Charlie Rose - Matt Dowd (02/27/12)
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tthew Dowd of ABC News and Bloomberg News on faith in politics www.CharlieRose.com
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- -: Charlie Rose - Matt Dowd (02/27/12)
February 28, 2012 (about 12 years ago)tthew Dowd of ABC News and Bloomberg News on faith in politics www.CharlieRose.com
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- -: Quentin Tarantino: Keeping Morality Out of the Question
February 18, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2010/08/14/A_Conversation_with_Quentin_Tarantino Director Quentin Tarantino explains the philosophy behind the anti-heroes that so frequently fill the role of the protagonist in his films. "I try to have morality not even be an issue at all when it comes to my ch...
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- -: Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
February 7, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging quest...
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- -: TEDxOxbridge - McKenzie Funk - How to Really Make Money Off Climate Change
July 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)McKenzie Funk writes for Harper's, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, and Popular Science and is the author of the forthcoming Best Laid Plans (Penguin Press), a book about climate change with reporting from five continents and 23 countries. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED...
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- -: Jonathan Haidt: The real difference between liberals and con
September 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
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- -: Samantha Power: Shaking hands with the devil
November 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Samantha Power tells a story of a complicated hero, Sergio Vieira de Mello. This UN diplomat walked a thin moral line, negotiating with the world's worst dictators to help their people survive crisis. It's a compelling story told with a fiery passion.
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- -: Dan Ariely: Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)
March 18, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational -- and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds
September 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it? Here, Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples' thoughts -- and judges their actions. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the...
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- -: Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions
March 22, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life. TEDTalks is a daily video podca...
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- -: Charlie Rose - David Brooks (11/21/11)
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)David Brooks of "The New York Times" on President Obama www.CharlieRose.com
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