The day Hermann Goering discovered evil through a painting
(14 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)
This is no documentary about Nazis or Hitler’s 2nd in command Hermann Goering in particular, but it’s a story about the origins of pleasure and how we experience it differently. Paul Bloom gives in this TED talk the example of a famous painting by the Dutch artis Vermeer which Goering buys for what would now [...]
The Fog of War – Robert S. McNamara about WW2, Vietnam and Ethics
(19 votes, average: 4.68 out of 5)
Robert S. McNamara is a former Harvard Professor, WW2 Officer, President of FORD, Secretary of Defense and Head of the World Bank. In the documentary “The Fog of War” he reports about major events during his live and how small decisions sometimes led to great effects. Including the bombing of Japan in WW2, his role [...]
