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Can corruption be legitimized by common usage, legal process, or subsequent legislation? Should old crimes go unpunished by legislative amnesty? Or...
- Added: Jun 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
When balancing life's complex tensions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
An interview with one of the 4 surviving federal medical marijuana patients, Irvin Rosenfeld. His new book, My Medicine, looks back at a lifetime o...
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- Added: Apr 28, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Should you ever deal with dictators? Two American journalists held hostage in North Korea were released as a result of Bill Clinton's recent meetin...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usua...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Modern self-determination and the concept of nationality are closely linked, and have frequently led to instances of ethnic cleansing. Can national...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Why can't the U.S. negotiate a domestic solution to health care? Individuals are certainly responsible for their health. A wealthy society can also...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently declared that burqas are not welcome in France. To some, the burqa represents the suppression of women. Y...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
When are elections legitimate? What about Iran? Elections assume that losers accept results. Because many disagree, can they overturn an election? ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Fairness is a universal concept, but its application depends on time and place. The three pillars of ethical choice—pluralism, rights and responsib...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Balancing rights and responsibilities is one of the pillars supporting ethical choice. How far do our rights extend? Do responsibilities diminish o...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How do we celebrate differences without falling into the trap of cultural relativism?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
To become ethical, must behavior be grounded in a religious faith or other system of belief? How do we judge the behavior of states and people?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
New York is no longer viewed as the financial capital of the world, or even of the United States. Given the recent government intervention in state...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advic...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Can public discussion of issues acknowledge gray areas despite being polarized by the media and single issue groups?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Do we respect the wishes of anti-Castro Americans, to restrict trade, or the wishes of agriculture and medical sales interests, to open Cuban marke...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Banning headscarves may violate an individual's right of religious expression and choice. Allowing headscarves may violate a state's commitment to ...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
A Colombian immigrant was recently denied her investor's visa, forcing her to shut down her U.S. company and fire her six employees. Does immigrati...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
An interview with Paul Armentano on his new book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We driving People to Drink?
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- Added: Aug 12, 2009
- Length: 29:31
- Purchases: 1
Julia Kennedy interviews Michele Wucker on migration, its role in global development, and the ethical questions it raises.
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 27:31
Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...
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- Added: Jun 10, 2009
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 1
An essay discussing a recent review ordered by Congress of the ONDCP and an interview with Howard Wooldridge of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:31
Ever since the election -- or even further back, when Barack Obama chose former rival Joe Biden as his running mate -- the blogosphere and the pund...
- Added: Dec 11, 2008
- Length: 59:57
- Purchases: 2
