Humanity Matters: Recent Episodes
Dr. Phillip D. Fletcher
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We continue our discussion on Deontological Ethics.
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The Categorical Imperative
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The Holocaust, Slavery, and Civil Rights
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Questions from the class
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In today's podcast we have a lively discussion on the various elements of utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism is defined as a moral theory that encourages actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the greatest number of people.
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Today join us for a discussion on Ethical Relativism. Ethical relativism by definition is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture.
In our discussion we work towards a definition, ethical relativism as it relates to individuals versus society, and then we engage in some thought experiments.
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Opening thoughts on Ethics.
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What Should I do?
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What Does it Mean to be Human?
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What is the Highest Good?
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In this final lecture on "University Life," Dr. Fletcher offers some thoughts on university life, academic development, and the pursuit of meaning.
We are individuals with dignity and worth possessing the freedom to discover meaning through the ups and downs of life.
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Doing good in response to evil and suffering is the mark of a super ability, a miracle.
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We shift to the second component of our University Life series, compassion.
Borrowing from Jordan Peterson's idea of perfecting one's house before criticizing the world, Dr. Fletcher looks at having compassion on oneself, making incremental changes for the better, and then how this influences the work of changing the world.
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Thank you for joining our series, "University Life." In this episode, Dr. Fletcher discusses the differences between a creator and victim mindset, and character development as it relates to those one would consider a friend.
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We continue our series, "University Life." In this lecture we discuss the importance of personal growth and consider the difficulties of pursuing the life of another individual.
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Intro lecture on friendship and its importance in university life.
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Today we look at the importance of character and how one's perception of self influences how others perceive you and what steps you can take to move towards excellence in character.
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Lecture on responsibility and the components of tasks, goals, and outcomes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Intro lecture for incoming freshman at Philander Smith University--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
We revisit our lecture on Virtue Ethics with new insights.
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Talk given on January 31, 2024 to the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority morning leadership development meeting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Keynote address given at the 84th Annual Stuggart Chamber of Commerce Membership Meeting and Awards Banquet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Dr. Fletcher is interviewed by Debby Winters, Legal Counsel in Northwest Arkansas about starting a nonprofit. This discussion was recorded a the New Generation Humanities Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 7th, 2024--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Talk given to Conway Kiwanis about Hope and how it serves to make us better individuals who are in the pursuit of meaning. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Plenary talk to the AR Lions MidWinter Forum. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
We close out our discussion looking at Lebron James and economic distribution --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Looking at concepts such as the “difference principle” and “entitlement theory” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Opening thoughts on Economic Justice --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Final lecture given at Philander Smith University --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Part 3 of 4 lectures given at Philander Smith University--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Continuing our discussion on equality. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Introduction to the concepts of equality, ethics, and discrimination. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
“Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” Kant --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
A opening look at the moral theory related to duties and obligations --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
“Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.”--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Intro lecture on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Finishing our talk on utility and happiness--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Engaging with Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar, and Denzel Washington --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
A lecture and discussion on ethical or moral relativism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Concluding thoughts on ethics in general
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Introductory thoughts on Ethics given at Philander Smith University
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Listen as Dr. Phillip Fletcher serves as a panelist at the Catholic Charities Summer Institute. The panel discussion led by Father Jeff Herbert discusses how civil discourse can be reclaimed.
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Special Guest Nicolle Fletcher joins us as we react to the documents try on Hillsongs
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We continue to reflect on the importance of civility and the consequences of incivility within a group
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I don’t know exactly when it happened but there was a point in time when we as Americans lost the ability to communicate with civility with one another regarding vitally important concerns of the human experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Reflecting on Glen Loury discussion about who speaks for American Blacks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Keynote address at the University of Central Arkansas.
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Applying personalism in the workplace. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
What we see in the news are examples of depersonalization and nihilism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
“I’ve searched high and low, far and wide. The only diverse and inclusive place on the planet is the grave.”--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
The human being is a person who can not be replaced. The human being is a subject who can inspire wonder. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
Welcome to Season 8 of Humanity Matters.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humanitymatters/support
The final episode for 2022! We hope you are encouraged by this episode. See you next year! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/humanitymatters/support
Continuing our investigation of President Roosevelt’s famous words, “The Man in the Arena.”--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/humanitymatters/support
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” President Teddy Roosevelt --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/humanitymatters/support
Lecture given at Hendrix College on Monday November 7, 2022
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Take a moment and reflect on life and get more clarity on what has happened and what can be ahead.
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Dr. Fletcher offers remarks at the weekly Conway Kiwanis meeting on human dignity and community development.
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- The time given to each of us is so precious. Each of us can decide to learn, to mature, and choose to have an impact on others. The time given to us will be fraught with disappointment and questions but it is there as Gandalf told an assuming hero…. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
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Max Ehrman: “Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.” Desiderata
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“If you can fill the unforgiving minute, With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run.” “If” by Ruyard Kipling https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---
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If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’”
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We continue with Ruyard Kipling’s poem, “If.” If you can meet with triumph and disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same;”
PTSD: A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.
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“Rudyard Kipling is one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and story-tellers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. He is known for his 1894 literature piece The Jungle Book. “If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you..”
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Mr. Miyagi: “It is okay to lose to opponent, must not lose to fear…You stay focused…Your best karate still inside…now time to let out.”
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-Who was William Wallace? 1270[3] – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. He was appointed Guardian of Scotland and served until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. In August 1305, Wallace was captured in Robroyston, near Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians.
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“Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics.”
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Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata"
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“Live your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.”
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Social media has deluded us into thinking we are be aware of everything and solve every problem.
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Epictetus stated we should approach life like being at a table of generous food and being thankful for what we have received. How can we apply this to loving our sons, nephews, and grandsons.
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The difficulties of life can be met with courage or cowardice.
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Applying the OODA Loop in helping our sons become effective decision makers
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What can we learn from the suffering of Jesus, Rocky in his old age, and a young boy riding his bike for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter at phillipfletcher.org. Pre-order the new book Angst and Hope: Protest, Pandemic, and Politics at https://www.amazon.com/Angst-Hope-Protest-Pandemic-Politics-ebook/dp/B0B8TFTHXL/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=BP1YFS0VIMV1&keywords=angst+and+hope+protest&qid=1660526238&sprefix=angst+and+hope+protest+%2Caps%2C398&sr=8-1
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Thomas Merton on friendship and empathy. How can our sons grow up in a world with a friend?
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“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.” Epictetus
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Ayn Rand offers insight into how self-esteem is vital to meet life challenges.
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In this episode we talk about how to raise men and not tyrants. Visit our website: www.phillipfletcher.org
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Leaning on Thomas Sowell and how we can give our males tools for critical thinking.
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Marcus Aurelius said, “ The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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The late Colin Powell had something to say about dreaming. How does it apply to raising men?
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Interacting with the book “King, Warrior, Magician, Lover” by Moore and Gillette.
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Engaging with the Atlas Society’s objectivist philosophy and how freedom creates the opportunity for males to know a fundamental truth.
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JS Mill offers an assist for raising men as it relates to testing beliefs.
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In today's episode we interact with the quote by Carl Jung, "Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."
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Dr. Fletcher continues the discussion on raising men and not boys, reflecting on the importance of initiation and how this old practice can assist males in cultivating purpose.
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Interacting with Carl Jung's book The Undiscovered Self. "When the individual is willing to fulfill the demands of rigorous self-examination and self-knowledge. He will have set his hand, as it were, to a declaration of his own dignity."
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Humanity Matters returns for Season 6 starting July 4th, 2022
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Sharing my thoughts on the reparations movement for ADOS individuals.
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Continuing to look at how Aldous Huxley's Brave New World has resonance today.
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The final chapter of Created in Freedom: Poverty and Economics
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Learning from Aldous Huxley and what it means for us today.
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Sharing my thoughts on moving beyond the construct of racial distinctions.
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Economic justice for individuals is achieved when individuals have the freedom to choose with whom they interact and make decisions which best align with his or her particular needs ultimately producing various expressions of enjoyment.
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Listen to Chapter 5 of Created in Freedom as Dr. Fletcher discusses economic environments. An environment which supports the existence of free markets is an environment which we should applaud.
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In this episode, we look at the claim made by BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors concerning financial accountability and ignorance about 990 reporting.
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Reflecting on Emmanuel Mounier's comments on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World." What is the relationship between individualism and liberty?
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In Chapter 4 of Created in Freedom, Dr. Fletcher interacts with Robert Nozick's statement, "instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right."
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In chapter 3 of Created in Freedom, we engage with the question of, Why are individuals who are supposedly the objects of our compassion and recipients of improved economic opportunities, rarely, if ever, invited to the public discussion?
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On Monday April 4, 2022 Governor Polis of Colorado signed into law HB 22-1279. I offer my response from a personalist perspective regarding the bill and how it echoes the Slave Codes of the past.
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What can occur when individual men and women are welcomed to participate in the development of opportunities which can impact there lives? How will interactions change when the group is recognized as a diverse gathering of free individuals?
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Reflecting on Dr. Jung's observation, "the mind is endowed with the dignity of a cosmic principle."
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We are releasing an audio version of Created in Freedom: Poverty and Economics.
We were created in freedom. Human beings across the globe possess a common thread of human dignity and a desire to express this dignity in a multitude of way absent obstacles and restrictions.
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Reflecting on Dr. Jordan Peterson's 3rd Rule, "Make Friends with people who want the best for you." Taken from his book 12 Rules for Life.
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Our world possesses so many great works of artistic expression. There are musical pieces, paintings, pottery pieces which have stood the test of time influencing the development of whole academic courses around a singular artist or time period. I view particular comic book issues in a similar fashion. There are some issues such as Action Comics #1 with the first appearance of Superman, Detective Comics #27 with the first appearance of Batman, or the panel imagery of Captain America facing off against Iron Man at the height of Marvel Comics Civil War, all creating indelible impressions within the comic book universe but also touch real life.
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Keynote address given at the University of Central Arkansas celebrating the accomplishments of students, faculty, and staff.
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Today we talk about Arkansas Alcohol regulations, the Ukraine situation, and authoritarianism
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The monster works to rob individuals of hope. Confront the monster by using your intelligence, skills, and that small amount of fear to discover more about the self.
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Dr. Fletcher is joined by Nicolle Fletcher to discuss a wide range of topics to include:
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Bel-Air
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Instagram Posts
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Men and Women Differences
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Question from listeners
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In this episode, Dr. Fletcher reflects on the phenomenon of race and how we as a society of individuals should transcend the limits of race in order to aid each other in times of suffering and celebrate each other when there are victories.
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In this episode, Dr. Fletcher discusses the relationship between freedom and how individuals can arrive at human flourishing as each persons has the opportunity to pursue an aim and find meaning.
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Walter Bruggeman describes persons as ready to let go, contemplating letting go, and not prepared to let go. There is hope nonetheless, the expression of a new future will be more enticing and desirable than what has been lost. A future that is stable and you can then continue on wrestling with the question, “Who am I?”
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Today we talk about Conway news, Arkansas news, and freedom of speech.
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What are you willing to bargain for your better self? I want to be better and the great adventure for each of our lives is making disciplined decisions on a daily basis which point us to a destination which is greater than our present day.
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Today we talk about the Conway Special Election. There is a whole lot of detail here!
Early Voting begins on Tuesday February 1, 2022
Election Day is Tuesday February 8, 2022
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Why do captors keep the cage locked on a lion raised in captivity? Reflecting on zoos to learn about the dignity and worth of human beings.
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Talking about reparations and simply asking questions.
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In today's episode we reflect on how a little bit of chaos can serve to aid in our individual growth and support our uniquely identified goals. It is your opportunity to take on a new adventure for your life.
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I act to establish boundaries and restrictions. I want to control this menace. I want to justify when it’s ok for this menace to invade the lives others but never myself. I want complete control.
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On today's episode we look at some local Conway news and Arkansas State news. Additionally, we reflect briefly on the late Reverend Dr. Martin L. King Jr., discuss on how long we are going to have Covid influence our lives, and the future of the Humanity Matters Show.
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Conway Special Election
Mental Health and the Conway Police Department
Maya Angelou Receives a Coin
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Enjoy a talk I gave to students, faculty, and staff of Premier High School in Little, Rock. The topic investigates the importance of individuals possessing an aim which offers purpose, and cultivates a meaningful life.
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Today's episode covers the Conway Public School Board, Community Schools, and we ask the question, "So What are You Going to Do?"
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One of the phenomenon we must pay attention to as human beings desiring to guard our integrity and value is the phenomenon of conversion through means of physical and emotional degradation and manipulation.
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In today's reflection we consider the application of Personalism in the work of Dr. Martin L. King Jr.
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One of the phenomenon we must pay attention to as human beings and in the most important effort of guarding our integrity and value as human individuals is the phenomenon of “Keeping up with the Joneses”
Purchase Huxley's Brave New World (https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523)
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There is a common thread which unites all of us and can create humility for our lives.
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A courage and hope the shadowy places of the human experience will not prevail but what will warm the faces of your heart and mind, as well as mine, is the bright day in which we can tell future generations, “I was there. I was there with courage and hope and we won the day.”
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Our Spiderman Review. I am shocked if you have not seen it yet. We also talk about Vice President Harris' recent interview on Comedy Central, and school threats in Conway, Arkansas.
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Merry Christmas to our listeners!
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Today we continue our look at Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World Revisited.
Our concluding thoughts regarding over-population.
- So returning to Huxley’s concern to protect the integrity and value of human dignity, how can we courageously respond to over-population?
- Discern the language of politicians and government officials who seek to relate human existence and resource usage
- If you exist within a religious community, value your religious commitments to human birth and death higher than government policy
- Individuals must ask the question, “Who gets to determine my existence and longevity of my life and family?
- If we want to be on the march to improved health access, living conditions, and the economic situation of ourselves and others we must also acknowledge its correlation to human flourishing.
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Today's episode covers news from Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and reacting to Jussie Smollett verdict.
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How do you proceed in your leadership as it relates to those in your home, office, or school? In this episode we do a quick survey of a former king and what we can learn from his leadership failures.
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We continue to reflect on Aldous Huxley's followup to Brave New World by looking at the threat of mass communication by demagogues to create social coherence.
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Aldous Huxley in 1958 ask the following question, “In an age of accelerating over-population, of accelerating over-organization and ever more efficient means of mass communication, how can we preserve the integrity and reassert the value of the human individual?”
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In this week's thought we look at Rufus Burrow and his insights on Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Dr. King used the ideas of personalism to effectively influence his leadership and ministry during the Civil Rights Movement of the mid twentieth century.
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What it means to be a neighbor as we head into the last part of 2021. Find ways to get involved and make a difference locally!
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Freedom has many facets which include self-direction, decision making, and responsibility
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This weeks thought considers the relationship between your dignity and your capacity to decide for yourself.
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Ideas are so powerful. These conceptions take shape in the minds of individuals and over the course of time can influence others to share those ideas. There are a multitude ideas which can move individuals towards greater compassion alleviating suffering, ideas transforming existing technology to improve the lived experiences of individuals, and ideas depersonalizing an entire group for purposes known only to the purveyor. Ideas are powerful and have consequences in the lives of individuals, groups, and societies.
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How can Personalism inform how we understand freedom in our individual lives?
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Welcome to Season 5 of the Humanity Matters Podcast!!!
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Hey its Season 5 of Humanity Matters!! Thank you to all who come and listen. Second, welcome to a new weekly offering, Personalist Living and Leading which seeks to promote ideas regarding human dignity and freedom for the goal of human flourishing. Consider these offering as short meditations to help you live and lead wherever you may be in the great wide world of ours.
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Wow! The end of the 4th season of Humanity Matters and that means, Ask Dr. Phil. We take questions submitted to the mailbag. Be on the look out for Season 5 with some new content and value we are seeking to add to our listening audience!
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Today's episode we talk about all the new DC material coming out, VP Harris using her position in the Church, and Jon Stewart's monologue painting freedom in a negative light.
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In today's episode Dr. Phillip Fletcher responds to recent comments by New York Governor Hockul regarding medical procedures.
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An very insightful interview with Larry Sharpe who considering a run for Governor of New York.
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Today we discuss 9/11, engage with news about vaccine discrimination and offer words to men.
Show Notes:
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/members-congress-staff-exempt-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-1627859%3famp=1?fbclid=IwAR2GwJUhRAxqTK_FtPgcjRFmF7_B8oZI8wVp2N6-RzKxrFtWuzQw0igH9Ww
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233?mod=e2tw&twclid=11436817554673213446
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We take on a question which critiques my approach regarding the current activities in our nation.
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What can we learn about the relationship between war at home and war abroad? We also tackle the news coming out of the FBI and wonder how long we will continue to tolerate being in a perpetual state of war.
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Expressing my frustrations with the appearance of the visible Church in America in 2021. My guiding question, "What guides the visible Church today?"
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Responding to a past week news segment on NBC which appears to characterize different thoughts on Covid Measures as being catalyst for terror activity.
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Reacting to Mayor de Blasio's recent announcement about vaccines and access to private establishments in NYC.
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One of the ways we can reshape our world is by moving away from so much centralization and cultivate local ways of acting with each other.
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The pursuit of significance, of meaning, is a noble activity because it signifies the pursuit of something larger than yourself, yet it should be a pursuit you have initially discovered on your own and overtime you invite others to join you, if they wish.
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Dr. Ibram Kendi has been quite influential in the past few years as his work regarding “anti-racism” has had a very significant cultural, political, and social influence within the United States and arguably the world.
Show Notes:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/june/ibram-x-kendi-definition-of-antiracist.html
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Let talk about the minimum wage.
Here is a helpful resource by the late Walter E. Williams
https://fee.org/media/5133/0703williams.pdf
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We critique and we have anger towards the action of a particular law enforcement officer or department. Ok. Yet when will we direct our outrage to those men and women who uphold legislation and pass legislation which manages our lives and when we stray, causes law enforcement officers to impose upon your life?
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From the importance of individualism, to free speech to the relationship of the State to the individual, to law enforcement, to the Non-Aggression Principle, Rap/Hip Hop offered a very high level of critique for what was occurring in some Black communities and the desire for freedom.
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A heartfelt discussion on the emotions, assumptions, and hopes of being a father.
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Tulsa is a lesson most certainly about the ugliness of humanity but I agree with you towards the end of your speech. Hope. Hope is also running through humanity as well. I hope as you do for the realization of justice in the lives of people.
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A discussion with FEE Chairman Emeritus on political and economic spectrums. Are there commonalities between different political systems? How has education impacted our understanding of communism, socialism, and fascism?
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Connect with Foundation for Economic Education: fee.org
Article referenced in this interview: https://www.lawrencewreed.com/blog/https/elamericancom/the-only-spectrum-that-makes-sense
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Taking questions from our listeners.
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May is dedicated to Mental Health Awareness. Laquita Norris is a licensed clinical therapist and owner of Gateway Family Therapy. We discuss her journey in becoming a therapist, the types of therapy available to individuals, the stigmas of attending therapy, and the benefits of therapy.
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Volume 2 of Rap, Hip Hop, and Freedom looks at the libertarian principle of non-aggression through the hip-hop tracks of "Self-Destruction" and "We're All in the Same Gang."
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Statistics:
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https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls **https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/bjsdr89.pdf
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Check out the great work of mother’s who are practicing both human agency and solidarity regarding violence between American Black neighbors. Check out https://www.voicesofblackmothers.com
3. Murray Rothbard: https://rothbard.com
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- Develop a holistic approach which creates a situation of human flourishing. A holistic approach includes the religious, social, economic, and political aspects of the human experience.
- Holistic Approach
- Religious: answer what faith has to say to this human experience
- Social: answer how society has a corporate responsibility to this human experience
- Economic: answer the economic impact of doing something or nothing
- Political: Answer how govt can restrict or create opportunity
- We need to be informed, educated, address the issue not the people, conduct self-examination, work with love as the fuel, enter into discussion and negotiation, and firmly communicate God is on the side of justice.
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A just society depends on the action of persuasion and relationship between persons. A society can produce what it believes to be “just” through force but it will not be moral.
We have a responsibility to one another, to be compassionate and creative, shaping a world in which we all have the opportunity to flourish as human beings.
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Senator Tim Scott touched a nerve with his response to the President Joe Biden's Congressional address. Here are my thoughts plus a question from the mail bag.
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Denise Lee is a business coach who assists leaders with developing plans for every stage of business. Mrs. Lee is the host of "The Introverted Entrepreneur" Podcast. She is also a prolific social commentator on social media.
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Frederic Bastiat state, “In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual’s right to self defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder—is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?” Maybe, just maybe too many laws exists and in the case of Cube and how he was growing up as a young man, the overwhelming police presence, shaped his view of life.
SHOW NOTES:
- “We, the American Blacks” https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/wepeople/we-1.pdf
- “Black Demographics” https://blackdemographics.com/households/african-american-income/
- CDC Abortion Data 1990 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031585.htm
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This podcast is a recorded episode from a Facebook live event. I hope you enjoy!
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A recent Pew Research Study conducted between March 1-7, 2021 was the match for this podcast. Also I recommend you read a book by the notable Carl Jung, "The Undiscovered Self" regarding the relationship between the Church and the State. Very insightful.
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The every day people in the urban areas reflect ideas of freedom. The opportunities to determine individual courses of life, the ability to speak freely, and powerfully critique structures which inhibit that freedom. If you actually read the lyrics, you would be surprised to find themes which are more in line with the Founding Fathers than the tyranny and oppression of political ideologies which seek to control the social, economic, and political life of citizens.
Surely we can find elements of classical liberalism woven within the lyrics and over the beats of rap and hip-hop!
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Peg Falls-Corbitt is the Virginia A. McCormick Pittman Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Hendrix College where she has taught since 1987. Falls-Corbitt graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rhodes College and holds her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Her articles on the ethics of punishment include: “Against the Death Penalty: A Christian Stance in a Secular World,” in The Christian Century, “Retribution, Reciprocity and Respect for Persons,” in Law and Philosophy, and “Prisons and Privacy: A Moral Evaluation” in Freedom, Equality, and Social Change. In April of 2017, as Arkansas was preparing to execute eight people within eleven days, Falls-Corbitt’s letter entitled “Not Justice” appeared in the Arkansas Times. Falls-Corbitt is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. She and her husband Doug Corbitt, also a philosopher, have two adult daughters.
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Jeremy “Spike” Cohen is the Libertarian Party’s 2020 Vice-presidential nominee, running with Dr. Jo Jorgensen, the LP’s presidential nominee. He promotes a vision of common-sense Libertarian solutions that will make us all more free, safe, and prosperous.
Cohen started a web design company in 1999. He retired from that 3 years ago to promote libertarian ideas fulltime. His great aim is to make people more familiar with voluntary solutions and property rights.
He is the host of My Fellow Americans, the co-host of The Muddied Waters of Freedom, and the co-owner of Muddied Waters Media, a podcast platform that reaches millions.
Most importantly he is married to Tasha.
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Today we take questions from the mailbag. JJ Abrams is taking over the Superman movie with Coates. Plus we talk about the impact of the minimum wage on nonprofits, and the liberty of ideas.
Our quote of the week comes from JS Mill and his book "On Liberty."
"The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked by every character of mind."
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Martha is a fully bilingual Miami native of Cuban descent and the daughter of a Cuban political prisoner who lived six years in Venezuela. She is a 4th generation farmer currently growing hemp on her farm in Miami-Dade. Martha is a community councilwoman in Miami and is the Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade County Libertarian Party. She is the founder of Florida Genetics Center Hemp Farm and two successful e-tailers, Vetamerica.com and Pureformulas.com. In 2011, PureFormulas ranked 97th among the 500 fastest growing companies in the US, according to Inc. Magazine. Today PureFormulas remains one of the leading online retailers of health supplements and organic products. She currently hosts Libertarios Hispanos with Zach Foster, a Spanish-language internet show broadcast live through the Libertarian Party Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/LibertarianParty) every Wednesday night at 9:00 PM EST. Connect with Martha Bueno on Twitter: @MarthaBueno18
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Dr. Rachel Ferguson is a Professor of Managerial Philosophy and Director of the Liberty and Ethics Center in the Hammond Institute. Her research interests include Hume’s classical liberalism, the philosophy of economics, and Aristotelian virtue theory. She is a board member for the Freedom Center of Missouri and LOVE the LOU, and serves on the advisory boards of ReThink 315 and Gateway to Flourishing. Dr. Ferguson teaches political philosophy, game theory, and business ethics. She also facilitates the course on economic federalism that accompanies the Liberty and Ethics Center’s Spring Conference. In addition, Rachel coordinates a collection of liberty-oriented faculty from mid-sized Midwestern universities, which aims to engage with constitutional law and economics at the faculty, undergraduate, and high school levels.
Dr. Ferguson received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Lindenwood University (1999), and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University (2008).
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Twitter: @LibertyEthics
In this episode we talk about her upcoming book "Black Liberation through the Marketplace," classical liberalism as it relates to persons in poverty, and how to navigate disagreements.
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Self-examination and self-knowledge are critical activities which can help announce our human dignity. We should take time to see how we are emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. In today's episode we explore how we have dealt with our dissatisfaction and how we can move forward.
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What do you think about America? We have a complex history of success and failures.
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Interrogating ideas should be a practice we should seek to engage in for the sake of human flourishing. Silencing ideas does not allow for the proper development of our individual selves and our society.
Follow this link for a helpful resource on engaging with ideas, especially the difficult ones. https://www.phillipfletcher.org/content.html
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Enjoy this audio essay from Dr. Fletcher discussing the educational progress of Black Americans.
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Self-interest is a common human trait. It should not be shunned as some type of immorality. In this episode, Dr. Fletcher reflects on the phenomena of personal desire and self-interest in business leaders and nonprofit directors.
Click on the link for further reading on the concept of self-interest as understood by Frederich Bastiat.
https://fee.org/articles/frederic-bastiat-the-primacy-of-property/
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Dr. Fletcher offers reflection on the past year and how we can move forward in light of a new US Presidency.
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The movie "V for Vendetta" invoked the phrase, "Remember, remember the fifth of November." What will history say about January 6, 2021? We have everyday citizens from across the nation join our show to discuss thoughts and solutions in response to a historic day.
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The first week of 2021 did not have great start but that does not mean we can not believe for better. Enjoy this encouragement for the year!
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What can we learn about the use of war language as it relates to the COVID-19 Pandemic? What impact does such language have on our relationship to government and our economic situation in America?
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Today we talk about Election 2020 and the libertarian principle of voluntary association.
Resources Mentioned:
Created in Freedom: Poverty and Economics
Steps to Voluntary Association and Action
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Identify the Problem
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Understand the Place and People
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Practice Solidarity and Subsidiarity
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Appeal to people first and government last.
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Dr. Fletcher participated in a panel discussion with former Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate Spike Cohen and former Libertarian US Senate Candidate for Arkansas Ricky Dale Harrington. Topics include qualified immunity, incarceration, and solutions.
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Our special series concludes with a sit-down discuss between a proponent of a national mask mandate versus individual choice in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Supporting Information:
A Case for a National Mask Mandate: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200804.515241/full/
The Constitutionality of Federal Masks Mandates: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-constitutionality-of-federal-mask-mandates/
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Today we sit down and have a discussion on Libertarians, Democrats, and Republicans. For more information about
Libertarianism: libertarian.org
Democrat Platform: Democrats.org. Republican Platform: gop.com
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The first of three discussions on competing ideas. This episode engages with ALM v BLM.
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Dr. Fletcher sits down with UCA CDI to discuss CoHO and race relationships.
For helpful resources:
Download a slide deck on "Moving Beyond Black, White, and All the Other Colors." https://www.phillipfletcher.org/content.html
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Download the new slide deck mentioned in this podcast.
https://www.phillipfletcher.org/content.html
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Join in on this Q/A discussion with University of Central Arkansas nonprofit management students. Questions include:
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Knowing when to transition to a full time Executive Director
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Strategy in starting a non-profit
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Leadership failure
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Today we talk about moving beyond racial constructs.
References
Check out Thomas Chatterton Williams book, "Self Portrait in Black and White."
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Portrait-Black-White-Unlearning-Race/dp/0393608867
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Dr. Fletcher sits down for Q/A with UCA Students participating in UCA’s Americorp Program. For more information visit: https://uca.edu/americorps/bear-serve-leaders-draft/
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We kick off Season 3 of Humanity Matters with Arkansas State Senator Joyce Elliott. Senator Elliott is running for the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas
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Final episode of Season 3!
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We continue great speeches from Black Leaders of the past to chart our future.
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Talking about Senator Tim Scott, Why do you advocate for others, and Marxism.
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A discussion on race
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Reviewing Dr. King’s approach to nonviolent direct action
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Essay in 1845 appearing in the North Star
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A reading of Mr. Douglass speech to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in April 1865
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What is protest? Going over the details of HR 266
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The Ideas of Mortality, Health, Freedom, the State, Shame, and How I Have Changed.
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The wifey joins me this week as we talk all things quarantine.
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$2000 a month for 16 year olds?!
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How can proceed once this quarantine is over? How can we help others, revisit our relationship with government, and being thankful.
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Looking at shame and political punishment
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Just speaking very frankly.
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Talking about week 2 of COVID, Spring Break, and Senate Bill 3548
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Discussing mental health, bridging gaps, and creating understanding.
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An interview with Drew Foote about perceptions, frustrations, and progress
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In this edition of Ask Dr. Phil tackles questions submitted about the Anti-Lynching Bill, Hope Village, Political Leadership and Character, Marvel vs Star Wars, Senator Sanders, and more.
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Engaging with Volf and Nietzsche
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Talking about the Super Bowl, Simone Biles, and John Rawls Theory of Justice
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Reflecting on Kobe Bryant. Talking about the difference between merit and productivity
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Do those in low income situations work hard? What expectations do you have of yourself?
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Reflecting on current events
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New year and new episodes! Plus a new book!
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Taking time to riff on a few topics I love. Also a contest!
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Talk given to the Conway Rotary concerning the poor and homeless.
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Engaging with an article on Sojourner’s concerning the vision of democratic socialism and the Bible.
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Answering questions on the Constitution, welfare, leadership, and other topics.
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Entrepreneurs, creatives, and do working space
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Dr. Fletcher has a sitdown with leaders in Corning, Arkansas discussing a variety of topics to include building donations and school involvement.
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Nonprofit founder and executive director of Arkansas Asset Builders
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Listen and learn from Conway Entrepreneur Teneicia Roundtree
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A question and answer session with University of Central Arkansas students regarding poverty and homelessness
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Panel Discussion held in Jonesboro, Arkansas with Pastor Iverson Jackson, Felecia Johnson and Dr. Fletcher. Hosted and moderated by Arkansas State Representative Dan Sullivan.
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Dr. Phillip Fletcher discusses quality of life and CoHO with Conduit News Radio Host Paul Harrell.
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Talking about understanding the racial experience and the most helpful way for White brothers and sisters can participate.
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Nonprofit organizations depend on the presence and activity of effective board members. Effective board members demonstrate leadership, accountability, and sustainable practices.
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What's going on beautiful people! Learn about my participation in working with the homeless in Conway and take part in this Q/A with members St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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Talk given at Hendrix College reflecting on the spoken works of musical artist in the genre of Rap/Hip Hop.
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Looking at the stages leaders can move through to effectively begin and sustain an organizational event or program.
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How are you paying attention to your wild and precious life?
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Keynote address at the University of Central Arkansas
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Engaging in some question and answer this week!
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We sit down with Dr. Jay McDaniel, retired professor of Hendrix College to discuss the Spiritual Alphabet.
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Keynote address at Hendrix College for Honors Students
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What do people have to offer to those in need?
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Talking about Reading lists, Gun Control, and Business
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Looking at recent events in America as a springboard to look at cultivating civility.
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Today we talk about the Democratic Debates, Immigration, and Faith.
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In this episode we define human dignity. We also interact with material by Dr. Glen Loury and CNN Journalist Drew Kann.
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Introduction to the new series on Human Dignity
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Lecture given at the monthly event the Public Square
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Today we meet with the UJIMA Maternity Network discussing maternal health among Black women in America.
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Lecture at Hendrix College discussing The Public Sphere and Nonprofit Leadership
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Question and answer day on almost anything
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Reflecting on Cameron Dominy’s thoughts on Civility
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Interview with Dre Zeno owner of Zeno Fitness and Antonio Grate.
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Reflecting on a recent tweet by Arkansas State Representative
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What does it mean to be human in the context of love?
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Candidate for District 70
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Continuing series on Poverty in Arkansas
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A Discussion on Poverty in Arkansas
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Podcast interview with Nicolle Fletcher, founder of Birth By Design Doula Services
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Expectations and Courage in our lives
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Part 2 of our discussion with Dre Zeno about faith and fitness.
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An Interview with Dre Zeno about faith and fitness.
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Our human experiences involve many changes and evidences of grace we should celebrate.
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Part two of our interview with Dr. Jay McDaniel
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An interview with Dr. Jay McDaniels and a discussion on Process Theology.
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Who is Man?
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