Should we be striving to reduce health inequalities? If so, how? Harvard philosopher discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
George Berkeley was famous for arguing that objects are really just ideas. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast clarifies what he meant by this.
was an academic with a keen inerest in political theory before he learnt the hard way about politics in practice. He was an academic who became leader of the opposition in Canada then lost heavily in the 2011 Prime Ministerial election. In this...
Moral accountability is at the heart of moral obligation and it reveals much about the attitudes we hold to each otehr. Yale professor explains what this means in this episode of the podcast.
discusses a range of specific sporting incidents that are of philosophical interest in this episode of the podcast. David Papineau has a weblog on philosophy and sport:
r argues that contemporary political progressives have abandoned what 19th century liberals knew: that some ways of living are better than others. In this conversation with he argues that we need a different concept of freedom, one...
H.L.A. Hart made significant contributions to legal philosophy. discusses his legal positivism in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
Some statements are descriptive, such as ' is a podcast series'; others are normative, such as 'You ought to tell the truth'. But what exactly is normativity? explores this question in conversation with David Edmonds.
Is a concern for inequality of wealth just a form of envy? Are there good reasons for objecting to inequality? Harvard philosopher discusses these questions in converation with in this episode of the podcast.
How much of the meaning of what we say depends on its context of utterance? Is there a role for literal meaning. discusses these questions with in this episode of the podcast.
Neurophilosopher discusses the insights that neuroscience can give us into the nature of self control in this episode of the Philosophyh Bites podcast.
Implicit biases are tricky. We all have them, apparently, but we don't realise we have them. What are the implications of these biases? Does it, perhaps, go some way to explaining why there are so few women in academic philosophy? discusses these...
Bernard Williams was one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Adrian Moore discusses his ideas about Ethics.
For this episode of the podcast discusses and illustrates the so-called Linguistic Turn in Philosophy, the focus on actual uses of language that was advocated by the later Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle and others.
Why is argument so important in politics? , co-author of Why We Argue (and how we should), explores this issue in conversation with David Edmonds for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
What are human rights? Are they simply legal rights? What is their relation to morality? discusses the basis of human rights in conversation with in this episode of the podcast.
You might expect people who specialize in moral philosophy to behave better than other people. has done some empirical investigation of whether this is the case, and it doesn't seem to be. What does that show about ethics? investigates.
Many people have noticed similarities between what David Hume wrote about the self and Buddhist teaching on this subject. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites archive Alison Gopnik discusses the possibility that there was a direct route of influence.
Is it ever morally acceptable to kill one person to save many? Most people agree that in some extreme circumstances this, though psychologically difficult, can be the right action to take. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, interviews...
You think you know what's best but don't do it. We've all been there. For Plato and Aristotle this weakness of will presented a philosophical problem. Jessica Moss explains their contrasting approaches to this topic in this episode of the podcast.