Nugent CEO and 
President, Md. Planned Parenthood & BES member

The crisis in health care has been treated as a purely economic or 
political problem, when, at the root, the crisis in health care is a 
moral crisis that requires us to grapple with the ethical implications 
of our health care policies and practices. The health care discussions 
have a moral dimension and the principles that ought to drive a 
resolution are moral principles. This talk will examine the ethical 
principles upon which our health care system should be based.

*John Nugent* was the CEO of a Hospice program prior to joining Planned 
Parenthood in 1997. He holds an MA in ethics from San Francisco 
Theological Seminary and a BA in philosophy and has been an adjunct 
college philosophy instructor. He was co-chair of the Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America Bioethics task force and served on the National 
Hospice Organization's ethics committee. John is active in the Board of 
the Washington Area Secular Humanists. He is a graduate of the
Leadership Baltimore and Leadership Maryland programs and is currently 
part of the Weinberg Fellows program. John is a certified Humanist 
Celebrant/Officiant through the American Humanist Association.


-- 
*S**tephen Meskin*

"The trouble with news is that it gives us the impression we know 
something, whereas the real news is that our ignorance is so vast as to 
make each of us dangerous."  Djelloul Marbrook

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