Us vs Them: Immigration, Empathy and Psychology
[4:43] ALL OF US ORIGINALLY STARDUST and then millions of years of evolution later and here we are as humans with our clos…
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Dogs judge humans by how we treat others
[1:06] Both pets and monkeys show a preference for people who help others in experiments, and the results might explain …
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Paul Bloom: Against Empathy
[2:49] Paul Bloom, psychologist and Yale professor, argues that empathy is a bad thing—that it makes the world worse…
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Jonathan Haidt: Why Do We Disagree Politically?
[53:13] Politics can be divisive. There is an ‘us,’ and there is a ‘them.’ Author Jonathan H…
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Peter McGraw: What makes things funny
[12:23] Pete McGraw is a leading researcher at the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In this ta…
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Cross-Coursera Dishonesty Debate
[1:08:54] Watch the legendary moral philosopher Peter Singer, the distinguished psychologist Paul Bloom, and the ex…
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Svend Brinkmann: How to Resist the Self-Improvement Craze
[57:18] The pace of modern life is accelerating, and the self-help shelves are groaning with advice on how to keep up – …
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Did his brain make him commit his crime?
[2:01] When discussing how neuroscience could affect criminal law, one question keeps coming up: Are we in danger of sa…
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Jesse Prinz: Neurophilosophy of Morality – The Role of Emotions
[11:22] Culturalist and Neurophilosopher Jesse Prinz, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York Gr…
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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: Does Neuroscience Undermine Responsibility?
[1:28:43] Lecture hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillm…
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