Would you use time travel to kill baby Hitler?
[8:01] Well? Would you? Vox’s Phil Edwards asked author James Gleick about the history of this unusual philosop…
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Glenn Cohen: Have a Moral Dilemma? Start with Your Gut Reaction, but Don’t Stop There
[7:15] Making ethical decisions is a process that starts in our gut, i.e with our automatic response. But it is essentia…
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BJ Casey: The Mind of the Adolescent
[5:59] Alan Alda visits with Dr. BJ Casey, Professor of Developmental Psychobiology at Weill Medical College of Corne…
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Crash Course Philosophy #40: What Is Justice?
[10:14] In today’s episode, Hank asks you to consider all the ways people talk about justice and what we really mean wh…
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Crash Course Philosophy #44: Poverty & Our Response To It
[8:53] We’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme p…
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Crash Course Philosophy #45: Assisted Death & The Value of Life
[9:53] As we wrap up Crash Course Philosophy, we’re using the things we’ve learned to explore big issues like the va…
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Peter Singer: How to Live an Ethical Life
[5:09] Peter Singer tackles poverty and the environment. [Video source: Big Think YouTube link]…
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Milgram Obedience Study
[9:53] The infamous Milgram experiment, highlighting how easy it is for normal, everyday people can obey those higher …
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Brains on Trial: Neuroscience and Law
[1:35:14] What if we could peer into a brain and see guilt or innocence? Brain scanning technology is trying to break its …
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Nita Farahany: Determinism & Freedom
[3:40] Nita Farahany focuses on the legal, philosophical and social issues arising from developments in the bioscien…
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