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  • SlowTV: Truth and biography: Writing Romulus, My Father. Raimond Gaita

    Raimond Gaita | Melbourne | Nov. 2009
    Truth and biography: Writing Romulus, My Father. Raimond Gaita
    Part 1 | Part 2 At the National Biography Award Lecture at the State Library of New South Wales, author and moral philosopher Raimond Gaita discusses the nature of 'truth' as it applies to biography and autobiography. With particular reference to his own memoir Romulus, My Father, Gaita expl... » play video

  • SlowTV: Truth and biography: Writing Romulus, My Father. Raimond Gaita (p2)

    Raimond GaitaNov. 2009
    Truth and biography: Writing Romulus, My Father. Raimond Gaita (p2)
    Part 1 | Part 2 At the National Biography Award Lecture at the State Library of New South Wales, author and moral philosopher Raimond Gaita discusses the nature of 'truth' as it applies to biography and autobiography. With particular reference to his own memoir Romulus, My Father, Gaita expl... » play video

  • SlowTV: Raimond Gaita: Shame

    Raimond Gaita | Adelaide | Aug. 2009
    Raimond Gaita: Shame
    In this thoughtful contribution to the Adelaide Festival of Ideas session about the notion of shame in society, Raimond Gaita sketches the landmarks and landscape of morality's relation to shame. He comes to discuss the complex relationship between shame, responsibility and collective guilt rega... » play video

  • SlowTV: Gaza: Morality, law and politics. Raimond Gaita

    Raimond Gaita | Melbourne | Jul. 2009
    Gaza: Morality, law and politics. Raimond Gaita
    Part 1 | Part 2 The Wednesday Lectures 2009 at the Australian Catholic University (curated by Raimond Gaita) bring together a variety of speakers on the subject Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics. In his own insightful and thoughtful contribution to the series Raimond Gaita treads the moral, legal and... » play video

  • SlowTV: Key Thinkers: Raimond Gaita on Plato

    Raimond Gaita | Melbourne | Apr. 2009
    Key Thinkers: Raimond Gaita on Plato
    Part 1 | Part 2In this lecture for the Key Thinkers seminar series at the University of Melbourne, Professor of Philosophy Raimond Gaita turns to the ideas of Plato and in particular those explored through his dialogues with Socrates. Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socr... » play video

  • SlowTV: Raimond Gaita on the significance of the human in relation to nature. ACU National

    Raimond Gaita | Melbourne | Jun. 2008
    Raimond Gaita on the significance of the human in relation to nature. ACU National
    In the first of the 2008 Wednesday Lectures, whose theme is "Rethinking Our Place in Nature", Raimond Gaita explores the place and significance of the human, while considering the defining characteristics of humanity.ACU National, June 2008 (Part 1 of 2)Click here for Part 2... » play video

  • SlowTV: Raimond Gaita on the significance of the human in relation to nature. (Part 2)

    Raimond Gaita | Melbourne | Jun. 2008
    Raimond Gaita on the significance of the human in relation to nature. (Part 2)
    In the first of the 2008 Wednesday Lectures, whose theme is 'Rethinking Our Place in Nature', Raimond Gaita explores the place and significance of the human in nature, while considering the defining characteristics of humanity.ACU National, June 2008(Part 2 of 2)... » play video