- -: Where the Counterculture Prevails - Peter Coyote
August 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/20/Sleeping_Where_I_Fall_The_Chronicles_of_Peter_Coyote Actor and activist Peter Coyote describes important ways in which the 1960's counterculture succeeded. Despite the movement's failed political agendas, Coyote explains how its concepts of tribe, com...
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- -: Internet Privacy and the Star Wars Kid - Jonathan Zittrain
September 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/15/Jonathan_Zittrain_The_Future_of_the_Internet Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain uses the Star Wars kid viral video to discuss issues of online privacy. While mainstream media never thought to protect the minor's identity, Wikipedians argued to de...
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- -: Machine for Softening Hardened Hearts - Arthur Ganson
September 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/14/Arthur_Ganson_Machines_and_the_Breath_of_Time Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson explains his "Machine for Softening Hardened Hearts," an artwork that allows the user to "caress" the heart of Adolf Hitler. The piece explores the personal nature of evil an...
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- -: Is Public Healthcare a Right or a Reward? - Julio Frenk
October 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/30/Julio_Frenk_Health_Reform_in_an_Era_of_Pandemics Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean of Harvard School of Public Health, argues that an ethical debate to the nature of healthcare is a necessary part to reform. He urges us to decide whether healthcare is a universal...
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- -: Personal Liberty and the Public Option - Thomas Murray
October 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/Healthcare_Reform_The_Ethics_of_Public_Debate Thomas H. Murray, president of The Hastings Center, says that while opponents of healthcare reform contend a public option would infringe on individual freedom, the reality is much more complex. Murray arg...
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- -: Max Blumenthal: The Far Right 'Hates' Children
October 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/29/Republican_Gomorrah_Max_Blumenthal Journalist Max Blumenthal ties far-right ideology to authoritarian parenting styles, which he describes as methods intended "to break the will of children." He cites Republican leader James Dobson's book Dare to Disc...
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- -: Intelligent Design an Immoral Argument? - Daniel Dennett and John Haught
December 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/Great_Issues_Forum_What_Is_Religion Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that it is immoral for pastors to teach intelligent design. Theologian John Haught criticizes Dennett's language but expresses agreement with his position, identifying creationism a...
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- -: Does Morality Need God?
December 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/07/The_Great_Issues_Forum_Varieties_of_Nonbelief Philosopher Colin McGinn and theologian Denys Turner discuss the question of whether atheism can coexist with a sense of morality. Both agree that morality exists independently of divinity. ----- Journal...
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- -: Did Pornography Fuel the Sexual Revolution? - Jeffrey Escoffier
January 8, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Porn_Peep_Shows_and_Public_Space GLBTQ issue writer Jeffrey Escoffier says that pornography should be taken more seriously as an element of pop culture, calling it "the most important form of discourse about sex and sexuality that currently exists." H...
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- -: Champagne Lifestyles: The Changing Notion of Greed
February 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/01/The_Good_Society_Virtues_for_a_Post-Recession_World Journalist Brendan O'Neill criticizes the historical tendency to interpret social crises through the "prism of excess and opulence" and expresses concern that all consumers, not just the elite, have ...
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