WGBH Station Lectures

Boston, MA

Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure
Michael Sandel
September 20, 2009
00:55:09
Lecture Three: "Putting a Price Tag on Life" Jeremy Bentham's late 18th century Utilitarian theory -- summed up as "the greatest good for the greatest number" -- is often used today under the name of "cost-benefit analysis." Sandel presents some contemporary examples where corporations used this th
The Moral Side of Murder / The Case for Cannibalism
Michael Sandel
September 13, 2009
00:54:56
Lecture One: "The Moral Side of Murder" If you had to choose between killing one person or five, what would you do? What's the right thing to do?
National Parks: America's Best Idea
National Parks: America's Best Idea
Ken Burns
December 31, 1969
00:50:31
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss their new six-part PBS documentary series The National Parks: America's Best Idea.
Audio-only
Conversation with Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
October 20, 2009
00:07:43
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf speaks with anchor Marco Werman in the studio of PRI’s The World at WGBH. He answers questions about US-Pakistani relations and the battle against extremists in Pakistan. Other stories from PRI’s The World.
Free to Choose / Who Owns Me?
Michael Sandel
September 27, 2009
00:55:07
Lecture Five: "Free to Choose" Libertarians believe the ideal state is a society with minimal governmental interference. Sandel introduces Robert Nozick, a libertarian philosopher, who argues that individuals have the fundamental right to choose how they want to live their own lives.
Audio-only
NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets I
Gary Glassman
November 6, 2008
01:05:17
Panelists discuss the historic, scientific and theological mysteries brought up in The Bible's Buried Secrets, NOVA's landmark two-hour special.

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