http://sauer-thompson.com/conversations/ 'On the Genealogy of Morals']]> en-us thoughtfactory@internode.on.net Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:04 +0930 http://sauer-thompson.com/conversations/archives/2012/02/naomi-oreskes-a.html Where does climate change denialism comes from? The fossil fuel industry pays for it. No one even really tries denying it any more. The presentation is based on her recent book, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscure the Truth about Climate Change. N... http://sauer-thompson.com/conversations/archives/2012/02/nussbaum-on-tra.html Martha Nussbaum interviewed on The Fragility of Goodness: luck and ethics in Greek tragedy and philosophy. 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