What are Human Rights?
May 6, 2012
According to the Declaration of Independence, the basic human rights of life, liberty and the…
Law Tagged Episodes
The Ethics of Torture
March 18, 2012
According to former Vice President Cheney, practices widely regarded as torture prevented further attack on…
The Corporation as a Person
March 18, 2012
The Supreme Court recently decided that corporations had the right of free speech under the…
Capital Punishment
April 26, 2009
The death penalty: An effective deterrent? A just retribution for horrendous crimes? Or a racist,…
The Copyright Wars
March 22, 2009
Today there is an entire generation of people who have never paid for music. From…
The Judiciary in Democracy
February 1, 2009
In many democracies, the judiciary is protected, to one degree or another, from the voters. …
Legal Ethics
November 30, 2008
Lawyers are often thought to be hardly better than hired guns, who, in the words…
Jewish Philosophy
April 27, 2008
Rabbis and Talmudic scholars have spent centuries puzzling over theology, texts, and life. In the…
Philosophy and the Law
September 23, 2007
With what right do governments make and enforce laws? To what extent are citizens obligated…
Reconciliation
February 18, 2007
Justice, truth, and identity; race, society, and law—these all come into dramatic play as South…
War Crimes
September 12, 2006
In war, people do awful things to other people. But the concept of ‘war crime’…
Dignity and the End of Life
September 13, 2005
Is physician assisted suicide morally okay? What about active euthanasia for patients suffering terminal illnesses?…
Corporations
September 21, 2004
Corporations are recognized as persons in the eyes of the law. But if they are…
Drug Legalization
May 25, 2004
Does America’s drug problem rest on confused philosophy? Ken and John discuss the philosophical issues…
The Insanity Defense
February 17, 2004
Ken and John debate (use?) the insanity defense. What difference does it make if the…
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