A clip of Ronald Dworkin and Bryan Magee explaining liberalism, and importantly, pointing out the fact that liberalism need not be a form of relativism. This a version of an upload from the previous channel. It comes from a 1978 series on Modern Philosophy called Men of Ideas. The full epi
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3. Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent
Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) John Locke, a liberal thinker and near-contemporary of the conservative Hobbes, disputes Hobbes's thinking in some keys ways and builds on it in others. Locke starts his political theory with a notion of individuals in the state of nature
From playlist Foundations of Modern Social Theory with Iván Szelényi
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Philosophy
Professor Charles Anderson discusses the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This comes from a course on Political, Economic, & Social Thought at the University of Wisconsin many years ago. #Philosophy #Rousseau #PoliticalPhilosophy
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John Rawls' A Theory of Justice - Jonathan Wolff (2010)
John Rawls' A Theory of Justice is one of the most important works of political philosophy of the 20th century. In this program, Nigel Warburton interviews Jonathan Wolff about John Rawls' main ideas and their limitations. John Rawls' argument takes the form of a thought experiment involvi
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5. Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will
Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) Jean-Jacques Rousseau had a colorful early life. Orphaned at ten, he moved in with a woman ten years his senior at sixteen. Their probable love affair is the subject of Stendhal's book Le Rouge et la Noir. Rousseau was friends and sometime
From playlist Foundations of Modern Social Theory with Iván Szelényi
Social Psychology Part 1: The Power of Situation and Framing
Social psychology is an enormous field, which studies how people's thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are constructed within the context of interactions with other members of society. Why do we act differently around different people? How do we develop and maintain our belief systems? What is
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The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's great work "The Social Contract" read by Mil Nicholson and from Early Modern Texts. For more information, go to https://www.earlymoderntexts.com 00:00 Book 1 40:47 Book 2 1:43:29 Book 3 3:12:37 Book 4 #Philosophy #Rousseau #PoliticalPhilosophy
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Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) John Stuart Mill made important and influential amendments to Bentham's ideas of utilitarianism. Perhaps most influentially, Mill states that there are not only different quantities of happiness but also qualitative differences in happines
From playlist Foundations of Modern Social Theory with Iván Szelényi
Rational choice-exchange theory | Society and Culture | MCAT | Khan Academy
Created by Sydney Brown. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/social-structures/v/social-theories-overview?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=mcat Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-c
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Re-Imagining the Social Sciences in the Age of AI - March 4, 2020
Re-Imagining the Social Sciences in the Age of AI: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Wednesday, March 4 5:30 p.m. Wolfensohn Hall Co-organized by the School of Mathematics and the School of Social Sciences, this public event will feature two short talks about the transformational possibi
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Social theories overview (part 2) | Society and Culture | MCAT | Khan Academy
Created by Sydney Brown. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/social-structures/v/relating-social-theories-to-medicine?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=mcat Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/s
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Paradoxes of Liberty - Amartya Sen (1981)
Amartya Sen theoretically discusses the meaning of Liberty and problems inherent in its definition. This talk was given in 1981 at Queen's University in the Chancellor Dunning Trust Lecture series. 00:00 Talk 1:00:21 Questions #Philosophy #PoliticalPhilosophy #Ethics
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Neuronal Signals for Economic Utility - W. Schultz - 6/1/17
T & C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture “Neuronal Signals for Economic Utility” Wolfram Schultz, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge Wolfram Schultz works on the biological basis of reward. He uses behavioral concepts from animal learni
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Ronald Dworkin gives a very brief, introductory overview of John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" and Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" in an interview with Bryan Magee from 1978. Although both wrote very influential works of political philosophy, they came to quite different conclu
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Social movements | Society and Culture | MCAT | Khan Academy
Created by Sydney Brown. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/demographics/v/overview-of-demographics?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=mcat Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-cultu
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The evolution of homosexuality: A new theory | Richard Prum | Big Think
The evolution of homosexuality: A new theory | Richard Prum New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard ev
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Theories About Family & Marriage: Crash Course Sociology #37
Today we’ll explore how sociology defines family and the different terms used to describe specific types of family. We’ll look at marriage in different societies, as well as marital residential patterns and patterns of descent. And, of course, we’ll go over the three sociological schools o
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2. Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order
Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) An examination of Hobbes's lifetime reveals that the uncertainty of the British monarchy during his life (1588-1679) inspires Hobbes's social and political thought, especially regarding the role of the sovereign to provide for the security
From playlist Foundations of Modern Social Theory with Iván Szelényi
Al Roth: 2012 Nobel Laureate in Economic Science Press Conference
October 15, 2012 - Economist Al Roth has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work on market design. He shares the prize with Lloyd Shapley, professor emeritus at UCLA. Roth, a visiting professor who will become a full Stanford fac
From playlist Stanford 2012 Nobel Prize Winners