Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #7: “A LESSON IN LYING”
[55:04] PART ONE: A LESSON IN LYING Immanuel Kants stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions. Kant believe…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #8: “WHATS A FAIR START?”
[55:06] Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principl…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #10: “THE GOOD CITIZEN”
[55:07] PART ONE: THE GOOD CITIZEN Aristotle believes the purpose of politics is to promote and cultivate the virtue of …
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #11: “THE CLAIMS OF COMMUNITY”
[55:10] PART ONE: THE CLAIMS OF COMMUNITY Professor Sandel presents Kants objections to Aristotles theory. Kant beli…
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Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? #12 ‘DEBATE SAME SEX MARRIAGE’
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10 Questions for Daniel Kahneman
[6:06] Psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses his new book – ‘Thinking, Fast and Slo…
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Dan Dennett: Good Reasons for “Believing” in God
[1:10:13] Dan Dennett’s talk at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C. He is presented with the 2007 Richar…
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Dan Ariely: Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)
[18:23] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK t…
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Richard Dawkins: The Purpose of Purpose
[52:10] During Richard Dawkins’ American tour in March 2009, he gave a talk titled “The Purpose of Purpos…
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