Amia Srinivasan on Genealogy
Does it matter where our ideas came from? Friedrich Nietzsche famously diagnosed the origin of Christian morality in what he thought of as a slave mentality. Amia Srninivasan discusses genealogical re...
2 Aug 201419min
Seth Lazar on Sparing Civilians in War
Why is it morally wrong to target civilians in war? Can civilians be distinguished clearly from combatants? Seth Lazar discusses these issues in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
19 Juli 201415min
Chris Betram on Rousseau's Moral Psychology
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's insights into moral psychology and its impact on how we live are the subject of this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
6 Juli 201419min
Roger Scruton on the Sacred
Is there any place for a notion of the sacred in contemporary life? Roger Scruton believes that there is. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he discusses his understanding of the sacred a...
24 Juni 201416min
Regina Rini on the Moral Self and Psychology
What can experimental psychology contribute to our self-development as moral agents? Philosopher Regina Rini explores this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
8 Juni 201417min
Simon Blackburn on Narcissism
Vanity, smugness, narcissism - they're not good, but they're not all the same thing. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Simon Blackburn explores what's wrong with narcissism and how it di...
24 Maj 201415min
Norman Daniels on the Philosophy of Healthcare
Should we be striving to reduce health inequalities? If so, how? Harvard philosopher Norman Daniels discusses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
13 Maj 201416min
Tom Stoneham on George Berkeley's Immaterialism
George Berkeley was famous for arguing that objects are really just ideas. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Tom Stoneham clarifies what he meant by this.
27 Apr 201418min
