Big Ideas - January 24 2004: Zach Hall (60min) This is one of those very rare neuroethics lectures that doesn't stink. Maybe because Zach Hall is a neuroscientist. Good stuff. To be contrasted with
Leon Kass - The Dignity of Human Flourishing: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (1hr43min) which I post here only as a reference. I strongly advice you NOT to listen to this lecture - the experience is very very
very painful.
Leon Kass is a profoundly bioconservative, former member of the bioethics council of the American philosopher George W Bush. In case of accidental exposure, quickly watch the following debate and remind yourself repeatedly that Kass's amygdalae are hypersensitive to any mention of changing human nature and his Brocca is desperately trying to work out why.
4 comments:
you actually put yourself through 103 minutes of kass? didn't your brain start melting out of your nose?
nah i made it about halfway through
when did you come across kass?
he got a mention in pinker's account of bush's bioethics council report
http://psiqueii.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-protect-human-dignity-from.html
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