November Meeting

Sunday, November 23, 2003
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Rockridge Library
College Ave at Manila
Oakland, CA

You are Invited to a Lecture and Discussion on What Exactly Makes One “A Person”
Dr. Bernard Rosen Presents
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION
"The Measure of a Man."
In this episode Roddenberry and company explore the necessary and sufficient conditions for someone to be a person. Not all humans, e.g. the dead and those anencephalics born with little or no cerebral cortex, are persons. This is not contro-versial for humanists, but it is for those who think a person is an embodied soul. Picard serves as Data's counsel, arguing that he is a person even though not human or even a biological organism. Various theories of personhood are briefly mentioned and we shall discuss some of those.

Time permitting we'll discuss the implications of a humanist view of personhood on recent cases of those in a permanent vegetative state.

The library is within walking distance of the Rockridge BART Station

Please join us this Holiday Season In Celebration of Humanities’ Ability to Bring Light to the Darkness

Saturday, December 20, 2003 At 4:00 P.M.

Rockridge Library
5366 College Avenue Oakland
(a few blocks from the Rockridge Bart)

Festivities Begin with a Video Celebration of Life and Times of

ROBERT G. INGERSOLL:
THE MOST REMARKABLE AMERICAN MOST PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF.

The Fun Continues as we share a Holiday Meal Together

“Festive Potluck”
(Bring some thing delicious to share)

And then on to the

***Humanlight Celebration***

SONGS…. LIGHTS…. SURPRISES….
HEART WARMING AND HEART SHARING