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Law and the Legal System
Every society has laws and rules set forth and enforced by an authority for the purpose of keeping order within the society. This clip defines "laws" and discusses the purpose of a legal system.
02:32
Making Up People
Philosopher Ian Hacking talks about the link between the way we classify and conceptualize actions and how we define those actions, as well as how we act. He notes that these methods of classifying and conceptualizing change over time, which means t...
03:37
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 turn, can affect subsequent actions. As an example, he talks about the trend in recent years of encou...