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Speech by Gandhi
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Audio
Mohandas Gandhi, recorded in Kinglsey Hall, London 1931, giving a spiritual message to the world.
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Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?
by Immanuel Kant
Available on: Digital Download
Written in 1784, "Anwering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" is one of philosopher Immanuel Kant's most influential and famous essays. Here Kant addresses the causes for a lack of Enlightenment in society, and the preconditions a person must meet in order to gain it.
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Digital Download
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond.
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Gandhi Audio Library
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Digital Download
Gandhi speeches and recordings provided by the Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Serivce Archive.
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
Available on: Digital Download
Undoubtedly one of the most influential writings of all time, the Communist Manifesto divided the globe for almost a century.
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The Apology
by Plato
Available on: Digital Download
One of the most famous works of western civilization, The Apology is Plato's account of the trial of Socrates.
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The Value of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell
Available on: Digital Download
The Value of Philosophy is taken from the final chapter of Bertrand Russell's larger 1912 work "Problems of Philosophy".
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Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
In 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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Neuroethics
by Stephan Chorover
Available on: Online Video
Philosophers have long sought to answer questions about who we are, where we come from and where we’re going.
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The Law
by Frederic Bastiat
Available on: Digital Download
The Law is one of the most important books ever written on the uses and abuses of law.
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Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Available on: Digital Download
First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important.
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Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?
by Steven Hawkins
Available on: Online Audio
On 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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In Depth: Francis Fukuyama
by Francis Fukuyama
Available on: Online Video
In this 3-Hour interview with political philosopher and author Francis Fukuyama he discusses many of his books including "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy".
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Available on: Digital Download
Written in 1513 to the Medici family, Machiavelli's work is known primarily for its ruthless advice and shocking lack of morality.
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Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Digital Download
Classic essay by Thoreau explaining why he went to jail rather than submit to a tax he felt unjust, Civil Disobedience served as inspiration to both Gandhi and Tolstoy and continues to be regarded as a definitive statement of the rights of the individual within the state.
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The Literature of Crisis
by Marsh McCall
Available on: Digital Download
Most human lives contain major turning points: crises that transform an individual’s future development...
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Zaadz Notes: Marcus Aurelius
by Brian Johnson
Available on: Digital Download
Stoic philosophy. You know, one of the classic Hellenistic philosophies—right there with Epicureanism and Cynicism.
Huh? Whether or not you’ve heard of Stoicism, you’ve met one of its leading thinkers: Marcus Aurelius—he’s the old emperor in the movie Gladiator.
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The Examined Life: Intro to Philosophy
by Greg Rheiman
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
What makes a life meaningful, what makes it worth living?
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The Ultimate Fate of My Universe
by una mccann
Available on: Digital Download
The Ultimate Fate of My Universe is a philosophical beyond the grave monologue. Take a walk on the philosophical wild side and listen to this satirical dark comedy.
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Zaadz Notes: Socrates
by Brian Johnson
Available on: Digital Download
His command takes on more significance when you understand one of the most important values in Greek culture: areté. Translated as "virtue," the word actually means something closer to "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest human potential."
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The Philosophy of Conflict Resolution
by John Hume
Available on: Online Video
Mr. Hume is a member of the British and European Parliaments, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for "... efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland."
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The Consolation of Philosophy
by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Available on: Digital Download
Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.
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Human Cloning and Human Rights
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
Ignore the noisy debate around cloning, Rudolf Jaenisch quietly insists, and instead look closely at the biology involved.
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Intelligent Designs on Evolution
by Mary Beth Kirchner
Available on: Online Audio
Questions 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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Heideggers Being and Time, Division II Podcast
by Hubert L. Dreyfus
Available on: Digital Download
The course is designed to deal with a variety of topics in recent European philosophy.
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