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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 • climate adaptation, sea-level rise • consumer complicity, global injustice • immigration, national identity • consent, group rights, autonomy over time • consciousness in insects • morality, shame • procreation, parenting obligations • charity and aid responsibility

This podcast features conversations among academic philosophers and hosts that explore ethical and political questions that arise in contemporary life. Across the episodes, the format is largely dialogical: the hosts often invite guest philosophers to examine a focused problem, clarify key concepts, and test competing arguments and intuitions.

A recurring theme is moral responsibility at different levels of agency. The discussions consider what individuals may owe to others through personal relationships and social practices, and how responsibility might extend beyond individuals to organisations and groups. Several episodes focus on the ethics of everyday participation in systems that may cause harm, including questions about complicity through consumption and the distribution of burdens and benefits in society.

The podcast also returns to large-scale public issues in political philosophy, such as immigration, national identity, equality, and the role of redistribution. Environmental and climate-related ethics appear through questions about procreation, environmentalism, and justice in adapting to sea-level rise. Alongside these societal topics, episodes address interpersonal ethics and consent, including scenarios where uncertainty itself may be morally significant.

There is also engagement with questions at the intersection of philosophy of mind and ethics, such as what it would mean if nonhuman animals like insects were conscious and how that would alter our moral obligations. Overall, the series aims to unpack familiar dilemmas and emerging issues by drawing on contemporary philosophical work in ethics, political philosophy, and related fields.

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