Philosophy Bites

Philosophy Bites

David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer) interview top philosophers on a wide range of topics. Two books based on the series have been published by Oxford University Press. We are currently self-funding - donations very welcome via our website http://www.philosophybites.com

Episoder(403)

Fiery Cushman on Moral Luck

Fiery Cushman on Moral Luck

Should morality be immune from luck? It seems so. Yet outcomes beyond participants' control seem to affect our judgements of culpability. Fiery Cushman, a psychologist in the area of experimental phil...

2 Jun 201214min

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

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 doctors obtain before medical treatment? Onora O'Neill discusses the place of trust in areas of bioethics wit...

27 Mai 201218min

Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will

Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will

Some recent research in neuroscience seems to point to the conclusion that free will is an illusion. That's certainly the conclusion that some have drawn. But Adina Roskies is sceptical. In this episo...

20 Mai 201217min

NIck Bostrom on the Status Quo Bias

NIck Bostrom on the Status Quo Bias

Are we systematically biases against changing the status quo? It seems that we are. In this interview, originally released as part of the Bioethics Bites series, Nick Bostrom discusses this tendency a...

13 Mai 201219min

Galen Strawson on Panpsychism

Galen Strawson on Panpsychism

Could everything that exists have experiences? Is there something that it is like to be an electron? This sounds unlikey on first hearing, but in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Galen Str...

5 Mai 201211min

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

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 questions about euthanasia, abortion and autonomy in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this bonus episode o...

29 Apr 201216min

Philip Pettit on Republicanism

Philip Pettit on Republicanism

What is republicanism? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Philip Pettit outlines the key features of this important strand in political philosophy, one which has a continuing relevance to...

21 Apr 201222min

Jeff McMahan on Moral Status (originally on Bioethics Bites)

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 episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast (originally released on Bioethics Bites) Jeff McMahan, in conv...

15 Apr 201218min

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