Basic Human Emotions
Psychologist and author Paul Ekman discusses the seven emotions that are generally considered most basic and universal. Dr. Ekman adds that, "...each
Transcript: probably And important, but everything is a product Of both what we've learned growing up. Particularly the earliest experience, Which seem to have more
Human Trafficking PSA
Human Trafficking PSA 2015
Transcript: *Music* The problem of Human Trafficking today is one of semantics. There is a clichè that the oldest profession is prostitution. Where I would
Prejudice and the Human Brain (Part One)
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks about experiments that probe racial basis by examining responses of the amygdala in the brain to black and
Subject: brain, the
Human Resources and the Law
Once the recruitment and hiring process begins, a whole host of laws and regulations comes into play. The most visible of these are mandates related
Subject: human resources
Transcript: WORKPLACE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, I THINK PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT IN AN ERA OF DEREGULATION, APPLIED TO
The Book of Life: Genetics and Evolution
advanced species, the film looks at bone-development genes in boa constrictors that are comparable to those of humans. Such parallels, the program says
Series: The Gene Code
Subject: Heredity, Human
Transcript: INCREDIBLE. SINCE WE CRACKED THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF HUMANS IN 2001 WE'VE GONE ON TO UNRAVEL THE CODES OF HUNDREDS OF OTHER SPECIES. WE'VE DECODED THE DNA OF
What is Human Nature?: How Language Makes Human Life Distinctive
If human nature is not different from the rest of the nature, then why is human existence so different? Language. Language allows humans to organize
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: cultural views of human nature
Transcript: [ narrator ] if human nature is not distinct from the rest of nature, then why do humans live so differently from other animals? And the obvious
What is Human Nature?: Plato's View of Human Nature
In 4th century B.C.E. Athens the philosopher Plato tries to define the basic parts of human nature using the metaphor of a charioteer and his pair of
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: Human Nature
Transcript: [ narrator ] in fourth-century b. C. Athens, the philosopher plato... tried to define the basic parts of human nature. [ plato ] let me speak
What is Human Nature?: St. Thomas Aquinas and Human Nature
there by God. According to Aquinas the ultimate purpose of humans is to know God.
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: Human Nature
Transcript: ... and widely read until the 13th century. one of the first to pick up his ideas was saint thomas aquinas. for aquinas, as for aristotle, human nature is
What is Human Nature?: Existentialism and Human Nature
The 20th century existentialist Jean-Paul Satre asserts that man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. There is no human nature because
Series: The Examined Life
Subject: no human nature
Transcript: human nature-- determines who we become. [ sartre ] man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world... and defines himself
Human Rights for the Poor?
A progressive volunteer shares his views on the rich who have the power to force poor Americans to fight poor Iraqis, all for the benefit of the rich