Twitter: @DavidEdmonds100 (followed by 328 philosophers)
Site: www.philosophy247.org
50 episodes
2016 to 2022
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Categories: Interview-Style
Podcaster's summary: David Edmonds interviews leading philosophers about moral issues that affect us 24/7.
| Episodes |
| 2022-Jul-06 The Pivotal Generation Why is this the Pivotal Generation? |
| 2021-Mar-19 Microaggression What is a microaggression? |
| 2020-Oct-25 Sport and Sex Should men and women compete separately in sport. |
| 2020-Sep-14 The future of privacy Our phones, our fitbits, our social media use, our internet searches, are all providing information about us |
| 2020-Jul-12 How should humans relate to animals? Can we betray an animal's trust in us? |
| 2020-Jul-12 Can saving an important building ever be worth a life? How far should we go to protect a building? |
| 2020-Jun-12 Enhancing Human Beings What are the ethics of genetic enhancement? |
| 2020-Jan-20 A world without work How we will find meaning when machines take our jobs. |
| 2019-Oct-05 Political Disagreement Why do we disagree about political facts not just opinions? |
| 2019-Aug-19 Responsibility and Justice Should the lifestyle choices we make affect our right to treatment? |
| 2019-Aug-04 Doctors and their conscience! Should a doctor say NO on conscience? |
| 2019-Jul-21 Responsibility and effort What is the link between responsibility and effort? |
| 2019-Jul-07 Responsibility and Addiction Are addicts responsible for harming their health? |
| 2019-Jun-24 Paternalism and public health challenges to patient autonomy Should patient autonomy always be respected? |
| 2019-Jun-10 Eating Responsibly Should obese people be held responsible for being overweight? |
| 2019-Mar-19 Democracy How can we save democracy? |
| 2018-Dec-02 Lookism Francesca Minerva says discrimination based on looks is a serious problem. |
| 2018-Oct-15 Intellectual Arrogance Are we becoming incapable of respecting other people's opinions? |
| 2018-Aug-02 How neo-liberalism has twisted liberalism Does neo-liberalism continue the values of classical liberalism? |
| 2018-May-25 Should we pay reparations for wrongs committed in the past? Are African Americans owed reparations for the enslavement of their ancestors? |
| 2018-Apr-17 Is Life Without Meaning? Do you ever get the feeling that life is meaningless? |
| 2018-Mar-13 Are we becoming too preoccupied with beauty? Society expects us to conform to standards of beauty more than ever - says Heather Widdows. |
| 2018-Feb-13 Are there benefits to Psychedelic Drugs? An intellectual trip with Ole Martin Moen. |
| 2018-Jan-16 Robot Love Can robots fall in love? |
| 2017-Dec-12 Evolution and Cooperation Why do some animals behave in altruistic ways? With Jonathan Birch. |
| 2017-Nov-20 Sacred Places and Traditions What is so sacred that it deserves special protection? |
| 2017-Oct-20 Resistance to Change Change can disturb our peaceful existence - are we right to resist it? With Quassim Cassam. |
| 2017-Oct-09 Indirect Discrimination Can discrimination be subtle and indirect, as in Aesop's fable of the fox and the stork? |
| 2017-Sep-11 Male Circumcision Should we ban male circumcision? |
| 2017-Aug-13 Do victims have obligations too? Are you a victim of crime? What are YOUR obligations? |
| 2017-Jul-10 Profiling Profiling is commonplace? But is it ethical? |
| 2017-Jun-19 Who can join the political community? Not everyone has access to the same rights in a democratic country. Are our ideas of political membership changing in a globalised world? With Seyla Benhabib. |
| 2017-Jun-04 Why Care about Privacy? Is privacy really a fundamental value? With Annabelle Lever. |
| 2017-May-17 Robots and Retribution Who will we blame in the future? |
| 2017-Apr-22 How Unfairness Drives Us Crazy Dr. Molly Crockett on whether we are hard-wired to reject an unfair deal. |
| 2017-Apr-04 Citizenship Tests Thom Brooks says that citizenship tests are often absurd |
| 2017-Mar-21 The Just Riot? Avia Pasternak argues that some political riots are justified. |
| 2017-Feb-27 The State and Marriage Should a state with liberal values recognise marriage? |
| 2017-Feb-07 Creativity and Character Matthew Kieran on the character traits of a person who is super-creative. |
| 2017-Jan-18 Are We Biased About Love? Does romance makes us irrationally optimistic about our chances of happiness? And if so, is that a good or a bad thing? |
| 2017-Jan-04 Self Defence How far can we go in self defence? And are some civilians legitimate targets in war? |
| 2016-Dec-16 Universal Human Rights Michael Ignatieff says that alluding to abstract principles around ‘human rights’ is not nearly as effective in persuading people to be generous towards strangers as appealing to their instincts of decency and hospitality. |
| 2016-Nov-22 Why Worry about Class? Holly Lawford Smith on class privilege and obligations. |
| 2016-Nov-06 Should we care about debt? Alex Douglas on the morality of debt and obligations. |
| 2016-Oct-16 Super Intelligence Nick Bostrom on machines that are becoming super intelligent. |
| 2016-Sep-20 Love and Attraction The Philosophy of Love and Attraction. Interview with Anders Sandberg. |
| 2016-Sep-20 Love and Attraction The Philosophy of Love and Attraction. Interview with Anders Sandberg. |
| 2016-Sep-07 What's Wrong With Passive Aggression? Rebecca Roache gives a cool-headed appraisal of a round-about way of showing hostility. |
| 2016-Sep-07 What's Wrong With Passive Aggression? Rebecca Roache gives a cool-headed appraisal of a round-about way of showing hostility. |
| 2016-Sep-07 What's Wrong With Passive Aggression? Rebecca Roache gives a cool-headed appraisal of a round-about way of showing hostility. |