Episode 5 of Human Things 2.0 starts with a rousing defense of the work of Hall & Oats including slightly messing up the names of two of their songs. Segment 2 discusses a short clip from a 2018 Oxford Union Panel on Abortion Rights where pro-abortion activist Ilyse Hogue of NARAL makes the claim [...]
On this episode, Jay is going Eric Carmen style, all by himself. Bad Movie Night gets explained, Streets of Fire comes up (not for the last time), and midi-chlorians are identified as the bane of the Star Wars universe. On a more serious note, segment two evaluates the [...]
On this episode, we discuss the idea of making a case for making a case for life. Why do those opposed to abortion engage this issue with such passion? Because the right or wrong of abortion centers on how we answer one question, “Is the unborn one of us?” People [...]
This episode addresses despair and community. We discuss how assessing human dignity through instrumental criteria or immediately practicable capacities leads to troubling issues in end of life care. The view that all human beings have value by virtue of what we are, intrinsic dignity grounded in our humanity, ought to lead to [...]
Kicking off Human Things 2.0 with Alycia Wood of the C.S. Lewis Society. In this video we review VP Kamala Harris and her view of natural rights and the kind of rights we have in virtue of the Declaration of Independence. The right to life is the preeminent right among natural rights [...]
