The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed
The CRAM Podcast features engaging and thought-provoking interviews that explore innovative ideas and exciting new research that’s shaping our lives - whether it's the evolution of the work world, the transformative ways we connect, the re-imagining of home and place, or the dramatic changes in our identity and community. We interview leading researchers and big thinkers about the human condition and the possibilities of tomorrow.
The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed
How to solve life’s everyday dilemmas!
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Ahhh, life’s everyday dilemmas…
How should I deal with my horrendous sister-in-law?
Do I have to tell my new boyfriend about my past infidelity?
Can I cut ties with a friend who helped me through a hard time?
Do any of these questions resonate with you?
They probably do as we all deal with various forms of these issues at various times in our lives. These moral and ethical dilemmas can weigh us down. It feels like we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t!
So what SHOULD we do?
We can ask Kwame Appiah. He writes The Ethicist column in the New York Times. People write to him about their problems and he answers them with what kind of action they might take.
So how does he arrive at his answers? Take a listen…
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Kwame Appiah is a Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, and the author of numerous books including his most recent: Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science.” He also writes the weekly column The Ethicist in the New York Times.
https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/kwame-anthony-appiah.html
https://www.nytimes.com/by/kwame-anthony-appiah
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