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In this lecture I explain what “intentionality” means in phenomenology. For this lecture I follow closely Chapter 17, “Value Response” of the book Ethics by Dietrich von Hildebrand.

In this lecture I cover in detail Socrates’ discussion with Crito about why it would be immoral to escape from jail, even though Socrates is unjustly condemned to death. At about the 39 minute mark I begin to cover the Phaedo. This is the dialogue covering the day of Socrates’ death. In this introductory lecture the distinction between the body […]

In this lecture I discuss various sources of the dignity of persons. The text for this lecture is: Josef Seifert, “The Right to Life and the Fourfold Root of Human Dignity,” in The Nature and Dignity of the Human Person as the Foundation of the Right to Life, ed. Juan de Dios Vial Correa and Elio Sgreccia (Vatican City: Libreria […]