Global Politics: Attempts to Protect Human Rights
Human rights has become one of the dominant concerns in the international political arena. It is difficult to determine whether intervention will be
Series: Framework For Democracy
Subject: human rights violations
Transcript: [narrator:] human rights violations often capture the attention of the international community. [perry:] certainly in north america and throughout
Humans As Rational Animals
Philosopher Daniel Dennet talks about the argument that humans are unique because we are rational. Professor Dennett points out examples of other
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: humans
Transcript: In the attempt to find an essence for man, We've been called the rational animal, We've been called the speaking animal And we've been called the
Science and Human Life
Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus argues that even if scientists come to a clear cosmological understanding of the universe, science can't teach us what
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: humans
Transcript: important things. But you'll know-- you might know the final principles Of the universe but you won't know anything important as far As human life is
Vision
This program argues that the human visual system is skillful at some things, but that we miss an amazing amount of what is going on right in front of
Series: Human Senses
Contributor(s): Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Transcript: 'LL SPOT ME. LIKE ALL ANIMALS, THIS SNAKE HAS EVOLVED TO SEE JUST WHAT SHE NEEDS TO SEE TO SURVIVE, AND NOT MUCH MORE. AND WE'RE JUST THE SAME. THE HUMAN
Hearing
This program deconstructs the emotional effects evoked by music and other sounds. Experiments by Dr. Mark Blagrove at the Sleep Laboratory in Swansea
Series: Human Senses
Contributor(s): Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Transcript: WE'RE JUST THE SAME. FOR US HUMANS THE SOUND OF ANOTHER HUMAN VOICE CAN BE A REAL TURN ON. AT THE THIRD BEEP, IT WILL BE TEN PAST 12:00. BEHAVIORAL
Darwin and Human Nature
more about the human organism--"homosapiens"--than about human nature, which, Dreyfus suggests, is created by people, and changes according to culture
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: humans
Transcript: But human beings are something else. They're a cultural creation, A cultural interpretation of this organism. For instance, in the greek's time, to be a
Chess: Humans vs. Computers
Philosopher John Searle talks about how a computer plays chess. He states that the computer playing chess doesn't actually "think" in the way a human
Series: The Examined Life
Transcript: machines with these binary codes So they can simulate the behavior Of human beings very rapidly cause you can get a binary code, You can get those symbols
In Human Terms: Free Comprehensive Healthcare
Last year the Venice Family Clinic recorded more than 80,000 patient visits and filled more than 65,000 free prescriptions. No one paid a cent for
Series: The Human Condition
Subject: Providing Healthcare for Underserved Populations
Transcript: paramedics And then refer them to the hospitals for their care. [narrator:] last year, the clinic recorded more than 80,000 patient visits and filled more than
Are Humans Unique?
difference is that our brains are capable of performing operations that result in language and culture, which in turn gives us the ability to look back in time
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: humans
Transcript: anticipation of good and evil, The fear of humiliation or the yearning for vindication, For triumph, for justice, All of these extremely important human
The Enduring Self: Humanistic Perspective, The
research. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow were the forerunners of today's positive psychologists, emphasizing the positive aspects of human nature and our
Subject: human capacity for growth
Transcript: personality research. [myers:] the humanistic psychologists were a forerunner Of today's positive psychologists By emphasizing not the negative aspects of human