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Moyers & Company: Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy?
Item# 53079
© 2013
41 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-508-6
In the fight against terrorism, the U.S. military’s escalating drone program has become the face of our foreign policy in Pakistan, Yemen, and parts of Africa. And while the use of unmanned drones ind...
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Building the Perfect Bug: Virology, Rogue Science, and Bioterrorism
Item# 49267
© 2012
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-631-4
Why did Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of researchers purposely engineer a lethal, airborne bird flu virus? That’s the first of many questions raised in this timely, eye-opening investigat...
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Issues and Controversies in American History Video Clip Collection
Item# 49105
© 2012
65 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-252-1
To explore America’s past in a meaningful way, a growing number of educators strive for spirited debate and passionate discussion in their classrooms. The key is get students talking about historical...
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Euthanasia: Medical Ethics—Real-World Applications
Item# 44666
© 2011
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-153-7
If death comes without suffering, under the care of a physician and requested by an individual who desires peace and closure, what are the grounds for stopping it? This program investigates the variou...
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Genetic Engineering: Medical Ethics—Real-World Applications
Item# 44664
© 2011
19 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-151-3
It’s one of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, but genetic engineering has also brought disturbing new questions. Should we push genetic research to its absolute limit, exploiting every...
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IVF: Medical Ethics—Real-World Applications
Item# 44665
© 2011
20 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-152-0
Jokes about test-tube babies may have faded into pop-culture history, but today, even though in vitro fertilization has helped millions of people become parents, the technology still leads some cultur...
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Medical Ethics: Real-World Applications
Item# 47364
© 2011
64 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-192-6
While the field of medical ethics often deals in abstractions-including historical currents, sociological findings, theological perspectives, and complex philosophical arguments-it comes alive when ap...
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Ethics: Who Decides Now What Is Right?—LUX Great Thinkers Series
Item# 50422
© 2010
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-967-4
What values should we consider universal and worth preserving for posterity? Do we need a new paradigm of civil and global interaction, or are the best answers to current human problems still found in...
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What Would You Do? Series 2: Instinctive Reactions and What They Reveal
Item# 44460
© 2010
104 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-020-2
We all know that drugs and alcohol heighten the chances of violence, sexual aggression, and deadly accidents. And we know that discrimination against race, disability, or sexual orientation is illegal...
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Death Sentence: The Story of Capital Punishment
Item# 43760
© 2010
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-714-7
A few centuries ago, state-sanctioned killing was thought of mainly as a control mechanism—a deterrent to crime. Thus, a person could be hanged not just for murder but for minor offences such as petty...
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