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Killing Non-Human Animals
From euthanizing a sick dog to slaughtering cows for food, how do we reconcile our feelings about killing when it...
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Mongols Sack Baghdad - 1258
This lecture narrates the calamity that befell the world's largest, most prosperous, and most celebrated city. First trace...
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Study the events surrounding the incursion of Berber-Arab armies into the Iberian peninsula in 711, leading to Muslim domination of the region...
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The Choice of Euthanasia
Examine another controversial subject: euthanasia, or the deliberate ending of a life to ease suffering. By exploring the actual...
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Suicide Examined
In the last half-century, suicide rates have increased nearly 60% worldwide. This is your opportunity to investigate ways to think about...
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Buddhism on Impermanence and Mindfulness
Professor Berkson notes that the Buddhist tradition was established, in part, as a response to the realities of...
