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Podcast Profile: Dialogues: a philosophy podcast

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13 episodes
2018
Median: 18 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

Description (podcaster-provided):

Snodger Media produces the Dialogues Podcast, and other radio works.

Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ Ethical and political philosophy dialogues • Justice, equality, redistribution • Immigration, national identity, culture • Charity, obligations to strangers • Parenting, procreation, consent • Organisational wrongdoing, consumer complicity • Climate adaptation justice, sea-level rise • Insect consciousness

This podcast features conversational discussions in contemporary philosophy, with a strong emphasis on practical ethics and political philosophy. Episodes typically take the form of roundtable dialogues among philosophers (sometimes joined by guest philosophers) who use everyday cases and public-policy controversies to explore underlying moral concepts, responsibilities, and rights.

Across the conversations, the show examines how to evaluate what we owe to others as individuals and as members of groups or institutions. It considers questions about moral responsibility in collective settings, including how wrongdoing can be attributed to organisations and what obligations consumers may have when they benefit from supply chains connected to injustice. Other recurring concerns include fairness and equality, the role of choice versus circumstance in distributing opportunities and resources, and what a “fair go” might demand from governments.

The podcast also addresses issues at the intersection of ethics and social life, such as how social esteem and shame relate to moral standing, and how consent can be compromised when someone cannot know whether consent has been given. Broader topics in political ethics appear as well, including immigration, cultural change, national identity, and the extent to which states may protect culture from outside influence.

Environmental and intergenerational themes arise through discussions of climate impacts (such as sea-level rise) and questions about justice in adaptation. The show also explores family and reproductive ethics, including the moral status of procreation, parental partiality, and potential limits on what parents may do for their children. Some episodes extend into the philosophy of mind and moral status by asking what it would mean if nonhuman creatures like insects were conscious.

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