Summary: After a 3 month long hiatus, EthicsTalk is back with a new season. In our last show (broadcasted live from The Netherlands!), we discussed our emerging transformational experience with the International Criminal Court - that show was aptly titled "The Intellectual Criminal Court: Our Awakening". Back then, we were just beginning our journey. After that show, many adventures ensued - including personally witnessing the historic ICC proceedings in which arrest warrants for Ghaddafi & co were issued. We returned to the U.S. in July (some of us in August), and have resumed our lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. In tonight's show, we discuss the ways in which our time abroad affects our beliefs and actions here and now. In his famous work, 'Existentialism is a Humanism,' the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre explains that one's ACTIONS reveal just how strong are one's commitments to one's VALUES: "I can only estimate the strength of an affection of I have performed an action by which it is defined and ratified," he writes. This show is gloss on Sartre's important claim and will highlight the specific actions that are defining and ratifying our respect for international justice and the respect for human rights. If you are interested in how an intense, first-hand experience with the International Criminal Court can help us all to define and ratify our respect for universal values, this show is for you.
