Philosophy Bites

Julia Annas on What is Virtue Ethics For?

Julia Annas explains what Virtue Ethics is for and how it differs from other approaches to the...

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Hugh Mellor on Probability

What is probability? Not an easy question to answer. We thought our best chance of clarity on...

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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Progress in Philosophy

In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews the philosopher and...

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Adam Swift on Parental Partiality

Most people think it is acceptable to advantage their children, but how far should this go? Adam...

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Ted Honderich on What It Is to be Conscious

In this episode Ted Honderich sketches his theory of the nature of consciousness. 

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Keith Frankish on the Hard Problem and the Illusion of Qualia

Keith Frankish discusses consciousness, subjective experience and the brain in this episode of...

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John Dupre on Genomics

Genomics is a new approach to understanding our biology, one with far-reaching consequences for...

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Peter Lamarque on Literature and Truth

Many people have claimed that one of the benefits of reading writers like Dostoevsky and...

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Jennifer Nagel on Intuitions about Knoweldge

Knowledge is part of our everyday lives. We know all kinds of things without even thinking about...

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Tamar Gendler on Why Philosophers Use Examples

Why do philosophers use examples? Tamar Gendler explores this question in conversation with Nigel...

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Amia Srinivasan on Genealogy

Does it matter where our ideas came from? Friedrich Nietzsche famously diagnosed the origin of...

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Seth Lazar on Sparing Civilians in War

Why is it morally wrong to target civilians in war? Can civilians be distinguished clearly from...

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Chris Betram on Rousseau's Moral Psychology

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's insights into moral psychology and its impact on how we live are the...

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Roger Scruton on the Sacred

Is there any place for a notion of the sacred in contemporary life? Roger Scruton believes that...

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Regina Rini on the Moral Self and Psychology

What can experimental psychology contribute to our self-development as moral agents? Philosopher...

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Simon Blackburn on Narcissism

Vanity, smugness, narcissism - they're not good, but they're not all the same thing. In this...

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Norman Daniels on the Philosophy of Healthcare

Should we be striving to reduce health inequalities? If so, how? Harvard philosopher Norman...

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Tom Stoneham on George Berkeley's Immaterialism

George Berkeley was famous for arguing that objects are really just ideas. In this episode of the...

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Michael Ignatieff on Political Theory and Political Practice

Michael Ignatieff was an academic with a keen inerest in political theory before he learnt the...

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Stephen Darwall on Moral Accountability

Moral accountability is at the heart of moral obligation and it reveals much about the attitudes...

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