Elizabeth Harman on Moral Heroes
Moral heroes are usually thought of as people who go beyond what is obligatory. Elizabeth Harman discusses whether sometimes we ought to act as moral heroes. She is in conversation with David Edmonds ...
4 Aug 202414min
Walter Sinnott Armstrong on AI and Morality
Can AI help us make difficult moral decisions? Walter Sinnott Armstrong explores this idea in conversation with David Edmonds in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
14 Juni 202413min
David Edmonds on the Life and Philosophy of Derek Parfit
David Edmonds discusses the life and work of Derek Parfit who died in 2017 in this episode of the Bio Bites strand of Philosophy. David is the author of a recent biography of Parfit.
10 Apr 202420min
Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap
Yascha Mounk discusses some of the ways in which focussing on gender, racial, and sexual identities can distort political argument and be counterproductive for oppressed minorities.
10 Apr 202430min
Mark Rowe on J.L.Austin
J.L.Austin was the best known exponent of what came to be known as Ordinary Language Philosophy. He was also a war hero. In this episode of the Bio Bites strand of the Philosophy Bites podcast David E...
14 Mars 202422min
James Klagge on Wittgenstein
In this episode James Klagge discusses the life and times of Ludwig Wittgenstein with David Edmonds. This is part of our mini series on the biographies of philosophers, Bio Bites.
19 Feb 202420min
David Chalmers on Technophiloosphy and the Extended Mind
22 Jan 202418min
Agnes Callard on Sex
What happens when people have sexual desires for one another? Agnes Callard from the University of Chicago discusses sex, eroticism, and much more in conversation with Nigel Warburton. Not surprising...
27 Nov 202317min
