This Week: Dangerous Ideas from the Sydney Opera House + Should Euthanasia be legalised?

Home Talks This Week on TV About Subscribe Partners Contact us Waleed Aly - Big Ideas host Tomorrow 11am SHORTCUTS on ABC1 we've got a couple of Dangerous Ideas from the 2012 Festival of the same name at the Sydney Opera House. Is there a coming war between Gen Y and Baby Boomers? Shiv Malikand Ed Howker analyse why Gen Y look like the losers in the generational war with moderator Rebecca Huntley. Then - is the solution to climate change to re-engineer humans? Matthew Liao shares his controversial theory.  Wednesday 11am on ABC1 - Euthanasia should be Legalised is the premise and this IQ2 Debate is a comprehensive look at all the issues. For the motion: Beth Williams, Prof Loane Skene & Dr Philip Nitschke. Against the motion: Dr Shakira Hussein, Scott Stephens & Assoc Prof Bill Silvester. You might just find your stance is shifted on the issue. Dr Simon Longstaff from the St James Ethics Centre opens and drives the debate. Friday 11.30pm on ABCNEWS24 - Should we engineer the human body to combat climate change? Philosopher and bioethicist Matthew Liao has tackled the ecological footprint of the human body and at the Sydney Opera House's 2012 Festival of Dangerous Ideas - Liao asserts we should be re-engineered! Sunday 10.30pm on ABCNEWS24 - According to Jesse Bering 'We're All Sexual Perverts'! Jesse is a psychologist and writes for Slate. In this speech at the 2012 Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney Opera House he runs through a great semantic and social history of perversions. You may or may not be, amazed and informed. Connect Follow Watch highlights This Week on TV Culture and Society Shiv Malik & Ed Howker: The Coming Civil War Between Young & Old In this session from the Festival of Dangerous ideas, Gen Y journalists Shiv Malik and Ed Howker put forth the proposition of 'The Coming Civil War Between Young & Old'. more » Tuesday 12 February 2013, 11am on ABC1 Environment Matthew Liao: Engineer Humans to Stop Climate Change We’ve got more efficient hybrid cars, longlasting LED’s; smaller, greener, recyclable products; but how far has this taken us in combating climate change? 'Engineer Humans to Stop Climate Change' is the edgy message from Matthew Liao. more » Tuesday 12 February 2013, 11am on ABC1 Friday 15 February 2013, 11.30pm on ABC NEWS24 Health and Medicine IQ2 Debate: Euthanasia Should Be Legalised Taking control of one’s own death is something that will have crossed the minds of most adults - if not in relation to ourselves; then in relation to a loved one. In this IQ2 Debate, there are passionate advocates on both sides of the argument. more » Wednesday 13 February 2013, 11am on ABC1 Politics How to Govern Intelligently in the 21st Century Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels deliver their individual takes on ‘best practice governance’ in the West and in China at the RSA in London. more » Tuesday 5 February 2013, 11am on ABC1 Saturday 16 February 2013, 8.45pm on ABC NEWS24 Editor's Picks Law and Ethics Marc Thiessen: Is Torture Necessary? Information from “enhanced interrogation techniques” was allegedly crucial to the operation that found and killed Osama Bin Laden. A former Bush speechwriter argues the “Yes” case at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. more » Law and Ethics Anita Stuhmcke On Surrogacy And The Law Finding a surrogate mother is an increasingly popular solution for those who can't conceive children themselves. But the medical advances that enable these pregnancies have developed much faster than the legislation which surrounds them. The laws differ f more » Culture and Society John Keane: The Life and Death of Democracy The Australian-born Cambridge-educated politics professor, who's just put out a magnum opus about the history of democracy, argues democracies everywhere are sleepwalking their way into deep trouble. more » Big Ideas TV| Big Ideas Radio| Contact Us You are subscribed to this ABC newsletter with the email address: "idouska1.scan@blogger.com" If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please unsubscribe here. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please feel free to subscribe here. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2013 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC email newsletters