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Podcast Profile: Journal of Practical Ethics

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3 episodes
2014 to 2017
Median: 10 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast features conversations with authors published in the *Journal of Practical Ethics*, an open-access journal in moral and political philosophy associated with the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. In each installment, an author outlines the central arguments of their recent journal article in dialogue with interviewer Dave Edmonds (of *Philosophy Bites*), translating academic work into a spoken overview while retaining its focus on careful reasoning.

Across the episodes, the content centers on applied ethical and political questions that have direct social and institutional implications. Discussions include moral foundations for immigration policy and territorial rights, framed through ideas about humanity’s relationship to the Earth and how resources or land might be morally owned or shared. The podcast also examines distributive justice and social inequality, including how unearned advantages tied to class background might be understood ethically and what it could mean to mitigate or “offset” such privilege.

Another recurring theme is the ethics of armed conflict. Episodes address the moral justification of killing in war, engaging with questions relevant to just war theory, the conditions under which lethal force might be permissible, and how ethical principles apply in wartime decision-making.

Overall, listeners can expect philosopher-led explanations of current debates in practical ethics, with attention to argument structure, conceptual distinctions, and the normative principles that might guide policy and personal judgment on issues like borders, inequality, and warfare.