Leslie Green on Same Sex Marriage
Is there any reasonable objection to same sex marriage? Les Green discusses this controversial issue from a philosphical perspective with Nigel Warburton for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podca...
11 Maj 201315min
John Mikhail on Battery and Morality
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 withou...
27 Apr 201318min
Noel Malcolm on Hobbes' Leviathan in Context
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, published in 1651, remains one of the great works of political philosophy. Noel Malcolm has recently published a 3 volume scholarly edition of this book, based on decades of ...
14 Apr 201317min
Mark Rowlands on Philosophy and Running
Is there any connection between philosophy and running. Mark Rowlands, who began running to exercise his pet wolf thinks there is. Find out why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, which w...
29 Mars 201311min
John Gardner on Constitutions
What are constitutions and how are we to interpret them? John Gardner addresses these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites i...
17 Mars 201317min
Fiona Macpherson on Hallucination
What is a hallucination? How does it differ from an illusion? Fiona Macpherson of Glasgow University discusses these questions with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Phi...
3 Mars 201314min
Jeff McMahan on Gun Control
Jeff McMahan argues against the private ownership of guns in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.
17 Feb 201318min
Colin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge
Descartes believed that we can have knowledge that was independent of experience. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Colin McGinn makes a case for there being some such knowledge. Philoso...
2 Feb 201315min
