Reinforcing the value of life.

Reaffirming the pursuit of happiness.

Audio of the Life Principles Video
Audio Tape Series with Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.

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Content on the Audio Video Series

UNIT 1: Defining Personhood - Part I (31 minutes)
The importance of objective definitions and a comprehensive definition of the human person.

UNIT 2: Defining Personhood - Part II (39 minutes)
A model of the "Four Levels of Happiness" and their affect on the way we view life.

UNIT 3: Happiness - Five Fundamental Attitudes (45 minutes)
The differences between seeking only Happiness Levels One and Two and living for Happiness Levels Three and Four.

UNIT 4: Happiness, Ethics, and Freedom (29 minutes)
Moves through the levels of happiness. How one's perception of happiness affects one's perception of ethics and freedom.

UNIT 5: Rights and the Common Good (35 minutes)
An objective definition of human rights and a method for resolving rights conflicts.

UNIT 6: What Makes a Culture Healthy (23 minutes)
Steps for making the culture healthy, and principles for resolving rights conflicts in situations of uncertainty.

UNIT 7: The Abortion Issue (27 minutes)

UNIT 8: The Euthanasia Issue (44 minutes)
The individual and cultural harms of abortion and euthanasia, with real solutions using material from previous units.

Conclusion - Teaching the Life Principles (70 minutes)
Includes a half hour excerpt from a presentation on personhood to a class of middle school students, and a half hour excerpt from a lecture on rights to adults.

About the Presenter

An accomplished author and an educator for over 20 years, Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. is the President of Gonzaga University, Founder of the Center for Life Principles, and Founder and Director of the Institute of Professional Ethics. Fr. Spitzer is a widely recognized philosopher and speaker in business, church, academic, and community organizations throughout the United States and around the world.

He has a long-standing commitment to the pro-life movement. At Georgetown University, he founded University Faculty for Life. He has been a board member of Human Life of Washington since 1990. He founded the Center for Life Principles in 1993, and established its curriculum in the book, Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000).


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