Philosophy Bites

Tim Crane on Non-Existence

How can we talk about things that don't exist? Tim Crane explores this question in conversation...

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Michael Tye on Pain

Consciousness of pain may seem straightforward, but as Michael Tye shows, in conversation with...

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Daniel Dennett on Free Will Worth Wanting

What is free will and why should we care about it? Daniel C. Dennett addresses these questions in...

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Patricia Churchland on What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Morality (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Can science give us any insight into morality? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast,...

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Rae Langton on Hate Speech

Is it true that words can't harm you? What about hate speech? In the US the First Amendment...

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Molly Crockett on Brain Chemistry and Moral Decision-Making (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Can moral decision-making be affected by chemical means? And if so, should we use drugs for this...

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Huw Price on Backward Causation

Effects can't precede their causes, can they? The direction of causation is forwards not...

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Hanna Pickard on Responsibility and Personality Disorder (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Does a diagnosis of personality disorder exempt an individual from moral responsibility? Hanna...

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Jonathan Dancy on Moral Particularism

Is morality a matter of applying general principles? Jonathan Dancy, a moral particularist,...

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Tim Lewens on Selling Organs (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Can it ever be acceptable to sell human body parts. Tim Lewens discusses this increasingly...

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John Tomasi on Free Market Fairness

Is free market fairness an oxymoron? John Tomasi, author of Free Market Fairness, argues that...

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Jonathan Wolff on Political Bioethics (originally on Bioethics Bites)

How should health resources be distributed? Jonathan Wolff discusses this and related questions...

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Fiery Cushman on Moral Luck

Should morality be immune from luck? It seems so. Yet outcomes beyond participants' control seem...

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Onora O'Neill on Trust (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Trust is crucial in areas of medicine and health. But what sort of explicit consent should...

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Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will

Some recent research in neuroscience seems to point to the conclusion that free will is an...

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NIck Bostrom on the Status Quo Bias

Are we systematically biases against changing the status quo? It seems that we are. In this...

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Galen Strawson on Panpsychism

Could everything that exists have experiences? Is there something that it is like to be an...

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Peter Singer on Life and Death Decision-Making (originally on Bioethics Bites)

How should doctors, patients and family make end of life decisions? Peter Singer explores...

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Philip Pettit on Republicanism

What is republicanism? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Philip Pettit outlines the...

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Jeff McMahan on Moral Status (originally on Bioethics Bites)

Disagreement about moral status is at the heart of many issues in practical ethics. In this bonus...

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