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.
David Hume's 'Of the Standard of Taste' focuses on judgements about beauty in writing. Can we say with any authority that one writer or work is better than another? gives a clear analysis of Hume's essay on this topic in this episode of the...
What do we really care about? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast suggests that most of us care a lot about what happens after our deaths, and that affects what we feel about what is happening now and how we value it.
Must humour be moral? What about jokes that rely on immoral attitudes? Can they be funny? Are humour and morality simply separate spheres. Noel Carroll explores the relationship between humour and morality in this episode of the Philosophy Bites...
Can computers think? John Searle famously used the Chinese Room thought experiment to suggest that they can't. is suspicious about the way the thought experiment is set up. In this conversation with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast he...
'How should we live?' is a basic philosophical question. In this episode of the podcast addresses the question in a period when human beings are having devastating effects on the environment. Which virtues should we cultivate in these conditions?
Most philosophers today self-identify as within an Analytic or a Continental tradition. Where did these two cultures of philosophy come from? What role does Continental Philosophy play for Analytic Philosophy? investigates these questions in...
Is there any reasonable objection to same sex marriage? discusses this controversial issue from a philosphical perspective with for this episode of the podcast.
Hitting someone, throwing a ball hard at someone's head, spitting at someone: these are all examples of harmful acts, called 'battery' in Tort Law, and most of us judge those who do such things without the victim's implied or actual consent as morally...
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, published in 1651, remains one of the great works of political philosophy. has recently published a 3 volume scholarly edition of this book, based on decades of research. In this episode of the podcast he discusses how a...
Is there any connection between philosophy and running. , who began running to exercise his pet wolf thinks there is. Find out why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, which was recorded at the 2013 Literary...
What are constitutions and how are we to interpret them? addresses these questions in conversation with in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. is made in assocation with the .
What is a hallucination? How does it differ from an illusion? of Glasgow University discusses these questions with in this episode of the podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the .
argues against the private ownership of guns in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the .
Descartes believed that we can have knowledge that was independent of experience. In this episode of the podcast makes a case for there being some such knowledge. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the .
What, if anything, is wrong with surveillance? Why value privacy? answers these questions in conversation with in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in assocation with the .