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Focus 580 with David Inge

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Interview Archives: Ethics

Monday January 30, 2006, 10:06 AM

America’s Evolving Values

James S. Jackson, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan

This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, December 05, 2005, 11 am

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Categories: Cultural Studies • Ethics

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Thursday October 05, 2006, 11:06 AM

Bioethical Challenges In A Twenty-First Century World

Mark Siegler, M.D., FACP, Professor of Medicine and Surgery, and Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago

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Categories: Environment • Ethics • Medicine • Science

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Monday April 23, 2007, 10:06 AM

Campaign Ethics: The Vices of Misinformation and Manipulation

Dennis Thompson, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and

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Categories: Ethics • Government • Elections

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Wednesday September 05, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Role Of Beauty In A Good Life

Alexander Nehamas, Carpenter Professor of Humanities at Princeton University

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Categories: Art and Design • Cultural Studies • Ethics

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Thursday January 03, 2008, 10:06 AM

The Invisible Cure: Africa, The West, And The Fight Against AIDS

Helen Epstein, Journalist

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Categories: Ethics • Foreign Policy-U.S. • Health • Health Policy • Africa

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Monday January 14, 2008, 10:06 AM

The Innocence Commission: Preventing Wrongful Convictions And Restoring The Criminal Justice System

Jon B. Gould, Acting Dirctor and Associate Professor of Administration of Justice Program in the Department of Public & International Affairs at George Mason University

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Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • Ethics • Government • Law

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Monday February 25, 2008, 10:06 AM

"Research Integrity: Whose Rights? Whose Responsibilities?"

Drummond Rennie, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P., Nephrologist, Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco

We rely on the research community to produce objective studies that can be used by doctors to promote better health. Increasingly though, powerful conflicts of interest are undermining the integrity of biomedical research. This morning on Focus 580 we’ll talk with one of the country’s leading advocates for scientific integrity, Dr. Drummond Rennie, Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. We’ll talk about a number of key issues, including authorship, peer review and the influence of commercial sponsors on medical research.

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Categories: Education • Ethics • Health • Health Policy

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Tuesday February 26, 2008, 10:06 AM

The Future Of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, And Privacy On The Internet

Daniel J. Solove, Associate Professor at George Washington University Law School

Today, anyone can create a blog or social network website profile in any name that says anything at all. But what if the information is humiliating or false? Our guest is an international expert on privacy law, Daniel Solove, professor of Law at George Washington University. He says while the free flow of information on the Internet provides new opportunities for people to express themselves there is also a dark side. Should we stop the exposure of private secrets on the Internet? Can we?