The Great Moral Divide in America Today

with Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Founder and Chairman of Centers for Inquiry
Paul Kurtz

Saturday, March 22
2 p.m.

          In today's American political scene, there is a conflict of opposing conceptions of morality between those who believe in individual freedom, autonomy and the right of privacy and those who believe that there are absolute God-given moral standards.

          Shedding light on this moral divide is Paul Kurtz, founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry. His secular humanist perspective has sparked movements in skeptical inquiry and methodological naturalism that continue today. Kurtz will illuminate the conflict between those who claim that humans are by nature selfish and egoistic and those who hold that we can be altruistic and empathetic.

          Paul Kurtz has a BA from NYU and an MA and PhD from Columbia. He has taught at Trinity, Vassar, and Union colleges, City University of NY, and SUNY at BUffalo. He is author and editor of 48 books and 850 articles. He has appeared widely on TV and radio, including Larry King, the Today Show, NPR, CNN, and the major networks. He is a fellow of the AAAS, editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry, and founder of CSI (formerly CSICOP) and the Council for Secular Humanism.

Free and open to the public!

The Center for Inquiry-L.A.
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027
2 blocks west of Vermont at Berendo
Free parking!
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