Fellowship of Reason
Has anyone else heard about this group? From what I can tell, they are a eudaimonist post-Objectivist group (my kind of people ), with an emphasis on performing the roles traditionally performed by churches. I think that this is very interesting as, although I am not religious, I have seen churches do a lot of good.
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wombatron: Fellowship of Reason Has anyone else heard about this group? From what I can tell, they are a eudaimonist post-Objectivist group (my kind of people ), with an emphasis on performing the roles traditionally performed by churches. I think that this is very interesting as, although I am not religious, I have seen churches do a lot of good.
Never heard of them before. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I'll check the Fellowship out and try to remember to come back and give my thoughts.
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I just happened to surf on in and noticed this question. I'm months late in replying to it! I hope you are still around.
I'm a member of the Fellowship of Reason (FOR). Most members are reasonably described as "eudaimonist post-Objectivists", and that term describes me too. If you are one as well, you'd fit right in, no problem.
FOR is a philosophical community that aims to fill some of the roles for nontheists that church groups play in the lives of theists. However, they don't perform "charity work" (an Ayn Rand influence), but focus instead on providing opportunities for self-development and for socializing with other eudaimonists. For example, they hold a philosophy night where interested members study the ideas of some philosopher, and usually not an Objectivist one! The eudaimonists at FOR generally respect Ayn Rand's accomplishments in philosophy, but seek to expand their intellectual horizons.
Also, FOR is not a political activist group. (Members may do or vote for whatever they want as private individuals, of course.) While the majority hold "libertarian" (or Aristotelian liberal) political views, there is no political litmus test for membership. You'll find anarchocapitalists, constitutional minarchists, and whatnot.
I highly recommend the Fellowship of Reason.
Thanks for the reply, Eudaiomonist! This group (along with most of the other ones) is pretty much dead, but some of us occasionally stop in and check. If you don't mind the lack of anonymity, there is a Facebook page on Aristotelian liberalism that gets rather more traffic.