Socrates Exchange: Are all our beliefs merely opinions, or are there some...
The Exchanges monthly discussion series is back, and our first question is on truth. Can we be wrong in our beliefs or are all beliefs equally correct, simply because theyre a matter of perspective and...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Are individual rights more important than the common good?
Are we an excessively individualistic- and even selfish- culture? Does New Hampshires Live Free or Die ethos place too much emphasis on the rights of the individuals and not enough on the well-being of...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Has technology helped or hurt us?
Since the beginning of time, human beings have been making tools to make life easier, better, faster or more efficient, but is that always a good thing? Are human beings happier today, whether...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Is there one true religion?
Each of us within a particular religion think our religious beliefs are true, but how do we make sense of our neighbor, who thinks the same about her religion? Can all religions be true, even though...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Should animals have rights?
Are non-human animals merely a natural resource for human use? Do we have a responsibility to treat animals with dignity or to consider their suffering? Are we justified killing mosquitoes or pigs...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: What does government of, by and for the people really mean?
Citizens have a role to elect their representatives in, but then what is the role of the representative? Where should federal power end and state power begin? And in the end, who is really in charge,...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Is Censorship Ever Acceptable?
Are there some forms of expression that are simply too crude or too offensive to be allowed to be disseminated? What kinds of things, if any, should be censored? Who should do the censoring? Guest Max...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Are there ethical limits to biotechnology?
Our next Socrates Exchange discussion begins! This time we ask we ask are there ethical limits to biotechnology? From aspirin to artificial limbs many of us enjoy the benefits of biotechnology, but is...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Is it ever right to do what is wrong?
Do the ends ever justify the means? Assuming, for example, that lying, torturing, stealing, and murder are wrong, are such actions justified in rare instances in order to avoid some terrible...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Do we have too much information?
We often hear of people suffering from information overload. To what exactly are we referring? Is it just that our brains are too slow to process the information now available? Does more information...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: What is gratitude?
Experiencing gratitude and appreciating various things seems essential to happiness and a good life. Why is this? What exactly is gratitude? Is it an emotion that we cannot control or is it a cognitive...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Why do we give gifts?
Every year during the holidays we spend our time, energy, and money in the search for the perfect gifts for friends and family. But sometimes it feels like we are going through the motions or worse...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Are human beings violent by nature?
When we look at the nightly news or study history we might easily come to this conclusion. We have armies and police forces, lawyers and judges, in order to protect us from each other. Is all of this...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Can one person be better than another?
Throughout American history we have underlined the ideals of equality The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech have all declared that all...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Does beauty matter?
On the one hand we teach our children not to judge a book by its cover, but on the other we seek out beauty as one of lifes most profound experiences. What do we mean when we describe something as...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Why do we punish?
Why should we punish? To balance the scales of justice? To exact revenge? To deter crime? To remove the offender from free society? To reform the offender? Is punishment a moral act, or is it simply a...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Do we need friendship in the age of Friending?
What makes someone a true friend? We use the term friend in so many different ways to refer to so many different kinds of relationships and people: we friend hundreds of people on Facebook; spouses,...
View ArticleThe Socrates Exchange: What is Progress?
Our philosophy series, the Socrates Exchange returns with the question “What is progress”. Centuries of development have allowed us to live longer and advance in ways we never could have imagined, but...
View ArticleWho is American?
May 24, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Please join Laura Knoy and guest Max Latona for a special live audience event as a part of the series NHs Immigration Story. They will be discussing the next question in the...
View ArticleSocrates Exchange: Who is American?
Our series on New Hampshires Immigration Story continues with a special Socrates Exchange, examining the question: Who is American? Is it simply a matter of birthright, and legal status? Or is it a...
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