The Topical Meeting is an open discussion of a specific topic chosen each month at the end of the prior meeting. Sometimes it is lead by someone who is highly interested in the topic and who may have been the one who suggested it. The current upcoming topic can be found in the calendar.
To search for a topic, press Ctrl+F (find).
In the popup box (either at top right or bottom left), start typing in the topic.
As you type, it will be highlighted where it’s found in the list.
Title – Meeting Month
Are We as Rational as We Think We Are? – Oct 2018
Are We on the Road to Fascism? – Jul 2018
Artificial Intelligence – Apr 2017
Artificial Intelligence and its Effect on Humanism – Dec 2021
Artificial Intelligence: Its Effects on Culture – Oct 2019
Can Creativity Be Fostered? – Nov 2018
Can We Save the Planet from Ourselves? – Apr 2016
Can We Save the Planet from Ourselves? Part 2 – May 2016
Choices in Life and Death Decisions – Jun 2019
Community Policing – Feb 2021
Compassion, a Strength or a Weakness? – Aug 2021
Conformity and Protest: Pledges of Allegiance – Dec 2017
Declaration of What Humanists Can Do as an Entity and Individuals, A – Aug’16
Democracy Under Attack – Jul 2021
Does Equality Reduce Freedom? – Dec 2019
Does Media Control the Narrative And What can we Do about it? – Feb 2020
Development of Empathy and Compassion in Today’s Society – Jan 2020
Emotion or Reason? – Sep 2017
Ethics? Whose ethics? – Jun 2016
Ethics of Regulating Gun Ownership, The – Apr 2018
Evolutionary Biology in the 21st Century – Feb 2022
Evolutionary Biology of Caring and Cooperation, The – Apr 2021
Fostering Community Without Religion – Dec 2018
Future of Public Education, The – Sep 2021
Gene Editing, Ethics, Law and.. – Jun 2021
Government on the Rocks. Solution: Multiple Party System? – Nov 2017
Happiness – Feb 2017
Healthcare in the United States – Oct 2021
How and Why I Became a Humanist – Nov 2019
How Can Humanists Find Common Cause with Non-Humanists? – Jun 2017
How Do You Determine Sources of Truth? – Jan 2017
How Do You Make an Economy that Works for Everyone? – Mar 2019
How Media Shapes Perception – Jul 2017
HSNM Mission Statement – Jan 2019
Humanism and Morality – Mar 2021
Immigration: Crisis or Opportunity; How Can We Make a Difference? – Apr’19
Is Capitalism Compatible with Humanism – Nov 2021
Is There Such a Thing As a Just War – May 2022
Libertarian Socialism and Humanism – May 2018
“Mother – Caring for Seven Billion” (Film presentation) – Jul 2019
Oligarchy and Income Equality – Feb 2018
Our Brave New World: Scary or Promising? – Mar 2017
Personal Environmental Action – Feb 2019
Play, The Importance of – Jun 2022
Post Election America – What Do We Do Now? – Dec 2016
Practical Utopia – Oct 2016
Privacy: Are You Being Watched? – Aug 2017
Pros and Cons of Social Media – Jan 2021
Reclaiming Democracy – Aug 2018
Reparations— A Good Idea? – Aug 2019
Social Media: Blessing or Curse? – Sep 2018
States of Ecstasy – May 2017
Sustainable Agriculture – Mar 2022
Unregulated Capitalsim – Apr 2022
What are the Proper Goals of Education? – Jun 2018
What Brought You to Humanism and What Makes You Stay? – Feb 2016
What does patriotism mean to Humanists? – Jan 2022
What is Culture Good For? – Sep 2019
What is the Basis of Ethical Behavior? – Mar 2018
What is the Best Approach to Solving the Drug Problem? – May 2019
What is the Best Version of Socialism? – Mar 2020
What is the Proper Response to the Alt-Right? – Jan 2018
What Would a Humanist Party Espouse as Their Platform? – Jul 2016
Whom Do You Trust? Why? – Oct 2017
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