Brenda Murphy speaks about art and ideas in drama, from George Bernard Shaw’s influence on twentieth-century drama to contemporary American theater.
In the second episode [16:25], William Bennett, Steven Cahn, James Rachels, and George Sher resume the series on philosophy and public policy. They agree that philosophers hold a multitude of opinions on the same subjects, a discussion which is intertwined with the subject of medical ethics.
At the time of this of this interview, Murphy, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1981-82), was professor of English at St. Lawrence University.
Bennett was director of the Center. Cahn was associate director of the humanities division of the Rockefeller Foundation. Rachels was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sher, a Fellow at the Center (1980-81), was professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont.
