Harriet Hall: Lecture 8 – Miscellaneous “Alternatives”
[42:38] There are recurrent memes or myths in CAM that refuse to die. Like zombies, they keep rising up again no matter ho…
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Crash Course Philosophy #32: Metaethics
[9:33] We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolu…
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Harriet Hall: Lecture 9 – Pitfalls in Research
[44:13] We depend on science for our knowledge, but a lot of things can go wrong in scientific research that can mislead u…
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Crash Course Philosophy #33: Divine Command Theory
[9:01] As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to expl…
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Harriet Hall: Lecture 10 – Science-Based Medicine in the Media and Politics
[44:44] We have regressed from the Age of Enlightenment to an Age of Endarkenment. The public is appallingly ignorant a…
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Crash Course Philosophy #35:
[10:26] Our next stop on our tour of ethics is Kant’s ethics. Today Hank explains hypothetical and categorical imper…
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Crash Course Philosophy #36: Utilitarianism
[10:00] Our next stop in our tour of the ethical lay of the land is utilitarianism. With a little help from Batman, Hank ex…
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Crash Course Philosophy #37: Contractarianism
[9:31] Today we explore the penultimate ethical theory in this unit: contractarianism. Hank explains Hobbes’ stat…
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Crash Course Philosophy #38: Aristotle & Virtue Theory
[9:21] This week we explore final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle’s virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden M…
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Crash Course Philosophy #39: Moral Luck
[9:45] Can two people who make the same bad decision bear different levels of moral responsibility? Today, we try to add…
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