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1. | | Plato's Republic by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($68.75)Plato was a teacher who wrote in the dialogue form as a means of challenging his students to think deeply about fundamental questions. Consider this hypothesis: Plato wrote each book of The Republic to be performed by actors playing characters such as Socrates, Glaucon, Ademantus, Thrasymachus. |
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2. | | Neuroethics by Stephan Chorover Available on: Online VideoPhilosophers have long sought to answer questions about who we are, where we come from and where we’re going. |
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3. | | Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy by Rudolf Jaenisch Available on: Online VideoIn this talk, leading genetist Rudolf Jaenisch delivers a clear overview of the challenges facing the cloning, dispelling many of the misconceptions about cloning that are pervasive in popular media. |
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4. | | Plato's Ion and Meno by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.00)Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle. |
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5. | | Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? by Steven Hawkins Available on: Online AudioOn this week's show, we broadcasted the 13th Great Debate held as part of the biannual Great Debate Series that Boston University's College of Communications began in 1996. The topic of the 13th Great Debate was "Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?" |
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6. | | State of Fear by Michael Crichton Available on: Digital Download ($4.95)Integral Naked is an online behind-the-scenes exploration of cutting-edge thought. From philosophers to musicians to spiritual adepts, get naked with some of the most provocative thinkers on the planet today. |
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7. | | Plato's Gorgias by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($16.50)Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art. |
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8. | | Carnegie Council Podcast by Jere Van Dyk Available on: PodcastListen to events at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. |
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9. | | Intelligent Designs on Evolution by Mary Beth Kirchner Available on: Online AudioQuestions about our origins as a species have been plaguing us as humans, prodding us as scientists and dividing us as Americans for more than a hundred years... |
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10. | | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - PBS Podcast by Thirteen - WNET Available on: PodcastThe only national TV news program devoted to religious and ethical issues. |
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11. | | Human Cloning and Human Rights by Rudolf Jaenisch Available on: Online VideoIgnore the noisy debate around cloning, Rudolf Jaenisch quietly insists, and instead look closely at the biology involved. |
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12. | | 6: New "Selby Meditation" Talks by John Selby Available on: Digital Download ($8.00)As part of John Selby's overall 'Seven Masters, One Path' meditation program, this CD presents spontaneous talks and guided meditations with John and his new 'short form' meditation method. |
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13. | | Moral Relativism by Greg Koukl Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online VideoMoral relativism, says Koukl, is not an alternative way to think about morality, nor is it a refinement of how we are to think of morality—rather, it is an outright denial of morality. |
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14. | | New York Times The Ethicist Podcast by Randy Cohen Available on: PodcastRandy Cohen, Times Magazine columnist, answers readers' questions on ethical issues each week. |
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15. | | Our Bodies, Our Technologies by Ray Kurzweil Available on: Digital Download | Video Download | Online VideoHow close are we to a world in which the abilities of machines are indistinguishable from those of the species that invented them? |
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16. | | There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics by John C. Maxwell Available on: Audio CD | Digital DownloadMaxwell asserts there's one ethical standard for all behavior. |
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17. | | Christian Ethics Podcast by David Jones Available on: PodcastExplores the structure and content of Christian ethics and the goal, motive, and norm of the Christian life; offers an analysis of ethical issues related to authority, life, sexuality, property, and truthfulness. |
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18. | | Catholic NGO Voice Podcast Available on: PodcastThese are the podcasts of Catholic NGO Voice, an outreach dedicated to sharing authentic Catholic socal teaching about human dignity and human rights. |
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19. | | Is Abortion Morally Justifiable in a Free Society? by Peter Kreeft Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online VideoPeter Kreeft is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. |
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20. | | The Moral Imagination & the Teaching of Virtue by Russell Kirk Available on: Online AudioThe Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels. |
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21. | | Is Manliness A Virtue? by Harvey C. Mansfield Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online VideoThe Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels. |
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22. | | Medical Practice Management: Healthcare Policies Podcast by Greenbranch Publishing Available on: PodcastFor the medical practice administrator of physician executive, discussion topics include the US healthcare system, predictions for the future in a globalized world, the relationship of status and class in healthcare, controlling healthcare costs, and medical and professional ethics. |
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23. | | Western Myths About Pluralism by Vinoth Ramachandra Available on: Digital Download | Online AudioAgreeing with Vaclev Havel that human rights must have a basis in some authority that lies outside of human beings, Ramachandran evaluates Christianity with other religious and philosophical systems in their ability to provide such a basis. |
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24. | | Altering the Blueprint by Alexander McCall Smith Available on: Audio CD | Digital DownloadReproduction is a process fundamental to every known species, so it is no surprise that human beings, perhaps the most self-reflective of all species, spend so much time thinking about the implications of creating life anew. |
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25. | | Are We All Libertarians Now? by Peter Augustine Lawler Available on: Digital Download | Online AudioDr. Lawler is Professor of Government at Berry College in Georgia. |