- -: Freedom, Capitalism and Morality - Eric Foner
September 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/03/Eric_Foner_Freedom_in_America_1776-2008 Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, argues that traditionally-held American values of free-market capitalism and Christian morality are inherently contradictory. ----- In th...
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- -: Do We Need Religion? - Suzanne Rutland
November 21, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/19/Would_We_Be_Better_Off_Without_Religion Suzanne Rutland, Chair of the Department of Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney, argues that human beings need to belong to groups that provide altruistic and loving relationships and b...
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- -: Desmond Tutu Decries Culture of Competition
February 21, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/01/Desmond_Tutu_Believing_in_the_Dignity_of_All Archbishop Desmond Tutu argues that modern culture places too much of an emphasis on competitiveness and financial success. "We have seemed to ask, 'Is it profitable?" he says. "We ought to have been asking...
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- -: Linking Motherhood and Morality - Anna Funder
May 8, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Anna_Funder_on_Courage In light of the birth of her daughter, author Anna Funder shares her personal experience with courage and morality. Funder believes motherhood has taught her a visceral "gut" understanding of good and bad. ----- Anna Funder de...
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- -: America's Good / Evil Mentality - Reza Aslan
June 3, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/15/Reza_Aslan_How_to_Win_a_Cosmic_War Reza Aslan, religious scholar and author of How to Win a Cosmic War, and Phil Bronstein, editor-at-large for the San Francisco Chronicle, discuss the American cultural obsession with the conflict between good versus ...
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- -: Friedrich Nietzsche - The Original Rockstar?
June 11, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/17/Craig_Schuftan_Hey_Nietzsche_Leave_Them_Kids_Alone Author Craig Schuftan describes similarities between Friedrich Nietzsche and modern rock stars. He explains how Nietzsche's philosophy reflects the hedonistic, egotistic, and daredevil aspects of rock...
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- -: The Deadhead Code of Ethics - Peter Conners
June 19, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/04/Peter_Conners_Growing_Up_Dead Peter Conners, author of Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead describes his experience finding a ticket to a Grateful Dead concert just as the show was beginning. He explains the Deadhead cu...
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- -: Art, Ethics and the Law - David Marr
June 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/22/The_Future_of_Hard-Hitting_Investigative_Journalism Journalist David Marr reflects on the case involving Australian photographer Bill Henson's photos of semi-nude adolescent girls. Marr criticizes the tendency to involve government and police into mat...
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- -: Ethics of Outsourcing Pregnancy to India - Michael Sandel
July 27, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/20/Michael_Sandel_on_Markets_and_Morals Political philosopher Michael Sandel analyzes the moral implications of using poor women in developing countries like India as commercial surrogate mothers. Sandel challenges the audience to debate the ethics of ou...
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- -: Morality and the Free Market - Michael Sandel
July 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/20/Michael_Sandel_on_Markets_and_Morals Political philosopher Michael Sandel argues that free market economics have affected American perceptions of ethics, morality, and value. By emphasizing the monetary value of human goods, says Sandel, Americans may...
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