This webinar examines how science fiction literature explores moral choice, responsibility, and meaning in worlds where traditional religious frameworks are absent or insufficient. Through examples ranging from classic works to modern narratives, the talk considers how humanist values—empathy, reason, and ethical agency—emerge as central organizing principles in speculative storytelling. Rather than arguing against religion, the presentation focuses on how science fiction uses imagined settings to ask enduring questions about how societies and individuals decide what is right when guidance must come from human judgment rather than external authority.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Alan Koslow is a retired vascular surgeon, humanitarian responder, medical researcher, and public policy advocate with more than five decades of experience improving lives in the United States and around the world. His work spans disaster medicine deployments, health legislation, international medical education, and community leadership. He has served on the front lines in crises from Haiti to South Sudan, helped shape major public health laws in Iowa, conducted early stem-cell research, and interviewed national leaders on science, governance, and public policy
Contact:
Alan Koslow
Site: https://akoslow.com/
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 25
🕒 Time: 7 pm MST
📍 Location: https://www.meetup.com/rockymountainatheists/events/
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