- -: Evolutionary Ethics: Reconciling Reason and Intuition
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/09/Does_Understanding_Evolution_Help_Us_Understand_Ethics Princeton ethicist Peter Singer addresses what he regards as the evolutionary urge to make ethical decisions intuitively, rather than rationally. "The fact that we have one of these intuitions sho...
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- -: Did China 'Change' Google?
June 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/Steven_Levy_Inside_Google Author Stephen Levy discusses the internal struggle that ensued from Google's decision to provide censored search results in China. He explains that in order to justify their decision, they developed a "moral spreadsheet" to ...
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- -: Savulescu: Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
July 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/31/Unnatural_Selection_Artificial_Life_and_Designer_Babies Bioethicist Julian Savulescu makes an argument for procreative beneficence, his conviction that parents are morally obligated to breed the healthiest children possible. "Nature has no mind to equ...
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- -: Bourdain and Gill on Animal Cruelty and Worker Rights
September 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/A_A_Gill_and_Anthony_Bourdain_Food_Fighters Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and renowned food critic A. A. Gill debate the moral relativity of gourmet food production, from foie gras to worker rights. "Most Ghanaian dish washers are treated far worse ...
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- -: Forget the Golden Rule, Says Philosopher A.C. Grayling
September 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/22/A_C_Grayling_The_Good_Book Philosopher A. C. Grayling, author of The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, discusses why the biblical Golden Rule isn't necessarily the best model for morality. "Doing unto others" isn't always the best policy, he explains, beca...
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- -: A New Standard of Openness
April 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)On his first full day in office, President Obama makes good on his campaign promise to bring significant change to Washington by signing an executive order on transparency and ethics. January 21, 2009 (public domain)
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- -: Bipartisan Leadership Meeting on Financial Reform
April 14, 2010 (about 14 years ago)President Obama, along with Vice President Biden, welcomes House and Senate leaders from both parties to the White House to discuss financial regulatory reform. April 14, 2010.
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- -: President Obama Hails Progress on Wall Street Reform
May 20, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)The President commends the Senate for moving closer to bringing Wall Street Reform legislation to a final vote during remarks in the Rose Garden. May 20, 2010.
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- -: Signing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
July 22, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)President Obama signs into law measures that hold government accountable for responsible use of taxpayer dollars and cut down on waste, fraud and abuse. July 22, 2010.
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- -: Open for Questions: First Anniversary of the Open Government Directive
December 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Cass Sunstein take your questions about Open Government initiatives and the first anniversary of the Open Government Directive. December 8, 2010.
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