The Examined Life; No. 19; Does the End Justify the Means?

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Series
The Examined Life
Episode Number
No. 19
Episode
Does the End Justify the Means?
Producing Organization
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Sveriges utbildningsradio
Teleac/NOT
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-zw18k76936
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Description
Episode Description
"Does the end justify the means'" is an episode of "The Examined Life." "? 'Does the end justify the means'' looks at utilitarianism against the backdrop of a massive dam construction project with environmental import and discusses the problem of what is intrinsically valuable. "By using interviews with contemporary philosophers, 'The Examined Life' brings the subject more accessible to a larger audience. Viewers are shown not only the universal relevance of one of the Great Questions in this episode, but also the application to their everyday life."--1998 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1999-01-26
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:33:13.592
Credits
Producing Organization: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Producing Organization: Sveriges utbildningsradio
Producing Organization: Teleac/NOT
Producing Organization: INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-90efa6f5e7b (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:28:38
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Chicago: “The Examined Life; No. 19; Does the End Justify the Means?,” 1999-01-26, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 27, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-zw18k76936.
MLA: “The Examined Life; No. 19; Does the End Justify the Means?.” 1999-01-26. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 27, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-zw18k76936>.
APA: The Examined Life; No. 19; Does the End Justify the Means?. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-zw18k76936