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Dilemma Podcast

Jay Shapiro•www.whatjaythinks.com
Society & Culture
Philosophy
Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers. Hosted by Jay Shapiro.
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S01E02: Star Trek's Prime Directive - Eric Linus Kaplan

In the long running science fiction show Star Trek, the Federation has a guiding principle referred to as the Prime Directive which instructs federation ships with advanced technology to not interfere with primitive evolving civilisations in such a way where the intervention is detected. In a recent situation from the film ‘ Into Darkness ’ Captain Kirk is faced with a dilemma of violating the Prime Directive to save Spock’s life. The staff led crew comes across an alien planet with an intellige...

Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 2

S01E01: Fire at the Louvre - Susan Wolf

Paul is a scholar of Renaissance art history and a curator at the Louvre in Paris. One morning, a fire sweeps through the museum. As people are evacuating the museum, Paul has an important decision to make. Should he risk his own life by attempting to rescue anything? He sees that he has at least two options. First, he could rescue Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, his favorite painting in the world and the museum’s most prized work. Second, he could rescue a museum visitor who seems to have lost c...

Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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