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out his moral weight. you see the people there in a celebration, dancing for nelson, i see many toy-toy moves. nelson mandela would do that. you couldn't help but smile when you saw him doing that little chicken wing movement with his arms. many times in africa, people laugh and sing and dance through their sadness and their sorrow. these are people celebrating nelson mandela's life. if you didn't know this was a funeral, he would not know this was a funeral. they are in a stadium. a lot of cheering. people are very happy on this particular day to give what they call the old man a long good-bye. we are in the process of a ten-day funeral service for nelson mandela. >> you always hope at a time like this, that this will somehow cause a recognition of the possibilities of south africa that nelson mandela dreamed of. >> people will tell you there is still work to do in south africa. everyone knows there is still work to do. we will see it remains to be seen what will happen after the death of nelson mandela i
out his moral weight. you see the people there in a celebration, dancing for nelson, i see many toy-toy moves. nelson mandela would do that. you couldn't help but smile when you saw him doing that little chicken wing movement with his arms. many times in africa, people laugh and sing and dance through their sadness and their sorrow. these are people celebrating nelson mandela's life. if you didn't know this was a funeral, he would not know this was a funeral. they are in a stadium. a lot of...
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out his moral weight. you see the people there in a celebration, dancing for nelson mandela. john pointed out, of course, the movie "invictus" about the 1995 rugby world cup. it is that poem "invictus" by william earnest henley, that brought nelson mandela comfort for so many years and those famous lines from that poem, it matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment is scrawled, i am the master of my faith. i am the captain of my soul. that has been the hallmark of many of the people that we have talked to that knew nelson mandela so well, that have written about him, that despite 27 years of imprisonment, what was private bitterness and sometimes anger, he was the captain of his soul in terms of making sure that did not dominate dominate his life. instead, he became such a wonderful figure of reconciliation and why this is a global pilgrimage. >> when you look at the pictures and you see the people dancing, i see many toy-toy moves. nelson mandela would do that. you couldn't help but sm
out his moral weight. you see the people there in a celebration, dancing for nelson mandela. john pointed out, of course, the movie "invictus" about the 1995 rugby world cup. it is that poem "invictus" by william earnest henley, that brought nelson mandela comfort for so many years and those famous lines from that poem, it matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment is scrawled, i am the master of my faith. i am the captain of my soul. that has been the...
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we're so why do we think that the cognitive differences matter morally and we can see this when we're talking about human beings i mean you can say well you know you've got somebody who's who's mentally disabled and somebody who's brilliant are they different yes are the differences relevant they maybe but but it depends what question you're asking if the question is you know you're going to hire somebody to be a math professor you probably don't want to hire somebody who is mentally disabled on the other hand if the question is who do you use the talent did you know the talented mathematician of the per the person who is disabled who you use for a painful biomedical experiment or is a forced organ donor the answer is you shouldn't use either of them if that's the question so i mean you know that's that's really i mean you know cognitive differences matter in certain respects but but the the how good of differences don't matter when you asked the question can you justify treating a sentient being exclusively as a resource it doesn't really matter the cognitive differences are irreleva
we're so why do we think that the cognitive differences matter morally and we can see this when we're talking about human beings i mean you can say well you know you've got somebody who's who's mentally disabled and somebody who's brilliant are they different yes are the differences relevant they maybe but but it depends what question you're asking if the question is you know you're going to hire somebody to be a math professor you probably don't want to hire somebody who is mentally disabled...
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question, do companies have a moral obligation to pay above market wages, a moral obligation?rris responds to this. >> you're going to give us the emotional side of the story, people need $15 to live on, they're starving, okay, i've got that. i want to ask you about the economics of it. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪ we'd see all the electricity flowing through the devices that connect us and teach us. ♪ we'd see thatlmost 100% of medical plastics are made from oil and natural gas. ♪ anan industry that supports almost 10 million americanobs. life takes energy. and no one applies more technology to produce american energy and refine it more efficiently than exxonmobil. because using energy responsibly has never been more important. energy lives here. ♪ see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatmenoptions and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my
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well is is morally wrong and so i think that what you see with peta and you know this is just one of i think many problems with peta in terms of its its killing of animals a fairly high percentage of the animals it takes in and it's a norfolk facility you know it reflects the idea that well you know if you kill the animal painlessly you're not really harming the animal and again you know we can it's always good to take these things and put them in human context if i you know if i if i kill you it's better that i don't torture you first but even if i if i you know sneak in you know in the middle of the night and you know shoot you in a way that you don't feel anything i still harmed you i mean i haven't harmed if it would be worse if i caused you pain but by taking your life i've harmed you same thing applies and exactly out a humane way to murder someone i guess i wanted to bring up another contentious story which i thought you wrote about that sparked a viral debate about the legal animal hunt in south africa or as martha bachman t.v. show host hosted that photo over on twitter both
well is is morally wrong and so i think that what you see with peta and you know this is just one of i think many problems with peta in terms of its its killing of animals a fairly high percentage of the animals it takes in and it's a norfolk facility you know it reflects the idea that well you know if you kill the animal painlessly you're not really harming the animal and again you know we can it's always good to take these things and put them in human context if i you know if i if i kill you...
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it is this theory that we ought not to be focusing on the treatment of animals that the fundamental moral question is can we justify using animals at all however humanely we treat them i mean i think that we have to confront the fact that because animals are chattel property and they have no inherent or intrinsic value that able only extrinsic in x. turtle value the standard of animal welfare is actually very low so even if you if you take the most humane places in terms of the way animals are treated it's still really horrible and so basically the the i'm trying to change the conversation away from treatment and over to use search the fundamental question why are we eating wearing or using animals at all particularly when we don't have to so that would sort of be the answer nutshell what's the response of the concept that humans are cognitively different than other animals. you know i mean it. it we're the only animals who use symbolic communication so you know what goes on in our heads basically is very very much connected with this thing called language and these concepts that we get f
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whereas if there's a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement, that allows him to rip up the contract if they do something bad. so essentially, it's all contract as you know. it's a negotiation. this is about money. >> can you say a&e, let's assume it's a morals contract. there almost always is ins they type contracts, can you say a&e waived it by virtue of the fact that even after they suspended him they continued to air him over and over and over and over again on these marathons. >> absolutely not. i would argue no, it's a broadly drafted agreement. i've seen enough of these where it's essentially, can you do something bad and they can get rid of you. so i would definitely think it's broad. >> i can't imagine that. because the whole idea of a morals clause is that you've said or done something that fully embarrasses us. so how in the world can you stan on that argument? how can a&e stand on that when they can't put him on the air enough now to get every last squeeze every last dime of this. >> i think essentially, they're going to say you did something th
whereas if there's a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement, that allows him to rip up the contract if they do something bad. so essentially, it's all contract as you know. it's a negotiation. this is about money. >> can you say a&e, let's assume it's a morals contract. there almost always is ins they type contracts, can you say a&e waived it by virtue of the fact that even after they suspended him they continued to air him over and over and over...
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how do you define morals. does it mean moral we don't like your opinion? >> not exactly.ough this is a bizarre situation, it's very simple. a&e's perspective is if they have a morals clause that is very broadly drafted, in which it is is, because if they want to get rid of him it's like an at-will contract, goodbye, phil, you are fired. versus if there is a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement with a&e, that allows him to actually rip up up the contract if they do something bad. so, essentially, it's, you know, it's all contract as you know, it's a negotiation. this is about money. >> can you say a&e i assume it's a morals clause. almost always is in these kind of contracts. can you say a&e waived it by virtue of the fact that even after they suspended him they continued to air him over and over and over and over again on these marathons? >> absolutely not. i would argue no. it's a broadly drafted agreement. i have seen enough of these where it's essentially you can do something bad and they can get rid of you. and so i would definitely
how do you define morals. does it mean moral we don't like your opinion? >> not exactly.ough this is a bizarre situation, it's very simple. a&e's perspective is if they have a morals clause that is very broadly drafted, in which it is is, because if they want to get rid of him it's like an at-will contract, goodbye, phil, you are fired. versus if there is a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement with a&e, that allows him to actually rip up up the...
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he always kept the moral high ground. i believe that was in part his nature, and i believe that was in part a calculation that in the end, morality would work out. in the end the arc of history would bend toward moral justice. and i think that's a lesson. >> i don't think it's just the republicans that create the difference there. mandela in his one term, he was okay at managing the economy, okay at managing crime, not so great managing corruption. as eugene says, what he really stepped forward was his moral vision. he was a brilliant communicator. we expected that of obama. obama, in fact, has not been as president as brilliant a communicator as expected. he hasn't provided the same kind of moral vision in his speeches about health care, the economy -- >> recently. >> lately in touch with that. he's made pragmatic arguments more than this moral framework of an argument. i think maybe there's a lesson there for the white house from mandela. >> also need to think about what mandela was able to accomplish in the arc of hist
he always kept the moral high ground. i believe that was in part his nature, and i believe that was in part a calculation that in the end, morality would work out. in the end the arc of history would bend toward moral justice. and i think that's a lesson. >> i don't think it's just the republicans that create the difference there. mandela in his one term, he was okay at managing the economy, okay at managing crime, not so great managing corruption. as eugene says, what he really stepped...
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this honest demonstration seemed to give a new moral dimension to architecture.ne of the first buildings in which this new honesty of expression had been attempted was the louvre's east front, dating back from the 17th century-- 1667 to 1674-- but it remained a model of architecture throughout the 18th century. it was designed by charles perrault, the scientist. perrault made the outline of his building almost rectangular. the long facade is almost flat. so is the outline. there's no piling up, no modeling. the architectural emphasis is on the linking elements, the freestanding runs of columns. the building became known, not surprisingly, as the louvre colonnade. perrault was determined that his columns should not be decorative elements, but as, he thought, in ancient greek architecture, the supports of the building-- strong structural supports. he introduced engineering of a very high order into his design. the columns are threaded through with bars of iron, which are linked to crossbars in the ceiling and anchored into the walls behind. here is the initial idea
this honest demonstration seemed to give a new moral dimension to architecture.ne of the first buildings in which this new honesty of expression had been attempted was the louvre's east front, dating back from the 17th century-- 1667 to 1674-- but it remained a model of architecture throughout the 18th century. it was designed by charles perrault, the scientist. perrault made the outline of his building almost rectangular. the long facade is almost flat. so is the outline. there's no piling up,...
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what does drive our moral decision-making?r moral decision-making really comes from two places. we have strong gut reactions about things and then we also have the ability to step back and think about the things and think about the feelings we have about them and that gives moral thinking efficiency and we have a point and shoot response but it also gives it flexibility if we're willing to use it where we can shift into manual mode and think about things in a more deliberate way. >> another part of what you talked about, how we evolve us m terms. you don't have to look further than congress to see just how bad that is. where does it step from? >> well, so we think of morality and cooperation and kindness as purely nice things. and in a sense, they are. but if these things evolved by natural selection, which i and most behavioral scientists think they have, that means they must have conferred some kind of competitive advantage. and that competitive advantage is essentially teamwork. that is if you're nice, cooperative, helpful
what does drive our moral decision-making?r moral decision-making really comes from two places. we have strong gut reactions about things and then we also have the ability to step back and think about the things and think about the feelings we have about them and that gives moral thinking efficiency and we have a point and shoot response but it also gives it flexibility if we're willing to use it where we can shift into manual mode and think about things in a more deliberate way. >>...
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] i think everybody who just heard you say that is making a moral judgment right now. you might want to reinforce your christmas stocking this year because you getting coal. but i get you are a supply sider you want to hear a moral argue bond market that type of economics. let's look to a gentleman seen as a voice of moral authority for many people. >> today pope francis announced trickle down economics as unfair to the world. >> he urges world leaders to fight poverty and enequality. >> money must serve and not rule. i urge you to return the economics in finance to an ethical approach that favors human beings. >> jon: something like some insense that is going to go over like a fart in church. >> i disagree with the pope who doesn't like free market capitalism. i think it's a great liberator. >> jon: you are going up against the pope? you are going up against the pope on how toll help the poor? -- how to help the poor? helping the poor is in this man's wheelhouse. this pope helps the poor. [ laughter ] but you are telling him how to do his job? pope doesn't come over t
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moral theories and practices in relationship to political theories and institutions. human desires in regs so capital him and consumption and the character and institutional sites of knowledgemaking along the human intellectual inquire. i toss readers many balls and ask you to keep juggling. let me say a bit more about the chapters. chapter one. excluding god. explores some of the long-term consequences of what was initially a subtle rejection of the long-standing christian view of god's relationship to creation beginning in the late middle ages. this rejection tacitly and yet far from subtly, continues to dominate modern intellectual life. among to the most significant consequences have been the pervasive modern spread of the view that increasingly powerful scientific explanations of natural regularities, what we call science, provide progressively compelling evidence against the claims of revealed religion as such. so the more science explains, it is thought, the less room there is for god. this view turns out to be the result of contingent and often unknowingly hel
moral theories and practices in relationship to political theories and institutions. human desires in regs so capital him and consumption and the character and institutional sites of knowledgemaking along the human intellectual inquire. i toss readers many balls and ask you to keep juggling. let me say a bit more about the chapters. chapter one. excluding god. explores some of the long-term consequences of what was initially a subtle rejection of the long-standing christian view of god's...
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i think because sheer moral example. >> woodruff: mark, what about you? what do you think of when you think of him? >> well,-- some leaders are respected, and few leaders are loved. nelson mandela is that unique figure who is both loved and respected, virtually around the globe. it's a remarkable achievement. and what i think of is he described resentment as the poison we drink hoping it will hurt others. or punish our enemies. or kill our enemies. and i mean the example of magazine nam imity, of largeness in spirit and perspective, pet-- i never did meet him, but pet are hart the pollster has that question he asks of washington people when he runs them, conversational icebreaker, the prospect of meeting what individual in the world would make your palms turn sweaty. and you know this is a place where we meet, you know, celebrities and senators and all of it, and get a little blasse. and peter said overwhelmingly the answer was nelson pan della. it was just universal. it is a singular achievement. he made his nation and he gave us all an example of moral.
i think because sheer moral example. >> woodruff: mark, what about you? what do you think of when you think of him? >> well,-- some leaders are respected, and few leaders are loved. nelson mandela is that unique figure who is both loved and respected, virtually around the globe. it's a remarkable achievement. and what i think of is he described resentment as the poison we drink hoping it will hurt others. or punish our enemies. or kill our enemies. and i mean the example of magazine...
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>> well, i thought it was ironic, a morals clause. usually that's invoked when you do bad things, not read the bible. i was laughing about this. >> it's an interesting plan. where the whole thing, there's a great irony to all of it. but father, let me ask you about christmas. i mean, just a few days away. i remember as a little girl, you know, growing up and christmas was about jesus an the birth of the baby jesus and there was a spirit that seems to have dissipated and for this to happen now i think is, again, another irony. have things changed in the catholic church, in our society as you see it? >> in the society, yes. last week i was walking on 14th street and it was the bad santas or the santa con. dressed up like santa going from bar to bar acting like college fraternity kids. yeah. society, there's too much focus on self. on partying and enjoyment and all the rest. the focus of christmas is on god, jesus, mary and joseph and then the family. you know? giving gifts is a sign of love. it's not buying friendship. it's love exists
>> well, i thought it was ironic, a morals clause. usually that's invoked when you do bad things, not read the bible. i was laughing about this. >> it's an interesting plan. where the whole thing, there's a great irony to all of it. but father, let me ask you about christmas. i mean, just a few days away. i remember as a little girl, you know, growing up and christmas was about jesus an the birth of the baby jesus and there was a spirit that seems to have dissipated and for this to...
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better to the world why those moral doctrines exist why these moral teachings of the catholic church exist and this is exactly what what francis i think has been doing and is pole posed well to do that that he is helping us to understand that the moral teachings of the catholic church flow from the gospel message they flow from the central relationship of each person with jesus christ and that once you have that relationship once you have that proper relationship you understand why the church teaches what it does about the dignity of every human being from conception and being on a very very good point here we've run out of time many thanks to my guests in washington and in madison and thanks to our viewers for watching us here to see you next time and remember. this. is a. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason we were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back because the mere thought of it never crossed my mind. when the milit
better to the world why those moral doctrines exist why these moral teachings of the catholic church exist and this is exactly what what francis i think has been doing and is pole posed well to do that that he is helping us to understand that the moral teachings of the catholic church flow from the gospel message they flow from the central relationship of each person with jesus christ and that once you have that relationship once you have that proper relationship you understand why the church...
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it is faith and morals.somehow governments can provide for what we need, the pope needs to learn to have a greater understanding of basic economics. stuart: leftward to you, father, this particular subject. >> judge napolitano, pope wasn't describing what the government ought to be doing. he was very clear saying he is not proposing policies, he is critiquing culture, and that is the thing we have to keep in mind. frerepentance you have a read al that document. all 85 pages of it. >> to have you read it in latin nor can i read it in english? >> i will let you read it in italian. stuart: this is an ad in times square put up in response to an atheist billboard arguing that we don't need the christ in christmas. this one says to all of our atheist friends, thank god you are wrong. i love that one. i like that. >> that has mine right now. >>stuart: did you pay for it, father? >> i had not. i wish i had. nobody asked me to. stuart: surprise, surprise, turns out there are major flaws in the obamacare navigator pro
it is faith and morals.somehow governments can provide for what we need, the pope needs to learn to have a greater understanding of basic economics. stuart: leftward to you, father, this particular subject. >> judge napolitano, pope wasn't describing what the government ought to be doing. he was very clear saying he is not proposing policies, he is critiquing culture, and that is the thing we have to keep in mind. frerepentance you have a read al that document. all 85 pages of it....
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authority on the north and is an emblem of moral superiority. just as many northerners speaking with the argument does not make martyrs of these people will stick with what lincoln wanted. he wanted a piece characterized running in san reunion. the best way to honor his memory is to uphold this spirit of his magnanimity. the interpretive lines hold. there is moment of uncertainty which was surprising. they hold. the other thing have found is that we know, you know, john wilkes booth is in the audience when linking gives his last famous speech in which he gestures he might accept black suffrage. modern-day scholarship has tended to say, well, but at this moment says that will run him through. this is a lashing out against the possibility of black civil rights. all of that is true, but americans at the time as they receive the news of lincoln's assassination did not know the details of this but plot. what they assumed was that the assassination was a response to the surrender, that booth had been infuriated by the south's defeat and that he was la
authority on the north and is an emblem of moral superiority. just as many northerners speaking with the argument does not make martyrs of these people will stick with what lincoln wanted. he wanted a piece characterized running in san reunion. the best way to honor his memory is to uphold this spirit of his magnanimity. the interpretive lines hold. there is moment of uncertainty which was surprising. they hold. the other thing have found is that we know, you know, john wilkes booth is in the...
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you don't -- you have no moral compass and nobody to answer to except yourself. so it freed all of us up, really. >> there really is no moral landscape there anymore, in a sense. if you do have any moral qualms, just take a few drugs and -- >> rose: the quaaludes is just -- i mean -- whoo. >> that quaalude sequence almost became a film within a film. >> rose: it did? >> yeah, it really did. it was through the -- i think it was a lot to the pre-production pro swresz we were combining different scenes and adding tension to that. adding tension, bringing in the popeye cartoon. >> rose: i couldn't believe that when i saw that. >> we were talking with terry and all of a sudden popeye is on -- the kid is watching cartoons, it's popeye, wait, let's finish. >> cocaine, natural progression. >> rose: >> but also the fact that donnie -- the fact that he apologizes to me with some of the most powerful quaaludes on the marketplace because he messed up a money deal and then you follow these two guys as he simultaneously finds out that the f.b.i. is bugging his home and then do
you don't -- you have no moral compass and nobody to answer to except yourself. so it freed all of us up, really. >> there really is no moral landscape there anymore, in a sense. if you do have any moral qualms, just take a few drugs and -- >> rose: the quaaludes is just -- i mean -- whoo. >> that quaalude sequence almost became a film within a film. >> rose: it did? >> yeah, it really did. it was through the -- i think it was a lot to the pre-production pro swresz...
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extrajudicial murders it's all about the money you know it to think that it's about some kind of a moral deficiency by some group of people is to not understand that sense more ality doesn't trade on the new york stock exchange there is no morality there never will be more reality and so you can't even start from a place of morality you have to start from a place of sublime three hundred sixty degree corruption that has no beginning or end it's a mobius strip of corruption and it all goes back to the terrorist of terrorists the central banks and anything less is to then to sell out joe blow my mind e bay founder pierre oh my god force on a big fat paycheck and not come on a show and talk to the people is unconscionable in my opinion it shows a lack of professionalism and journalistic integrity well like i said there were dirty wars across latin america and this film is like just looking at the corpses that had been thrown out of the planes by us back to taters there and saying we're trying to humanize the victims here but without understanding why were people being thrown out of planes w
extrajudicial murders it's all about the money you know it to think that it's about some kind of a moral deficiency by some group of people is to not understand that sense more ality doesn't trade on the new york stock exchange there is no morality there never will be more reality and so you can't even start from a place of morality you have to start from a place of sublime three hundred sixty degree corruption that has no beginning or end it's a mobius strip of corruption and it all goes back...
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it is flawed intellectually and morally as well. and in a sense, i wanted to write a book that takes israel the clichÉ and makes it into a real entity. a book that enables one to love israel again with a realistic and moral way and so what did i do? i have begun with the arrival of my great-grandfather in april of 1897, coming from london and i basically asked myself why did he come? eyelids and prosperous comfortable victorian london where he was a self-made lawyer. especially in a desolate and remote wasteland how thin was at the time. and my conclusion, is that there were three striking features of his journey there. there were two brilliant ideas there that were shared with his friend and other founders as well. and what did they understand? what was so remarkable about this? well, in 1897, these remarkable jews and individuals realized that the 1940s are going to happen and they tried to preempt it. they did not know that there would be an off switch. they did not know. but they realized that europe was going mad against the je
it is flawed intellectually and morally as well. and in a sense, i wanted to write a book that takes israel the clichÉ and makes it into a real entity. a book that enables one to love israel again with a realistic and moral way and so what did i do? i have begun with the arrival of my great-grandfather in april of 1897, coming from london and i basically asked myself why did he come? eyelids and prosperous comfortable victorian london where he was a self-made lawyer. especially in a desolate...
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against a of a moral criminal. of the period also experienced before but never as steeply gave britain's literary renaissance and at times much weaker of the didactic romance less cheery that helped to inspire dickenson in shocking images. seconds implicit from what i just said the expansion of the terrain of the areas popular that in turn offer the sense of the greatest connection to america's culture. to ago against gentility that these authors of the joke was much richer and less cut off from the rest their previous critics had imagined. drawing upon of the enormous popular literature, and no one has read more bad things [laughter] and david reynolds. i say that as a very high compliment. [laughter] trying upon this literature rebellious what he calls the subversive imagination these writers were far more rigid in righty than the standard accounts of their rejection of what gentility had allowed. not just against america but part of what it was. the other america. they stood up to naysayers' or the big immoralis
against a of a moral criminal. of the period also experienced before but never as steeply gave britain's literary renaissance and at times much weaker of the didactic romance less cheery that helped to inspire dickenson in shocking images. seconds implicit from what i just said the expansion of the terrain of the areas popular that in turn offer the sense of the greatest connection to america's culture. to ago against gentility that these authors of the joke was much richer and less cut off...
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we have a direct moral responsibility.'s tempting to say of course that this is the wrong answer and the simple answers is you just had the nation's now. the reason is not simply industrial capitalism run amok and it said simply corruption possible industry. we have built up a system that in material terms supports the of illumination and publication of transportation in ways quite irrespective of whether it's the capital system or the old soviet system or what have you got deep enough also to economy. that is not the statement we can't change if absolutely can change. you can't just turn it off tomorrow, not without actually putting lives at risk or even a very concerted effort to cut emissions that would -- involve hard law to push fossil fuels, i think realistically that takes like half a century to bring emissions to zero. but, of course, daily commissions are not what is the climate problem. it comes from the past emissions. but even once you bring emissions to zero, the climate risk is because of the a cumulative co2
we have a direct moral responsibility.'s tempting to say of course that this is the wrong answer and the simple answers is you just had the nation's now. the reason is not simply industrial capitalism run amok and it said simply corruption possible industry. we have built up a system that in material terms supports the of illumination and publication of transportation in ways quite irrespective of whether it's the capital system or the old soviet system or what have you got deep enough also to...
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in our schools there has been a decline in the character education and moral education and the move to replacing it. things like self-esteem programs, various therapeutic approaches that we have tried and true methods of the civilizing voice. it's through good sportsmanship they can get from their coaches and the kind of moral guidance from parents with them reinforced by teachers. and i just find these have moved away from that. the second problem, and their problems would go, too comer i believe now belize has become second-class citizens in our schools. and their problems are severe severely neglected. a young man as far this likely to go to his college and his sister. you look across the ethnic groups and racial groups and socioeconomic groups and you find that the blaze are behind their female counterparts. they are far less literate. the average 15-year-old boy has their writing skills of the 13-year-old girl reading about a year and a half behind her, and most importantly they like schools a lot less, they are disengaged. there may have been a time when this wasn't a big problem
in our schools there has been a decline in the character education and moral education and the move to replacing it. things like self-esteem programs, various therapeutic approaches that we have tried and true methods of the civilizing voice. it's through good sportsmanship they can get from their coaches and the kind of moral guidance from parents with them reinforced by teachers. and i just find these have moved away from that. the second problem, and their problems would go, too comer i...
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where do we get morality and do we have a moral gene? >> there are people who say you can't define us and we do define it, it is clearly true that at any particular time in history, a particular society, at least, modern western society and so on, has a very distinctive morality, which we all share whether we are religious or not and it is a kind of consensus that we have, somewhat based on the golden rule, do as you would be done by and treat others as they wish to treat you. >> you live by the golden rule? >> yes, i do. to a greater or lesser extent, we subscribe to this feeling that we sort of together try to decide what kind of society we want to live in and we want to live in a society where people do not steal and they do not kill and they do not rate than they do not commit grievous bodily harm and we take care of the poor and sick and the elderly and we live in a society which cares for each other, which cares for other individuals as well. and we can sort of workout for ourselves that this is the kind of society in which we wish
where do we get morality and do we have a moral gene? >> there are people who say you can't define us and we do define it, it is clearly true that at any particular time in history, a particular society, at least, modern western society and so on, has a very distinctive morality, which we all share whether we are religious or not and it is a kind of consensus that we have, somewhat based on the golden rule, do as you would be done by and treat others as they wish to treat you. >>...
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yours i know can't be reached but through the loftier sentiments of intellectual and moral feelings. stand before you as a citizen, on behalf of the 20,000 women of massachusetts whose names are enrolled on petitions, which have been submitted to the legislature of which you are the organ. these petition to relate to the great and solemn subject of american slavery. a subject fraught with the deepest interest to the republic, whether we regard it in its political, moral, or religious aspects, and because it is political, it has often been tauntingly said that a woman has nothing to do with it. are we aliens because we are women? are we bereft of citizenship because we are the mothers, wives, and daughters of a mighty people? have women no country? no interest, state in public weal, no liabilities in common peril, no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame? let the history of the world answer these queries. read the denunciations of jehovah against the follies and crimes of israel's daughters. trace the influence of woman of quarters in an mistress in those mysteries ancient and mod
yours i know can't be reached but through the loftier sentiments of intellectual and moral feelings. stand before you as a citizen, on behalf of the 20,000 women of massachusetts whose names are enrolled on petitions, which have been submitted to the legislature of which you are the organ. these petition to relate to the great and solemn subject of american slavery. a subject fraught with the deepest interest to the republic, whether we regard it in its political, moral, or religious aspects,...
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that is the sense of moral superiority. people feel morally supeor to their fo n now.here was less of it. people were more willing to get together and not posture that they were morally superior. i think it has been almost fatal to w washington. of,he early era you spoke to bone meal, the democratic speaker of the house, played golf course with bob michael, the republican leader othe house. the democratic speaker of the house, played golf with bob michael, the republican leader. money is pervasive and corrective. the agricultural leader r said when both parties take from the same sources financially it becomes difficult to distinguish any fferences in their policies. >> assessing middle is a lonely place inhe congress. >> a lonely place. congress has passed just 57 bis this year. the 100th congress in session in 1988hen ththis program began past over 1000. republicans once considered staunch conservatives are leaving. the heritage foundation considered them less conservative than other housuse members. frank wolf less conservative? i do not t get it >> what you have ha
that is the sense of moral superiority. people feel morally supeor to their fo n now.here was less of it. people were more willing to get together and not posture that they were morally superior. i think it has been almost fatal to w washington. of,he early era you spoke to bone meal, the democratic speaker of the house, played golf course with bob michael, the republican leader othe house. the democratic speaker of the house, played golf with bob michael, the republican leader. money is...
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who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values which have been the spiritual and moral base of civilization for all nations for centuries. diplomacy is another issue touched upon by the president specifically the recent diplomatic breakthroughs with the syrian chemical weapons deal and the iranian nuclear program basically mr putin said that these should be views viewed as examples that diplomacy can work and that the united nations should be viewed as one of the main forces in that regard now this brings us to the missile defense system an issue which has been one of the key stumbling blocks in the relations between moscow and washington for years with the u.s. giving this theoretical threat from iran as one of the main reasons behind the system's construction and now the russian president since there is progress with the iranian nuclear program perhaps there is no more reason to build that shield which moscow does see as a threat to its national security and one of the way. to protect security is to further develop the military sector and for further develop the army
who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values which have been the spiritual and moral base of civilization for all nations for centuries. diplomacy is another issue touched upon by the president specifically the recent diplomatic breakthroughs with the syrian chemical weapons deal and the iranian nuclear program basically mr putin said that these should be views viewed as examples that diplomacy can work and that the united nations should be viewed as one of the main forces...
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they needed to work to create as moral a society as possible. away from that that was at various times it was too unacceptable to allow. and so again, over time over a couple of times there were different ways in which the pure contains governs the puritan -- >> host: if you book you talked about it was their nature of prayer. that they -- the way in which they kind of waited for a spirit as opposed to being lead by then and women and men spoke in the services. >> that's right. >> host: there was something about maintaining the lit gi basically. the structure of people's lives. it can be seen as threatening. >> that's right. >> guest: it goes back to the issue of order. certain people have an authority to help maintain the order. you have people getting the devine messages and speaking out from them. it can undermine authority. when swrim an equal -- that seems refined as well nap women play an important role in the concern that the people in the majority society have about the ways in which a minority might challenge the order. >> host: right.
they needed to work to create as moral a society as possible. away from that that was at various times it was too unacceptable to allow. and so again, over time over a couple of times there were different ways in which the pure contains governs the puritan -- >> host: if you book you talked about it was their nature of prayer. that they -- the way in which they kind of waited for a spirit as opposed to being lead by then and women and men spoke in the services. >> that's right....
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authority and is an emblem of its moral superiority. we see just as many sticking with the argument but let's not make of these people. let's stick with what lincoln wanted, bp is characterized by lenient than the union are the best rates one of lincoln's memory is to uphold the spirit of the magnanimity. i find this interpretive lines hold. there's a sort of moment of uncertainty. to a surprising degree, they hold. the other thing i found is we know john wilkes booth was in the audience when lincoln gives his less famous speech in which he gestures he made it back black suffrage and modern day say well, booth at this moment since i'm going to run lincoln through and this is a lashing out against the possibility of black civil rights. all of that's true, but americans at the time is they receive the news of lincoln's assassination didn't know about the details. so what they assumed was the assassination was a response to the surrender. who's had been infuriated by the south's defeat and he was lashing out against lincoln to rob lincoln
authority and is an emblem of its moral superiority. we see just as many sticking with the argument but let's not make of these people. let's stick with what lincoln wanted, bp is characterized by lenient than the union are the best rates one of lincoln's memory is to uphold the spirit of the magnanimity. i find this interpretive lines hold. there's a sort of moment of uncertainty. to a surprising degree, they hold. the other thing i found is we know john wilkes booth was in the audience when...
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and there are others who would say that, if my moral, my sense of morality is restricted from being into society and let's say i'm against abortion and i'm not allowed to have a society in which abortion is forbidden then my group is being oppressed. that is on a different order than what my chapters are trying to demonstrate where a group as it lasts, as a group as an identified group is being persecuted for% practices and beliefs as opposed to debate and the public sphere about what kind of moral order do we want and what are the limits to back? >> guest: . >> host: do you think it's easy to untangle in the way have waited out quite so let's go through some of the chapters because that is where all the action in the book is. one of the chapters is about a mormon community and you talked about how a lot of americans at the time, not all americans but a lot of americans were comfortable criticizing mormonism and i think he said not so much catholics and jews as protestants were comfortable with that. why do you think mormonism is seen as so dangerous? was it about marriage? was it about
and there are others who would say that, if my moral, my sense of morality is restricted from being into society and let's say i'm against abortion and i'm not allowed to have a society in which abortion is forbidden then my group is being oppressed. that is on a different order than what my chapters are trying to demonstrate where a group as it lasts, as a group as an identified group is being persecuted for% practices and beliefs as opposed to debate and the public sphere about what kind of...
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. >> this is a moral imperative. we may agree on this. >> let's not start now. >> why ruin a good thing? it's moral because we are stealing that $25 trillion from our kids and grandkids. >> do you know that the deficit has been cut in half -- t not the debt but the deficit cut in half. projected surplus. families don't live the way the government does. we have mortgages, car payments. nobody lives within their means even in families. >> we are forgetting -- >> in the back. >> let's not under estimate the american people. research shows the american people really want to get the budget and debt under control. the problem is trying to fight over good spending education, work force development is a fool's errand. where we get american support is in talking about means testing entitlements. >> that's going to happen. this is money we are stealing from our kids and grand kids. when do we say we owe it to them not to rob their future? >> we owe it to our kids to have economic growth. by see weak economic growth and a budge
. >> this is a moral imperative. we may agree on this. >> let's not start now. >> why ruin a good thing? it's moral because we are stealing that $25 trillion from our kids and grandkids. >> do you know that the deficit has been cut in half -- t not the debt but the deficit cut in half. projected surplus. families don't live the way the government does. we have mortgages, car payments. nobody lives within their means even in families. >> we are forgetting --...
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you have no moral compass and nobody to answer to. freed all of us. >> there is also the moment where he is wearing a wire. that is sort of who he is. incriminate yourself. >> i think jordan, at that time, was morally twisted, obviously. that was one of the key moments in the script between this characters where he can't quite, he can't rat on his friend. he has to let him know what he is doing. the landscape of where they are at is so corrupt that it envelops him and all of the characters. it is an interesting moment in the movie. >> and who was it that played his wife? >> margot robbie. an australian actress. she came in. we auditioned a lot of girls. it is amazing. >> and she was really good. >> something about australian actors. they work three times harder than everybody else. [laughter] they are this isolated island. they know about american movies. they work their ass off. >> she knocked it out. >> did you give them direction? >> she did not need much. we could see it in the audition. she was able to handle him just by a look.
you have no moral compass and nobody to answer to. freed all of us. >> there is also the moment where he is wearing a wire. that is sort of who he is. incriminate yourself. >> i think jordan, at that time, was morally twisted, obviously. that was one of the key moments in the script between this characters where he can't quite, he can't rat on his friend. he has to let him know what he is doing. the landscape of where they are at is so corrupt that it envelops him and all of the...
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our moral cause is freedom.nd it should be inserted into every speech that every republican makes, every comment on any of these issues. what obamacare is about is taking away your freedom. don't -- you're not able to choose your doctor. you're not able to choose your plan. you're not able if you're young, in this war against young people, eat your young you don't need fancy medical insurance. you don't need pregnancy protections if you're a male. the government is now building all these things into these plans and you have to accept them. it's about freedom. it's about individual choice. that's what it's about and that's the way i would unify conservatives. >> people -- >> i think this has to be the last one. [inaudible] >> that's all other speech. i wrote a book called "radical son" to actually this book -- advertise this book. this book has a chapter called -- [inaudible] which tells the story. that was i was introduced to the black panther party by hollywood producer. i raised a lot of money to buy a baptist
our moral cause is freedom.nd it should be inserted into every speech that every republican makes, every comment on any of these issues. what obamacare is about is taking away your freedom. don't -- you're not able to choose your doctor. you're not able to choose your plan. you're not able if you're young, in this war against young people, eat your young you don't need fancy medical insurance. you don't need pregnancy protections if you're a male. the government is now building all these things...
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it is obvious that this absolutely moral outrage. somefect violated -- one of the great leaders and teachers of the 20th century. he conceive as model for mortal enemies to overcome their hatred and find a way through their compassion to overcome -- his passing should reignite a worldwide effort for peace. we will have more on al jazeera america right after this. >> fault lines investigates... >> f jazeera america. altes... i'm john siegen hiller in new york. >> . >> celebrating the life of the
it is obvious that this absolutely moral outrage. somefect violated -- one of the great leaders and teachers of the 20th century. he conceive as model for mortal enemies to overcome their hatred and find a way through their compassion to overcome -- his passing should reignite a worldwide effort for peace. we will have more on al jazeera america right after this. >> fault lines investigates... >> f jazeera america. altes... i'm john siegen hiller in new york. >> . >>...
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get on the moral high ground, find things that need to be done, be a doer, take actions. to me, that is the message of nelson mandela on how to live our lives and it's nelson mandela, i thank you. [applause] >> and in keeping with nelson mandela's, no one better exemplifies that for more than 50 years in the city of san francisco, the man who nelson mandela was really proud of and one of the people he wanted to meet when he was recently released from prison and came to california to say thank you. one of those persons was none other than our own version of nelson mandela, the man who had rev rand cecil williams. >> hello everybody. on my ride this morning about 7:15, i went there to see what the line looked like of people who were there for breakfast. today we will feed close to 3,000 people. [applause] >> and we will always feed people who are on the fringes of society because it is needed. we are going to stay right where the poor may be located. we're going to be there because we feel very strongly that we've been given a call, a call this came 27 years ago, but a cal
get on the moral high ground, find things that need to be done, be a doer, take actions. to me, that is the message of nelson mandela on how to live our lives and it's nelson mandela, i thank you. [applause] >> and in keeping with nelson mandela's, no one better exemplifies that for more than 50 years in the city of san francisco, the man who nelson mandela was really proud of and one of the people he wanted to meet when he was recently released from prison and came to california to say...
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i think we have a direct moral responsibility who will be imperiled by climate change.'s tempting to say of course that this is the wrong answer and the simple answers you just have emissions now. the reason we are not cutting emissions is not simply industrial capitalism and it's not simply fossil fuel industries greatest that we have dealt the system in material terms that supports the elimination of competition and transportation in ways irrespective of the solar system or what have you and hidden the material waste of time on a fossil fuel economy. that is not a statement that we can change but we actually can change it. even a very concerted effort to cut emissions that would have might you have a carbon price well over $100 a -- and involve hard law to push fossil fuels i think realistic effect takes half a century to bring emissions to zero. the climate problem comes from the sum of past emissions so even want to bring emissions to zero the climate risk is because of co2 in the air so in some sense cutting it are caught copper mentoring. and that cutting emission
i think we have a direct moral responsibility who will be imperiled by climate change.'s tempting to say of course that this is the wrong answer and the simple answers you just have emissions now. the reason we are not cutting emissions is not simply industrial capitalism and it's not simply fossil fuel industries greatest that we have dealt the system in material terms that supports the elimination of competition and transportation in ways irrespective of the solar system or what have you and...