Humanism, community, and the ten commitments

The lat­est episode of the Voices of Winchester pod­cast has dropped, and it’s one that should appeal to any­one look­ing for belong­ing and accep­tance and a non-reli­gious com­mu­ni­ty of com­pas­sion­ate friends. 

In this episode, Pete Koutoulas and Rebecca Ison have a wide-rang­ing con­ver­sa­tion about human­ism, what it means to live with­out reli­gious belief, and how human­ists try to build a bet­ter com­mu­ni­ty through action. They also walk through the Humanists of Winchester’s ten com­mit­ments, with prac­ti­cal dis­cus­sion of top­ics includ­ing altru­ism, crit­i­cal think­ing, empa­thy, envi­ron­men­tal­ism, ser­vice, and more.

Pete and Rebecca each share their own path into human­ism, includ­ing doubts about reli­gion, the role of evi­dence, and the impor­tance of ques­tion­ing inher­it­ed beliefs. The con­ver­sa­tion is both per­son­al and civic-mind­ed, with a strong focus on how val­ues show up in every­day life.

Rebecca Ison is a Winchester res­i­dent, a teacher, nurse, nurs­ing instruc­tor, and pres­i­dent of Humanists of Winchester.

Listen now wher­ev­er you get your pod­casts or use the embed­ded play­er below.