FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Ethics & Values

VH 0450 Abortion
Summary: Examines the dilemma of women wishing abortions vs. the public outcry against abortion. Also gives the view point of teenagers, parents, counselors, and medical abortion battle. 026 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ABORTION, SOCIAL WORK

VH 5998 Abraham Joshua Heschel Remembered
Summary: This program presents Ismar Schorsch and Cornel West remembering legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel. The second part of the program, entitled "Conversations with Dr. Abraham J. Heschel, " contains an interview conducted by NBC correspondent Carl Stern with Heschel about his life, his works, and philosophy. This interview was filmed shortly before his death in 1972. 055 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2402 Adult Conflict Resolution
Summary: Shows three typical conflict resolution situations: an interpersonal conflict involving two teachers; a conflict involving different power levels--principal and teacher; and an intergroup conflict between two groups of teachers. 040 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY, COMMUNICATION

VH 5226 Albert Bandura, part 1
Summary: Dr. Bandura reviews his influences in theoretical and research development, and discusses cognitive and social behavior modification, social learning, modeling, and aggression. 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

VH 5227 Albert Bandura, part 2
Summary: Dr. Bandura recalls his classic Bobo doll experiment, and discusses the effects of aggression and violence in the media, morality and moral disengagement, self-efficacy, reactions to criticism, and plans for the future. 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

VH 3480 Anatomy of a Corporate Takeover
Summary: Merger mania presents an alarming array of ethical problems. Debating the issues are T. Boone Pickens; chief executives from Borg-Warner, Goodyear, and Berkshire Hathaway; economist Lester Thurow; and Senator Tim Wirth. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 4631 Anatomy of a Libel Trial: Carol Burnett vs. Nat'l Enq. pt.1
Summary: Examines and analyzes the elements of a public figure libel trial. Part 1 of 2. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 4632 Anatomy of a Libel Trial: Carol Burnett vs. Nat'l Enq. pt.2
Summary: Examines and analyzes the elements of a public figure libel trial. Part 2 of 2. 120 Min. VIDEO 1983

VH 1217 Arturo Madrid
Summary: Educator Arturo Madrid discusses the role of Hispanic Americans in American public life focusing on cultural and educational barriers created by the dominate, white American society. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, LATIN AMERICAN Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 0614 Bay City Kids, (Part 1)
Summary: An instructional video series depicting the confusion and dilemmas of developing sexuality. The core values of respect for self and others, responsibility, restraint and knowledge of risks are woven through the units. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 0615 Bay City Kids, (Part 2)
Summary: An instructional video series depicting the confusion and dilemmas of developing sexuality. The core values of respect for self and others, responsibility, restraint and knowledge of risks are woven through the units. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 6072 Beyond the Mirage: The Cult Phenomenon
Summary: This program introduces us to two former cult members who explain why they joined, the experience they had, and why they eventually broke away. Linda James, a psychologist, and Michael Kropveld, director of Info-cult, contribute their professional expertise in explaining cultic thinking, the techniques of coercion and understanding the cult experience. 022 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 5390 Business Ethics: the Bottom Line
Summary: Several experts examine the moral obligation corporations have to their employees and to the communities where their businesses exist. This programs discusses how companies can do "the right thing" and still improve their bottom line. 029 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

VH 1208 Carlos Fuentes
Summary: Mexican author Carlos Fuentes and host Bill Moyers discuss the relationship of the United States with Mexico and with Latin America generally. Fuentes addresses the selective intervention of the U.S. in the affairs of Latin American countries which he believes stifles development and damages the international relationship. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, LATIN AMERICAN Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 5702 Casualty Phobia
Summary: From Vietnam to Somalia, television images of U.S. casualties have convinced Pentagon war planners to pursue a vision of 'bloodless war.' An eye-opening investigation into where technology, media, and the reality of conflict collide. 029 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

VH 2823 Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
Summary: Documents four actual situations where nurses must balance the often contradictory views of patients, family members, and other staff about what is best for their patients. Code Gray offers no easy answers, but will trigger discussion among nurses, physicians, and health care consumers, about the realities of nursing in a technologically complex world. 026 Min. VIDEO

VH 4665 Community Animals
Summary: Even though humans are social animals who need interaction and a sense of belonging to survive, we have created a society where people are often too busy to build the kind of communities they say they long for. 026 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WAYS WE LIVE: EXPLORING COMMUNITY

VH 0975 Confidentiality: The Professional's Dilemma (Parts 1&2)
Summary: Discusses a plan for moral reasoning and action, with the goals of learning to identify moral dilemmas, learning a model of moral reasoning, and learning to identify the traces that may be left as a result of having made a difficult moral decision. 077 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, ED COUNSELOR

VH 0810 Consuming Images
Summary: Examines the impact on democracy of our mass culture whose basic information comes from image-making, the media, public opinion polls, public relations and propaganda. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: PUBLIC MIND, THE - BILL MOYERS

VH 1220 David Puttnam
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews David Puttnam, who believes that the film industry shares some responsibility for society's violence and greed by choosing to pander to society's weaknesses. Discusses Puttnam's tenure as head of Columbia Pictures. Suggests that the film industry suffers from a poverty of ambition and accountability. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 3502 Dax's Case
Summary: Dax Cowart, was badly burned when a propane gas tank exploded. During his long and often excruciatingly painful recovery, he wished to have life support terminated. This program, filmed over a ten year period, examines the rights of severely injured persons to determine their own future, versus society's compulsion to keep these patients alive. Dax survived and is now married and owner of his own business. 058 Min. VIDEO 1985

VH 3200 Deadly Deception, The
Summary: This program investigates one of the most notorious medical experiments in American history: the Tuskeegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. African American men in Macon County, Alabama believed they were receiving free treatment for syphilis; they were, instead, given medicines that were worthless against the disease. The experiment continued from 1932 until 1972 and was periodically written up in mainstream medical journals. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 4645 Disabled Rights
Summary: The Americans with Disabilities Act established a range of legal rights for the disabled. Can these rights be justified with the natural rights theory of John Locke? Does an "ethics of caring" offer a better framework for considering these rights? Philosopher Ken Knisely asks these questions of his symposers and his viewers. 058 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: NO DOGS OR PHILOSOPHERS ALLOWED

VH 3476 Do Unto Others
Summary: Must we house the homeless or report a child abuser? A distinguished panel including Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Faye Wattleton of Planned Parenthood, and Willard Gaylin of the Hastings Center discuss the question of community responsibility. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 3479 Does Doctor Know Best?
Summary: Should you save the mother at the risk of losing the baby? Doctors from the National Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center discuss controversies created by modern medicine with C. Everett Koop, journalist Ellen Goodman, and others. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 6062 Dying
Summary: Covering a period of two years, this film shows how three Americans faced their own deaths from cancer. Through interviews with individuals insight is provided into the experience of dying as felt by those dying and their survivors. Looks at the resources dying people draw on from the humanities, such as religious faith, music, poetry, etc. Aims to widen the perception and understanding of death. 082 Min. VIDEO 1976

VH 1205 E.L. Doctorow
Summary: Novelist E.L. Doctorow discusses the decline of the political novel in American literature and contrasts the writer's capacity for stimulating changes in political attitudes with the politician's tendency towards manipulation of people's political passions. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, WRITERS Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1726 Ethics & Education
Summary: Speakers, Richard Hollinger, Donn B. Parker, Dorothy Denning, John Gilmore, Jonathan Budd, Sally Bowman; moderator, Terry Winograd. Speaker discuss the teaching of ethics in computer education. 083 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1816 Ethics & Work with Joanne Ciulla
Summary: In this episode, Ciulla talks about ethics in business & the meaning of work in our culture. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 0816 Ethics in American Business #1, 2, 3
Summary: A national, interactive closed-circuit video teleconference that aired on public television on November 17, 1988. The teleconference focuses on three basic issues: Executive leadership in ethics; Preventing ethical crisis & responding to whistle blowers; & Educating for ethics. 146 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 2569 Ethics in the Workplace: Joanne Ciulla
Summary: In this program with Bill Moyers, Joanne Ciulla a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the role of ethics in the world of business and the meaning of work in our culture. Ciulla notes that people's lives are often dominated by their work, sacrificing their families in the process. "Is that the kind of sacrifice you want people to make?" she asks. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: MANAGEMENT Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 6061 Euthanasia
Summary: Examines the legal, moral and ethical implications of euthanasia. It invites arguments from both sides of the debate. Part of the film was shot in Holland, the only country to openly permit euthanasia at the patient's request. Allows the viewer to learn first hand how this policy is affecting doctors, their patients and the general public. 046 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 1506 Facing Evil with Bill Moyers
Summary: Bill Moyers joins participants of a three-day Symposium on "Understanding Evil" held at the Institute for the Humanities, in Salado, Texas. The video shows how people cope with evil by sharing their experiences. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 2824 Fate Worse Than Death, A?
Summary: Advances in medical science sometimes make life and death choices more, rather than less, difficult. This powerful documentary follows several families through the process of deciding whether to withdraw artificial life support from a loved one in a coma or vegetative state. Some families feel their relative should be allowed to die with dignity. Others believe that "pulling the plug" is the equivalent of murder. Relatives, doctors, nurses, 050 Min. VIDEO

VH 1204 Forrester Church
Summary: Unitarian minister and author Forrester Church discusses what he calls 'deadly virtues', acts or expression that appear virtuous but mask intentions that are selfish or partisan in nature, and the divisions and common ground that exist among America's religions today. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 3484 Human Experiment, The
Summary: Does finding a cure justify putting test subjects at risk? C. Everett Koop is joined by Dr. Arnold Relman, editor of the "New England Journal of Medicine", and other distinguished panelists in a discussion of the medical research field. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 0144 In Search of Excellence
Summary: Based on "In Search of Excellence" by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr. A documentary, shot on location, which examines successful management in large and small companies. Focuses on the three major themes of innovation, productivity through people, and shared values, and tells how specific companies have benefitted through their use. 090 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 0747 Increase and Multiply?
Summary: Documentary concerning the human and environmental consequences of overpopulation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Argues that cutbacks in U.S. sponsored family planning programs have harmed the health and well-being of Third World countries. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, ASIAN STUDIES, LATIN AMERICAN

VH 6068 Indecent Acts
Summary: In 1895, Oscar Wilde, the most famous writer of the Victorian age, was found guilty of homosexual crimes and sentenced to two years hard labor. This film, through readings and reconstruction of the courtroom scene, contrasts the treatment that Wilde suffered with that of contemporary gay sex offenders. 054 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: WRITERS

VH 5010 Jacques Derrida
Summary: Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher credited with launching the Deconstructionist movement, argues his theories. Derrida begins with a frank discussion of the ethical problems of Deconstruction, especially in relation to human rights. He argues that Deconstruction is not a disillusion of the subject, it is first and foremost a historical or genealogical analysis of that subject and an attempt to focus on a universal translation of it. 039 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 1203 James MacGregor Burns
Summary: In an interview with Bill Moyers historian James MacGregor Burns discusses the decline of political parties in presidential politics and problems this has created. He also addresses voter apathy and the kind of leadership needed to deal with problems whose solutions require efforts that go beyond ideology and terms of office. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1218 Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Jessica Tuchman Mathews who discusses the environmental dangers the world faces from global warming and the greenhouse effect. Dr. Mathews focuses on the national security aspects of the U.S. government's lack of a coherent energy policy and the U.S. automobile industry's reluctance to produce vehicles that are more energy efficient and create less pollution. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1216 John Lukacs
Summary: Historian John Lukacs discusses trends in American institutions and culture that are moving the United States away from the values and qualities responsible for its preeminence in the world and towards a condition of bureaucracy, apathy and decline. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1221 John Searle
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews philosophy professor John Searle, who discusses the student movement of the 1960's and their effects on higher education; and issues surrounding the teaching of a canon of Western literature in the university. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1212 Joseph Heller
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews novelist Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22, discussing the absurdities of American politics and culture and similar occurrences in ancient Greece. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, WRITERS Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1214 Leon Kass
Summary: Leon Kass of the University of Chicago talks about the role of the physician who works with people at the most critical of times of their lives. The place of medical ethics is discussed also. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 2641 Love and Sex
Summary: Falling in love, having sex, making babies - these are easy. Understanding human sexuality is much harder. Phil Donahue takes viewers on an odyssey showing women at a male strip club and a gay rights march, into a hospital room where an unwed teenage mother is giving birth and into the classroom where teachers and parents are trying to help teenagers come to grips with their sexual selves. 052 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK Series: HUMAN ANIMAL, THE

VH 6085 Lynchburg Story, The : Eugenic Sterilization in America
Summary: Describes the mind set that gave birth to eugenic sterilization in the U.S. Between 1927 and 1972, over 8, 000 Virginia children were sterilized because the state decided they were unfit to reproduce. Victims tell how they were taken from their families and forced to live in the infamous Lynchburg colony. 055 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY

VH 1219 Martha C. Nussbaum
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who relates how the lessons of the ancient Greeks can be applied to our present day living. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, DRAMA Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1210 Mary Ann Glendon
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Mary Ann Glendon, professor of comparative law, who discusses abortion in the U.S. and Europe, and explains how she believes "Roe vs. Wade" gave rise to misinterpretation of the abortion issues in the U.S. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ABORTION, SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1199 Mary Catherine Bateson
Summary: Anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson discusses the future of children, working women, and the creative life. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1366 Matter of Judgment, A
Summary: Presents five scenarios revolving around conflicts of interest in the business world. Employees at various levels of management and in a variety of functions are shown in situations where the integrity of their judgement is at risk. 030 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 1222 Maxine Singer
Summary: Molecular biologist Maxine Singer discusses genetic research and genetic engineering, popular misconceptions about these activities and about science in general, and the importance of science education of all members of society. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1213 Michael Josephson
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Michael Josephson, who discusses the loss of ethical standards and the philosophy of winning, greed, and self-interest in U.S. society today. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1815 Mind of Patricia Smith Churchland, The
Summary: Patricia Churchland is a of professor philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. She is part of a new group of scientists & philosophers who are creating startling new theories of how the human mind works. The "wonder tissue" of the brain is their laboratory, and what they are discovering could change the way we think about ourselves & the world. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 5857 Mitzvah Machine, The
Summary: This animated story serves as a catalyst for teaching in junior high school about the nature of Mitzvah living. 012 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1853 Moral Values & Effective Leadership
Summary: Presents and discusses the premise that "Effective Leadership Springs from Commitment to Basic Moral Values". Interview format by students at Ripon College with business and educational leaders. 030 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 1819 Mortal Choices /Public Policy, Private Choices
Summary: Dr. Ruth Macklin is a philosopher and professor of bioethics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. In this episode, Macklin discusses the difficult decisions involved in medical care today, such as deciding on the criteria for allocating scarce donor resources to ill patients. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 2771 Nursing, Ethics, and the Law
Summary: Tackles a very pressing subject facing all health care workers: understanding what ethical decisions are, how a nurse makes an effective decision, and the legal implications of ethical issues for nursing. Nursing faculty, in service educators, and other health care instructors must be well versed in the terminology, basic philosophies, and legal tenets related to ethics in order to prepare students and staff for the extraordinary demands of today's high tech medical environment. 034 Min. VIDEO

VH 4647 Obscenity
Summary: What are the stakes when we allow sexually explicit images to have wide circulation in our culture? How can we judge the moral status of pornography and erotica? Is the arousal of desire by a depiction and not another person essentially dehumanizing? Philosopher Ken Knisely asks these questions of his symposers and viewers. 059 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: NO DOGS OR PHILOSOPHERS ALLOWED

VH 2709 Patently Offensive: Porn Under Siege
Summary: Examines pornography in its social and historical context. As a dominant force in popular entertainment, porn has redefined the image culture. Its iconography has been coopted by music videos, Hollywood films, tv sitcoms, and especially advertising: the most powerful socializing agents in contemporary life. Contains exclusive footage of the controversial Meese Commission hearings on pornography as well as riveting interviews with 058 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6547 Paul Riceour
Summary: Beginning with the Aristotelian notion of rights, Riceour discusses the difference between the right of and the right to. He traces the concept of natural rights from the 18th century to the modern political concept of universal human rights. 039 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 1717 Personal Information & Privacy 2
Summary: Speakers, Simon Davies, Evan Hendricks, Tom Mandel, Willis Ware; moderator, Lance Hoffman. Speakers discuss the ethics of "Strip Mining Data" for resale in the Information Economy. 080 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMPUTERS, DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY

VH 1201 Peter Berger
Summary: Peter Berger, professor of sociology and religion, compares capitalism in America and East Asia commenting on the social, philosophical, religious, and political factors that have influenced the development of capitalist economies in each area and discusses the relationship of capitalism to democracy. Interviewed by Bill Moyers. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1206 Peter Drucker
Summary: Peter Drucker talks to Bill Moyers about how current trends in presidential leadership, international relations, and economic and military policy are shaping America's future. He also discusses Japan's economic success and the changing nature of work in the technological age. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 3486 Politics of Privacy, The
Summary: The 1988 race for the presidency has focused more visibly than ever before on the personal lives of the candidates. This program delves further into politics and privacy. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 3485 Politics, Privacy, and the Press
Summary: What conduct on the part of a public official is relevant to the "public's right to know"? Panelists from both sides - including "Washington Post" publisher Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Mike Wallace, and Geraldine Ferraro debate this issue. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 0814 Prescriptions for Profit
Summary: Goes behind the labels and hype to consider the economic, social and ethical questions that arise when big business is mixed with human suffering and a large dose of advertising. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: MARKETING

VH 3478 Public Trust, Private Interests
Summary: Jeane Kirkpatrick, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Senator Alan Simpson, Peter Jennings, and others address the problems of trust - within government, between one public official and another, and between the government and the public. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 1200 Robert Bellah
Summary: In an interview with Bill Moyers, sociologist Robert Bellah discusses the individualistic character of the American people and the resistance that it creates to national consensus and the notion of national and global interdependence. He also comments on role of civic virtue and religious values in the life of the country. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, RELIGION Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1215 Sara Lightfoot
Summary: Sara Lawrence Lightfoot is interviewed by Bill Moyers on American education and what makes good schools. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 0363 See Dick & Jane Lie, Cheat & Steal
Summary: Program on children being taught basic caring, decency, and the difference between right and wrong. 045 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

VH 7302 Sexual Harassment For Managers
Summary: Video describes the key role and responsibility of a manager in dealing with sexual harassment. 022 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: MANAGEMENT

VH 1814 Sissela Bok
Summary: Sissela Bok is a philosopher whose writings explore the psychology of lying, the consequences of deception & the perils of keeping secrets. In this program, Bok discusses why politicians & all leaders must keep the public trust & she offers her experienced observations on peaceful change. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 6395 Spare Parts: Growing Human Organs
Summary: Experts on the cutting edge of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine present the astounding results of their research. They explain how new organs, arteries, ligaments, tendons, and skin are being grown from scratch. Ethic issues and the race for patents are discussed as well. 026 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 1229 Summing Up
Summary: Excerpts from Bill Moyers' interviews with 42 prominent representatives of a wide variety of disciplines who comment on cultural, political, and moral issues in American life today. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 1202 T. Berry Brazelton
Summary: In a two-part interview with Bill Moyers, Dr. Brazelton points out the fact that many working mothers have no choice but to return to work during their babies' first year. He suggests this results in poor bonding and the lack of long-term attachment in the early years of a child's life. He also discusses family ecology and society's role in providing for a child's needs. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 6436 Technoculture: Finding Our Way in the Terra Incognita
Summary: Observations by Arthur and Marilouise Kroker on the physic, social, and ethical effects of technology on culture. 041 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: COMPUTERS, SOCIAL SCIENCE Series: LIVING IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD

VH 6435 Technoscience: Blurring the Line Between Man and Machine
Summary: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker visit research facilities where the division between flesh and machine are breaking down in what appears to be hallucinatory rapidity. Issues of ethics, privacy, freedom and economic disparity relating to technoculture are discussed. 052 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: COMPUTERS Series: LIVING IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD

VH 0272 Telling Our Stories: Narrative & The Moral Imagination-Pt 1
Summary: The first of the three stories describes an Irish immigrant girl's first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. It captures her romanticized optimism about coming to America at the turn of the century. The second story interweaves a Cambodian woman's perceptions of and reactions to her new American home with memories of the horrors that drove her from the killing fields of her native land in the late 1970's. The last story, a popular folk tale from the 035 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 0273 Telling Our Stories: Narrative & The Moral Imagination-Pt 2
Summary: The first story is about a Latino Indian maiden and her love, a Spanish conquistador. It shows us how two peoples who originally hated one another could, through tragedy, come to respect each other's strengths. The second story, a Native American folk tale from the woodland tribes of the Midwest, is about seven brothers who rise above the jaded behavior of their tribe to thank the Great Spirit for all they have received. 055 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 0267 Time To Be Born And A Time To Die, A: The Ethics of Choice
Summary: A panel discussion on two topics; first the right to refuse medical treatment, secondly the right to an abortion. 066 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ABORTION

VH 3477 To Defend A Killer
Summary: What rights do the guilty have? Ethical dilemmas of our criminal justice system are discussed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, defense attorney Jack Litman, and philosopher John Smith of Yale. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 4916 To Save a Life / Ending Domestic Violence in Jewish Families
Summary: This video explores all the aspects of family violence; the fear, the hesitancy to extricate oneself from violent family situations, the ways to escape them. All amid an illuminating and supportive discussion of Jewish perspectives on the issue. 035 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 4646 Tolerance
Summary: How can we know when (and if) the social order is threatened by the co-existence of different kinds of people living by different values? Does "toleration" mean acceptance, or should it aspire only to benign neglect? Do theories of tolerance assume we can define human nature, so we know what is beyond the pale? Philosopher Ken Knisely asks these questions of his symposers and viewers. 058 Min. VIDEO 1993 Series: NO DOGS OR PHILOSOPHERS ALLOWED

VH 1227 Tom Wolfe
Summary: In a conversation with Bill Moyers, Tom Wolfe discusses moral, intellectual, and political dimensions of life in America today. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 0813 Truth About Lies, The
Summary: This program examines how deception has influenced some of the major events of our recent past & how self-deception shapes our personal lives & the public mind. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: PUBLIC MIND, THE - BILL MOYERS

VH 3483 Truth On Trial
Summary: Is an attorney's first obligation to the court, the client, the public? Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Robert Merhige, attorneys Floyd Abrams and Stanley Chesley, philosopher John Smith, and others debate civil litigation's ethical dilemmas. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 3481 Under Orders, Under Fire, Part 1
Summary: How do we wage war when the enemy dresses as civilians and children throw bombs? Generals William Westmoreland, David Jones, and Brent Snowcroft, correspondents Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace, and others question the duty to follow orders and a commander's obligation to protect soldiers. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 3482 Under Orders, Under Fire, Part 2
Summary: The carnage of My Lai raises the issue of confidentiality between the soldier, his religious confessor, and military justice. Generals debate the clash between military tribunals and the right of confidentiality with Chaplain Timothy Tatum of the U.S. Army War College, the Reverend J. Bryan Hehir of the U.S. Catholic conference, and others. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Series: ETHICS IN AMERICA

VH 1211 Vartan Gregorian
Summary: Vartan Gregorian, head of the New York Public Library, talks about the increase in the amount of information and knowledge in our work and the affect of this increase on education and learning. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 7259 What Is Sexual Harassment?
Summary: Describes sexual harassment behaviors and other possible situations found at the workplace and school. 023 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 0731 Who Lives, Who Dies
Summary: Shows the irony of some patients receiving useless medical care they don't want while others cannot get the care they desperately need. Raises the issue of medical care spending priorities determining who lives and who dies. 059 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 3927 Who Plays God?
Summary: This program explores a variety of life and death situations to illustrate the spectrum of highly controversial, ethical decisions made on a daily basis in modern American medicine. 120 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ECONOMICS

VH 1209 Willard Gaylin
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews Willard Gaylin, author, psychiatrist and president of the Hastings Center, who outlines the growing conflict between the survival of communities and of the individual, and discusses the relationship of biology, medicine, and ethics. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 0137 Without Consent
Summary: Filmed at Chapman College by the students of the Communications Department during inter-term, January, 1987. A dramatization of the reality of date rape that occurs when the developing relationship between two college students ends when Mike pushes Laura too far without her consent. 025 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY