The Developing Embryonic Human Brain
Investigating the incredible world of gastrulation - the endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm - chapter two examines the embryonic brain\'s development
Human Connection With the Infinite
Upon death, Huston Smith argues, human souls will experience infinite truth. In the meantime, humans should live their lives in the pursuit cosmic
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
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
Classifying and Conceptualizing Human Life
Philosopher Ian Hacking expands on his remarks about the link between the classification of actions and the way actions are viewed and how that, in
Series: Examined Life, The
Crimes Against Humanity: Justice Pursued
About this title: Rwanda, Argentina, East Germany, and Bosnia have been the locus for some of the most heinous acts of the last 20 years. In this
Series: Crimes Against Humanity: The Search For Justice
Contributor(s): Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Transcript: against humanity. The trial still provokes strong emotions, and profound questions. Is the justice of the victor simply revenge? Can justice be done