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Lectures in the Philosophy and Religion category
Sam Harris : Science can answer moral questions
Release Date: Mar 08, 2010 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and settin... |
Michael Sandel : What's the right thing to do?
Release Date: Dec 15, 2009 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Is torture ever justified? Would you steal a drug that your child needs to survive? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? How much is one human life worth? In the "Justice" program that bears his n... |
David Deutsch : A new way to explain explanation
Release Date: Oct 06, 2009 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physi... |
Emily Levine's theory of everything
Release Date: Apr 13, 2009 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She's a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to lig... |
Noah Feldman says politics and religion are technologies
Release Date: Oct 08, 2008 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Noah Feldman makes a searing case that both politics and religion -- whatever their differences -- are similar technologies, designed to efficiently connect and manage any group of people.... |
A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblically
Release Date: Jul 12, 2008 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.... |
Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness
Release Date: Nov 06, 2007 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.... |
Dan Dennett on dangerous memes
Release Date: Jul 10, 2007 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive.... |
Richard Dawkins on militant atheism
Release Date: Apr 15, 2007 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk.... |
Tom Honey on God and the tsunami
Release Date: Apr 10, 2007 Category: Philosophy and Religion Lectures In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey pondered the question, "How could a loving God have done this?" Here is his answer.... |