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
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)
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
Adrian Moore on Philosophy and Its History
What is the point of studying philosophy's past? Is it just to learn about the history of ideas? Is there something special about the history of philosophy that makes it different from the history of ...
6 Apr 201213min
Julian Savulescu on Designer Babies (originally on Bioethics Bites)
Is it ethical to select advantageous genes and select against disadvantageous genes when having babies? Julian Savulescu, Director of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in Oxford, discusses this q...
2 Apr 201221min
Neil Levy on Moral Responsibility and Consciousness
Do recent discoveries in neuroscience threaten the notion of moral responsibility? Could we have moral responsibility without full consciousness of the significance of our actions? Neil Levy discusses...
23 Mars 201218min
Ronald Dworkin on the Unity of Value
Is liberty compatible with equality? Many philosophers think it can't be, and that pluralism is the correct response. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Ronald Dworkin argues that there i...
9 Mars 201218min
Guy Longworth on J.L. Austin and Ordinary Language
J. L. Austin, who died in 1960, was an immensely influential philosopher whose method involved precise scrutiny of ordinary language: the precise words, the contexts in which they were uttered, and w...
25 Feb 201215min
