TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What happened when these 6 dictators took over | Stephanie Honchell Smith
Under certain conditions, the idea of a dictator can sound appealing, like when a democracy isn’t functioning as it should due to corruption or political polarization. People may believe the solution is a "benevolent dictator"— a leader...
TED Talks
TED: The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently | Mariana Mazzucato
In the face of three simultaneous crises -- health, the economy and climate -- do we have a chance to do capitalism differently? Economist Mariana Mazzucato explains why we shouldn't try to go back to normal after the pandemic but should...
TED Talks
TED: The trials, tribulations and timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine | Jerome Kim
Developing a vaccine usually takes five to 10 years, costs about a billion dollars and has a failure rate of 93 percent. Under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists are being asked to speed that timeline up to 12 to 18...
TED Talks
TED: The tyranny of merit | Michael Sandel
What accounts for our polarized public life, and how can we begin to heal it? Political philosopher Michael Sandel offers a surprising answer: those who have flourished need to look in the mirror. He explores how "meritocratic hubris"...
TED Talks
TED: Change our culture, change our world | Nate Garvis
We don't just need better laws -- we need better culture. Nate Garvis asks: What can we do to create an environment in which powerful institutions are used for the common good?
TED Talks
TED: In praise of conflict | Jonathan Marks
Conflict is bad; compromise, consensus and collaboration are good -- or so we're told. Lawyer and bioethicist Jonathan Marks challenges this conventional wisdom, showing how governments can jeopardize public health, human rights and the...
TED Talks
Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades — where people can stroll and play....
TED Talks
TED: What moral decisions should driverless cars make? | Iyad Rahwan
Should your driverless car kill you if it means saving five pedestrians? In this primer on the social dilemmas of driverless cars, Iyad Rahwan explores how the technology will challenge our morality and explains his work collecting data...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Fresh water scarcity: An introduction to the problem - Christiana Z. Peppard
Fresh water is essential for life -- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. And no, shorter showers...
Crash Course
Economic Schools of Thought: Crash Course Economics
We talk a lot about Keynesian economics on this show, pretty much because the real world currently runs on Keynesian principles. That said, there are some other economic ideas out there, and today we're going to talk about a few of them....
Curated Video
Cooperation
Dr. Forrester talks about the value of cooperation and why working together in teams is a valuable skill to learn.
Curated Video
Prudence: Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's prudence in orchestrating the Louisiana Purchase, despite constitutional concerns, doubled the size of the U.S., securing its position on the global stage.
The Business Professor
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a self-governing political unit similar to a state.
Curated Video
Rights Have Limits
"Rights Have Limits" explains that rights are not absolute by identifying specific examples and the reasons for those limitations.
Curated Video
Rule of Law: Guardian of Freedom
This lesson teaches the student about how the rights of all Americans are protected by exploring the rule of law and identifying examples as related to individual rights and the common good.
Global Ethics Solutions
Good Company, Part 4: Be the Organization That People Want to Work For, Partner With, Invest In, and Buy From
What is “good company”? What does it mean to be “good company”? It is the organization that people want to associate with — the organization that is successful and strong to the core. Topics include reasons to operate a business in an...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Sandel on INET's What Money Can't Buy Video Series
Should you be able to sell your kidney? Should we auction off the right to immigrate? What about paying people to vote? Ahead of the launch of INET’s “What Money Can’t Buy: The Series,” Michael Sandel and INET President Rob Johnson...
Curated Video
CISSP® Certification Domain 1 Security and Risk Management Video Boot Camp for 2022 - The (ISC)2 Code of Ethics
This video explains the various ethics. This clip is from the chapter "Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Domain 1 - Security and Risk Management" of the series "CISSP® Certification Domain 1: Security and Risk...
Amor Sciendi
An Allegory of Good Government in Sienna
Here we discuss the civics of Late Medieval Sienna through Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescos in the Palazzo Publico.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
When Meritocracy Breeds Greed
Journalist Steven Brill discusses how the U.S. lost sight of the common good. When people use their success to only help themselves and not the common good, is meritocracy failing? According to journalist Steven Brill, that is cause and...
The Wall Street Journal
Chasing Cures
At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Reporter Amy Dockser Marcus spoke with Center for Genetics Executive Director Dr. Marcy Darnovsky and Dr. Todd Kuiken, senior research scholar at NC State, about scientists' right to pursue controversial...
Global Ethics Solutions
Good Ethics is Good Business - Part 2-Moral Awareness
Take back your ethical effectiveness and get your priorities straight by learning real and specific problems that prevent people from behaving ethically and then learn practical steps to overcome them. This is the second part of a...
Press Association
Mark Drakeford speaks at Resolution Foundation conference - full speech
First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, speaks at the Resolution Foundation conference in central London.
Bloomberg
Lynn Forester de Rothschild on Inclusive Capital
Dec.02 -- Lynn Forester de Rothschild, chief executive officer at E.L. Rothschild and founder of Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, discusses the idea of inclusive capital to combat populism. She speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua...