Philosophy / Ethics
Ethics in America
VHS, 60 min. each, 1989, Study guide available
This ten part series examines a wide range of ethical positions and looks at your own ethical standards. Nearly 100 panelists tackle highly charged ethical issues involving loyalty, confidentiality, privacy, truthfulness, and personal ethics.
1. Do Unto Others - Must we house the homeless or report a child abuser? A distinguished panel including Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Faye Wattleton of Planned Parenthood, and Willard Galin of the Hastings Center discuss the question of community responsibility.
2. To Defend a Killer - Ethical dilemmas of our criminal justice system are discussed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, defense attorney Jack Litman, and falsifier John Smith of Yale.
3. Public Trust, Private Interests - Jeane Kirkpatrick, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Senator Alan Simpson, Peter Jennings, and others address the problems of trust within government, between one public official and another, and between the government and the public.
4. Does Doctor Know Best? - Should you save the mother at the risk of losing the baby? Doctors from the National Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discuss controversies created by modern medicine with C. Everett Koop, journalist Ellen Goodman, and others.
5. Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover - Merger mania presents an alarming array of ethical problems. Debating the issues are T. Boone Pickens; chief executives from BorgWarner, Goodyear, and Berkshire Hathaway; economist Lester Thurow; and Senator Tim Wirth.
6. Under Orders, Under Fire (Part 1) - How do we wage war when the enemy dresses as civilians and children throw bombs? Generals William Westmoreland, David Jones, and Brent Scowcroft, correspondents Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace, and others question the duty to follow orders and a commander's obligation to protect soldiers.
7. Under Orders, Under Fire (Part 2) - The carnage of My Lai raises the issue of confidentiality between the soldier, his religious confessor, and military justice. Generals debate the clash between military tribunals and the right of confidentiality with Chaplain Timothy Tatum of the U.S. Army War College, the Reverend J. Bryan Hehir of the U.S. Catholic Conference, and others.
8. Truth on Trial - Is an attorney's first obligation to the court, the client, the public? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalie, Judge Robert Merhige, Attorneys Floyd Abrams and Stanley Chesley, philosopher John Smith, and others debate civil litigation's ethical dilemmas.
9. The Human Experiment - Does finding a cure justify putting test subjects at risk? C. Everett Koop is joined by Dr. Arnold Relman, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, and other distinguished panelists in a discussion of the medical research field.
10. Politics, Privacy, and the Press (Part 1) - What conduct on the part of a public official is relevant to "the public's right to know?" Panelists from both sides including Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Mike Wallace, and Geraldine Ferraro debate the issue.
11. Politics of Privacy (Part 2) - The 1988 race for the presidency has focused more visibly than ever before on the personal lives of the candidates. This program delves into politics and privacy.
This ten part series examines a wide range of ethical positions and looks at your own ethical standards. Nearly 100 panelists tackle highly charged ethical issues involving loyalty, confidentiality, privacy, truthfulness, and personal ethics.
1. Do Unto Others - Must we house the homeless or report a child abuser? A distinguished panel including Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Faye Wattleton of Planned Parenthood, and Willard Galin of the Hastings Center discuss the question of community responsibility.
2. To Defend a Killer - Ethical dilemmas of our criminal justice system are discussed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, defense attorney Jack Litman, and falsifier John Smith of Yale.
3. Public Trust, Private Interests - Jeane Kirkpatrick, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Senator Alan Simpson, Peter Jennings, and others address the problems of trust within government, between one public official and another, and between the government and the public.
4. Does Doctor Know Best? - Should you save the mother at the risk of losing the baby? Doctors from the National Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discuss controversies created by modern medicine with C. Everett Koop, journalist Ellen Goodman, and others.
5. Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover - Merger mania presents an alarming array of ethical problems. Debating the issues are T. Boone Pickens; chief executives from BorgWarner, Goodyear, and Berkshire Hathaway; economist Lester Thurow; and Senator Tim Wirth.
6. Under Orders, Under Fire (Part 1) - How do we wage war when the enemy dresses as civilians and children throw bombs? Generals William Westmoreland, David Jones, and Brent Scowcroft, correspondents Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace, and others question the duty to follow orders and a commander's obligation to protect soldiers.
7. Under Orders, Under Fire (Part 2) - The carnage of My Lai raises the issue of confidentiality between the soldier, his religious confessor, and military justice. Generals debate the clash between military tribunals and the right of confidentiality with Chaplain Timothy Tatum of the U.S. Army War College, the Reverend J. Bryan Hehir of the U.S. Catholic Conference, and others.
8. Truth on Trial - Is an attorney's first obligation to the court, the client, the public? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalie, Judge Robert Merhige, Attorneys Floyd Abrams and Stanley Chesley, philosopher John Smith, and others debate civil litigation's ethical dilemmas.
9. The Human Experiment - Does finding a cure justify putting test subjects at risk? C. Everett Koop is joined by Dr. Arnold Relman, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, and other distinguished panelists in a discussion of the medical research field.
10. Politics, Privacy, and the Press (Part 1) - What conduct on the part of a public official is relevant to "the public's right to know?" Panelists from both sides including Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Mike Wallace, and Geraldine Ferraro debate the issue.
11. Politics of Privacy (Part 2) - The 1988 race for the presidency has focused more visibly than ever before on the personal lives of the candidates. This program delves into politics and privacy.
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