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War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Ethics of Drone Warfare
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are drones the herald of a more sanitized and efficient form of war, or do they represent the dystopian reign of uncaring technologies?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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The Military: What Is It Good For?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the "citizen soldier" an outmoded concept of a bygone era?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Abortion
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the question whether a fetus is a person, or a living human being, or something else?

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fear
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is fear the engine of civilization?

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are sports a way to cultivate virtues like loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or to indulge feelings of rivalry, tribalism, and obsession?

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Education and the Culture Wars
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How should we reconcile conflicts between the state’s responsibility to properly educate minors and the parents’ rights to influence their children...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Idea of the University
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is a university a research institute with students, or and educational institution with research around the edges – or something in between?

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2021-04-18 The Ethics of Algorithms
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2021-04-04 Does Science Over-reach?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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2021-03-07 The Value of Care: Feminism and Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do notions like care, compassion, and empathy change the way we view our obligations to others?

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2020-02-02 Race Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What's could be controversial about a movement insisting that Black lives matter too?

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
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2017-06-18 Banking on Change at Standing Rock
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Artist/activist L. Frank Manriquez
On June 1, oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline. But demonstrations at the Standing Rock reservation in 2016 made national headline...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
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#780- Government's neat tricks
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Governments have an art when it comes to getting things done, including convincing their constituents what they are doing is right and deserved. Na...

  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
#770- Trumps first orders
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
The new President start issuing executive orders and some of those are cutting back expenses. Learn who and what is targeted and what it might mean...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
National Prison Strike Updates
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week on Kite Line, we follow up on what’s happening nationally and internationally in regards to actions for the National Prison strike, both ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
Freeing Our Minds From Partisan Prison.
From: KGNU Community Radio
Series: The Reunited States of America
Caption: Mark Gerzon
A commentary in a series of commentaries looking at moving beyond partisanship.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 04:03
Ecological Amnesia – Winona LaDuke #104
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“I don’t think there’s a lot of excuses, frankly, for not doing the right thing.” Anishinaabe orator, author, economist and activist Winona LaDuke ...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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Science and Religion. Do They Have to be at Odds with One Another? Part 1
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
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Co-Host Peter Kreten welcomes Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ to the program. Brother Guy is a research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatic...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
LOBBYISTS PAY CONGRESS
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Lobbyists have corrupted both major political parties to give us the current health care and financial systems we have, and why we have never had t...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
STIMULUS WASTE
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Senator Joe Carraro as The Average Joe showing how the government wasting Stimulus money that was supposed to improve the economy and create jobs b...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:59
The Mission to End Prohibition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: a man standing in a field of marijuana, Credit: www.treehugger.com
A former undercover narcotics officer, and a leading drug reform activist, examine the roots of America’s current drug policy, and suggest how we m...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Washington State's Plan B Battle: A Precursor to the Supreme Court
From: Adam Vaughn
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In Washington State a battle over consitutional rights surrounding Plan Ba rages on. This is currently on a one-way road for the Supreme Court.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:41