Ravi Zacharias, renowned speaker, writer, and apologist, addresses The Veritas Forum at Mayo Clinic on the subject of humanity. What does it mean to be human? Have we lost ourselves? And how does our answer to this question affect the way in which we live our lives?
Where can we find a common source of dignity? Gilbert Meiaender, professor of theology at Valparaiso University, addresses his vision for supporting human dignity in an address to The Veritas Forum at Mayo Clinic, 2010, arguing that we must distinguish between two kinds of human dignity in order really to understand what's going on.
John Mutter, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia, and Vinoth Ramachandra, secretary for dialogue and social engagement with IFES, Southeast Asia, discuss the moral dimensions of climate change. Is climate change an ethical issue? How? Explore the burning questions with The Veritas Forum at Columbia, 2009.
Robert George, professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University, lays out his argument for human dignity from a natural law perspective. God, George maintains, provides the only compelling rationale for human rights—but all keen thinkers can nonetheless defend the notion. Find out how at The Veritas Forum at Mayo Clinic, 2010.
Nicholas Wolterstorff, professor emeritus of philosophy at Yale and renowned Christian thinker, explains how he sees theism as the only hope for a coherent view of human rights. David Reidy, non-theist and head of philosophy at UT Knoxville, responds.