This week Encounter checks out the state of medical ethics in India and the resources Hinduism has to offer for thinking through some of Indiaâs contemporary medical ethics issues. From the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics to a remote rural hospital run by followers of Swami Vivekananda, a picture emerges of many challenges, some of which have an Australian connection.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/india-insight3a-medical-ethics/4512644
Synthetic biology can sound kind of bland. Like polyester pants. Nylon stockings. Synthetic – no big deal.
But think about it. Synthetic biology. Biology fully, deeply, maybe radically remade by man. It’s well underway.
Re-engineering biology to make food, fuel, medicine. Seeds that grow into houses. Stronger, smarter humans. Maybe even bring back the dead. The extinct
My guest today has written about finding an “extremely adventurous” woman to give birth to a Neanderthal. And he’s not kidding.
This hour, On Point: synthetic biology creating new and very old life.
When journalist Pete Earley’s son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it sent him on an effort not only to get his son properly diagnosed and treated, but to understand the nation’s mental health system. Earley’s book about the experience is Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5346062
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In her new series for The New York Times, reporter Louise Story traces the complicated relationship between localities and the corporations they want to lure to their states, counties and cities to help promote economic growth.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/05/166489199/a-thin-line-economic-growth-or-corporate-welfare
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Tagged with ethics philosophy janet radcliffe richards sex
Tagged with ethics philosophy janet radcliffe richards sex
Huffduffed from http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/stoics-ethics
Peter considers two of the Stoics’ most challenging ideas, a determinism that leaves room for moral responsibility, and the ideal of an ethically perfect sage.
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Baruch Spinoza was a 17th century lens grinder known for his precision optical work. But it was his philosophy that made this Dutch-Jewish thinker famous, then and now. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy explores how Spinoza’s thoughts on God, the universe, ethics and politics helped ignite the flame that became the Enlightenment.
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