{"id":14416,"date":"2017-10-07T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T20:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=14416"},"modified":"2018-03-16T22:45:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T05:45:59","slug":"ben-shapiro-answers-abortion-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/education\/education-co-lab\/education-co-lab-blogs\/third-party\/ben-shapiro-answers-abortion-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abortion and Sentient Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights: Principles and Communication<\/h2>\n<p>In 2017 amidst student chaos and protests, Ben Shapiro was invited as a Guest Speaker to UC Berkeley. <strong>During his talk he was asked by a student to defend his stance on abortion. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shapiro's position is not important, what is important is his the validity and clarity of the points he communicates while engaging with the student. <strong>He communicates the 5 Absolutes and the 5 I's of communication<\/strong> (principles experienced and taught within the PWI Co-Lab), thus engaging the student in an <em>Experiential Socratic Learning<\/em> process. Additionally, this argument brings to to light the question of intrinsic value of not just the human being, but the human spirit (our individual and shared sentience).<\/p>\n<h2>Informational Insights: Intrinsic Value<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48PMlt2vTRA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Possibilities for Consideration: Freedom and Sentience<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What if there is a way to<\/em>\u00a0<strong>further the right of freedom of speech without evoking behaviors of violence<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li><em>What if there is a way to<\/em> <strong>reverse our learned behaviors and social conditioning, by moving from the need to be right to a search for truth\u00a0and understanding<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li><em>What if there is a way to<\/em>\u00a0<strong>uncover and discover the sentience within ourselves and our cultures<\/strong><b>?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws. And such a faculty can be found only in rational beings.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIMMANUEL KANT<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opening Insights: Principles and Communication In 2017 amidst student chaos and protests, Ben Shapiro was invited as a Guest Speaker to UC Berkeley. 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