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Is Billionaire Philanthropy a Problem During Covid-19?
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Keith Lockitch analyze a recent Vox article, “These are the trade-offs we make when we depend on billionaires to save us.” The article warns that by involving themselves in charity work during the pand...
Moral Frameworks for Addressing the Pandemic
In this episode of New Ideal Live, philosophers Aaron Smith and Onkar Ghate analyze a recent Bloomberg.com article, “How Coronavirus Is Shaking Up the Moral Universe.” That article surveys “some of the leading idea systems undergirding competing concep...
Seeing Through Misinformation About the Pandemic
How should we sort through the information about Covid-19 and distinguish fact from falsehood? In the first episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate sat down to discuss the claims around the drug hydroxychloroquine and the debate over manda...
Introducing New Ideal Live
https://youtu.be/rJF56X1osco In these challenging times, people need clarity. But how can you cut through the noise? How do you step outside the bubble of commentary which puts partisan loyalty above the facts?