Hubby found free philosophy lecture videos with a fascinating professor, Michael Sandel of Harvard, who apparently manages to activate his audience into genuine discussion. We have listened to 3 whole and bits and pieces of some other lectures, and intend to continue.
M first found the guy here http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com ... ilosopher/ - the first link in the lecture list leads to some of his stuff. This is the first one we listened to http://forum-network.org/lecture/claims ... yalty-lies
It seems his popular (and rather down-to-earth) class "Justice" / "What's the right thing to do" (or at least most of it) is on YouTube, starting with this intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9bOIYnGqbs and this first lecture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8 ... re=related
Many of the ethical dilemmas, moral problems and examples he presents are well known, but somehow it is still fascinating to listen to (the interaction is so much verbal that one does not necessarily have to watch, listening gives at least me quite enough). Maybe it is the brave sincerity of the young students, who throw themselves into class debate knowing that they may make fools of themselves in front of all of Internet.
Harvard philosophy lectures for free - and NOT boring!
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Thanks for posting.. The first lecture on justice was great. I plan on watching the rest. Here is the playlist - http://www.youtube.com/user/Harvard#gri ... 91CFFEFEA6
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Cool...
Thanks, 란자...^^
Thanks, 란자...^^
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Thanks for that - had not managed to locate it yet.Libertarian wrote:Thanks for posting.. The first lecture on justice was great. I plan on watching the rest. Here is the playlist - http://www.youtube.com/user/Harvard#gri ... 91CFFEFEA6
"The internet is made of people. People matter. This includes you. Stop trying to sell everything about yourself to everyone. Don’t just hammer away and repeat and talk at people—talk TO people. It’s organic. Make stuff for the internet that matters to you, even if it seems stupid. Do it because it’s good and feels important. Put up more cat pictures. Make more songs. Show your doodles. Give things away and take things that are free." - Maureen J
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Great find. First part was brilliant. Going to listen to the rest over the weeks.
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Is it really almost a year ago MiM found this???
Is it really almost a year ago MiM found this???
"The internet is made of people. People matter. This includes you. Stop trying to sell everything about yourself to everyone. Don’t just hammer away and repeat and talk at people—talk TO people. It’s organic. Make stuff for the internet that matters to you, even if it seems stupid. Do it because it’s good and feels important. Put up more cat pictures. Make more songs. Show your doodles. Give things away and take things that are free." - Maureen J
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Nice bump, Ronja! (So to speak. 
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The first link has several interesting topics. Like:
) The first link has several interesting topics. Like:
Dan Ariely: The Upside of Irrationality: Learn why irrationality is often as much as part of our decision-making as reason and logic.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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