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Films about human dignity

Here's a selection of some great films about human dignity. Help us to add more -- comments, please! 


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Versailles, 1919-2009: a new world order’s legacy

The treaty concluded on 28 June 1918 reverberates today across a huge area from Iran and Iraq to the Balkans and even beyond.



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A failure of ethical imagination

Some scientists cannot understand that our most treasured values are at stake in research on human embryos. 



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The Weight of a Mustard Seed

The general who commanded Saddam Hussein's troops during the First Gulf War was a fundamentally decent man caught in a web of corruption.



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Korea’s population crisis

Korea is suffering from a national crisis of super-low fertility. The head of the Korean affiliate of Planned Parenthood explains why.



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The real struggle in Iran

The fantasy of democrats overthrowing the Islamic Republic has passed. In any case, none of the warring factions at the top is friendly to the US.



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40 years of gay “rights”

Although President Obama is hosting a gala reception for gay leaders in the White House, has the time come for homosexual marriage?



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How to treat an unfaithful husband

Jenny Sanford is willing to forgive her husband and welcome him back - in time. Is that enough?



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‘I was framed’

A science writer is written off as 'religious' for defending uncertainty in science.



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Gatekeepers of life

How should doctors deal with potential conflict-of-interest when prescribing expensive drugs?



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The politics of food

You aren't going to eat that are you? Tales of seals eaten more than 100 miles away.



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In defence of the right to discriminate Christian groups sometimes have good reason to protest denials of their rights, especially in American academia. | Spiked

To Catch a Tiger Sri Lanka's brutal suppression of the Tamil Tigers offers an object lesson in how to defeat an insurgency. Or does it? | Atlantic

Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius The theory of multiple intelligences was a great idea and worth investigating. It's just not panning out. | Chronicle of Higher Education

Stalin’s Nemesis The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky. | Literary Review

Cyber-Scare The exaggerated fears over digital warfare. | Boston Review

Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship Harder to kill than your average vampire, says Christina Hoff Sommers. | Chronicle of Higher Education

Who, apart from the Prince of Wales, ever speaks up for beauty? I'm not a royal toady, but... | London Telegraph

Hypocrisy and Public Life “Hypocrisy is a tribute vice pays to virtue.” Discuss, with examples. | Public Discourse

Think Again: Asia’s Rise Don't believe the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. | Foriegn Policy

It would be wrong to sneer at this outpouring of public grief Michael Jackson took on the martyr's mantle once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, says Boris Johnson. | London Telegraph

Athenians and Visigoths Neil Postman's graduation speech. | First Things

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