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The Modern Scholar
- Creating Humans: Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide
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In this course, we will discuss the various moral aspects of human reproduction from methods of conception to methods of ending a pregnancy. We will discuss the moral, cultural, legal, and political influences on reproduction as well as the scientific advances in reproductive technology. Hopefully at the end of this course we will not have arrived at answers to the various questions raised, but will have provided a base for us to consider the issues at hand and a desire to pursue more study in the important aspects of creating humans.
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In 1939, Lavender flees London to escape the German bombs and her shattered marriage. Settling in a small town, she pulls together a makeshift orchestra to help cope with the times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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McCall Smith Does It Again!
- De Pamela Harvey en 12-17-09
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The Modern Scholar
- Visions of Utopia: Philosophy and the Perfect Society
- De: Professor Fred E. Baumann
- Narrado por: Professor Fred E. Baumann
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 32
Professor Fred E. Baumann looks at what some philosophers have had to say on this subject, mostly in the form of stories about utopias. Five are written by great philosophers and the last by a challenging, nearly contemporary American scholar. All have exerted great influence on the history of thought or have expressed influential currents of thought. Professor Baumann's lectures not only examine these texts, but also address the results of attempting to put these utopias into practice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Provocative and stimulating, albeit conservative
- De Len V en 01-23-13
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Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
- De: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 45
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Cornelius P. "Fatty" O'Leary and his wife, Betty, plan a vacation in Ireland for his 40th birthday, where they will tour his ancestral homeland and relax in the countryside. Almost immediately, things go terribly wrong: the seats in economy class on the plane are too small; the country hotel's dinner spread and bathroom fixtures leave much to be desired; and the down-to-earth O'Learys find their fellow guests are more than a little snobbish.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not up to par
- De Sharon en 08-05-15
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The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse
- De: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 364
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 361
Val Eliot, a young woman working on an English farm during the war, meets Mike, a US Air Force pilot stationed nearby. When Val rescues a Border Collie named Peter Woodhouse, who is being mistreated by his owner, she realizes the dog would actually be safer with Mike. And so Peter Woodhouse finds a new home on the air force base, and Val finds herself falling in love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful
- De T. Bellan en 04-23-18