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Ray Monk on Philosophy and Biography
Ray Monk discusses the relationship between philosophy and biography in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast. Can an understanding the life of a philosopher help us understand that philosopher's work? Is there anything that philosophers can learn from biography? Monk as author of biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, two very different personalities, is well-placed to address these questions....

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[ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:46:00 GMT ]


M.M. McCabe on Socratic Method
Philosophy began in earnest with Socrates. He asked impertinent questions. In this interview with M.M. McCabe, Philosophy Bites explores the nature of Socratic Method and Socrates' claim that the unexamined life is not worth living....

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[ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:39:00 GMT ]


Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth
Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas about art and truth run through much of his philosophical writing, but are most apparent in his first book, The Birth of Tragedy. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Nigel Warburton interviews Aaron Ridley about this topic....

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[ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:16:00 GMT ]


Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling retells and interprets the story of Abraham and Isaac. In Kierkegaard's hands the story becomes a model for the human predicament. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Clare Carlisle provides an interesting overview of some of Kierkegaard's themes in this book....

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[ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:48:00 GMT ]


Alex Neill - the Paradox of Tragedy
How can we enjoy watching tragedy when it is a genre that deals with suffering and pain? In this episode of  the Philosophy Bites podcast Alex Neill explains what the paradox of tragedy is, and shows how he thinks it can be dissolved. He also relates this discussion to related questions about our experience of horror movies....

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[ Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:47:00 GMT ]


Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli's The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most notorious works of political philosophy ever written. Quentin Skinner sets it in its historical context and explains its key themes in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT ]


Peter Adamson on Plotinus on Evil
Plotinus, who lived in the 3rd Century A.D., was the founder of neo-platonism. In this episode of Philosophy Bites Peter Adamson explains what Plotinus had to say about evil. ...

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[ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:18:00 GMT ]


Matthew Kramer on Legal Rights
What precisely is a legal right? Matthew Kramer discusses this question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:17:00 GMT ]


Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Civilization
Civilization is for most people synonymous with progress. Not for the eighteenth century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau believed that civilization corrupts us in certain ways. Melissa Lane explains Rousseau's views on progress in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 6 Jul 2008 21:34:00 GMT ]


John Broome on Weighing Lives
How do we weigh lives one against another? Governments frequently have to make life and death decisions that take in to account such issues as the quality of life compared to the length of a life. In this episode of Philosophy Bites John Broome presents his view of how such decisions should be taken....

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[ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:10:00 GMT ]


Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness
Jacques Derrida, father of deconstructionism, divided philosophers. For some he was a genius; for others a charlatan. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites Robert Rowland Smith defends Derrida's views about the concept of forgiveness....

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[ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:37:00 GMT ]


John Dunn on Locke on Toleration
John Locke, writing in the Seventeenth Century, argued for religious toleration, though stopped short of toleration of atheists. In this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites, Nigel Warburton interviews Locke expert John Dunn on this topic....

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[ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:17:00 GMT ]


Will Kymlicka on Minority Rights
Should minority groups such as recent immigrants or those who have suffered historic injustice be given rights that other citizens don't have? Will Kymlicka believes they should. Listen to his arguments in defence of this position in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT ]


Jennifer Hornsby on Human Agency
What goes on when someone does something deliberately? Jennifer Hornsby discusses this difficult philosophical question with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 1 Jun 2008 19:28:00 GMT ]


Tim Scanlon on Free Speech
In this bonus episode produced in association with the Open University, Tim Scanlon discusses the limits of free speech with Nigel Warburton. A transcript of this episode is available from www.open2.net/ethicsbites/...

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[ Fri, 30 May 2008 10:23:00 GMT ]


Donna Dickenson on Body Shopping
Do you own your body? If not, who does? These are important questions in an age in which there is extensive trade in body parts. Donna Dickenson, author of Body Shopping, discusses this issue with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 25 May 2008 19:36:00 GMT ]


Mary Warnock on the Right to Have a Baby
In this bonus episode produced in association with The Open University, Mary Warnock, a philosopher who also sits in the House of Lords, addresses the question 'Do we have a right to have babies?' A transcript of this episode is available at http://www.open2.net/ethicsbites/right-have-babies.html...

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[ Thu, 22 May 2008 08:37:00 GMT ]


Anthony Kenny on Aquinas' Ethics
Thomas Aquinas, the thirteenth century Dominican is the subject of this episode of Philosophy Bites. Anthony Kenny explains the key features of Aquinas'  ethics in conversation with Nigel Warburton....

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[ Sun, 18 May 2008 09:08:00 GMT ]


Michael Sandel on Genetic Enhancement in Sport
In this bonus episode of Philosophy Bites made in association with the Open University, Michael Sandel addresses the question of whether we should allow genetic enhancement of athletes. Drawing on themes from his recent book, The Case Against Perfection, he discusses the ethical issues at stake. A transcript of this episode is available at www.open2.net/ethicsbites/...

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[ Wed, 14 May 2008 22:37:00 GMT ]


Jonathan Wolff on Marx on Alienation
Karl Marx's theory of alienated labour is the topic of this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Jonathan Wolff, author of Why Read Marx Today? explains what Marx meant by alienation. He also sheds light on Marx's controversial description of what non-alienated labour would be like....

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[ Sun, 11 May 2008 11:07:00 GMT ]


Peter Singer on Human Use of Animals
In this bonus episode produced in association with the Open University as part of the Ethics Bites series, Peter Singer, perhaps the world's best known living philosopher, discusses how we treat animals. A transcript of this episode is available from www.open2.net/ethicsbites/...

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[ Thu, 8 May 2008 09:48:00 GMT ]


Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism
Friedrich Hayek was a major figure in Twentieth Century economics and political philosophy, but his ideas are sometimes caricatured, not least because Margaret Thatcher approved of his work. Chandran Kukathas explains the key features of his liberalism in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 4 May 2008 16:56:00 GMT ]


Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism
Friedrich Hayek was a major figure in Twentieth Century economics and political philosophy, but his ideas are sometimes caricatured, not least because Margaret Thatcher approved of his work. Chandran Kukathas explains the key features of his liberalism in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 4 May 2008 16:56:00 GMT ]


Richard Reeves on Mill's On Liberty
In this episode of Philosophy Bites Richard Reeves, author of a recent biography of John Stuart Mill sheds light on Mill's classic defence of individual freedom, On Liberty....

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[ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:29:00 GMT ]


David Miller on National Responsibility
Can a nation be collectively responsible for actions? And how should apologies and reparations be handled when the perpetrators of injustice may be dead? David Miller, author of a recent book on this topic, explores the kinds of responsibility that nations can have....

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[ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:24:00 GMT ]


Peter Millican on Hume's Significance
David Hume is probably the greatest English-speaking philosopher to date. In this interview for Philosophy Bites. Peter Millican, a Hume specialist, explains why his philosophy was so important....

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[ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMT ]


Peter Millican on Hume's Significance
David Hume is probably the greatest English-speaking philosopher to date. In this interview for Philosophy Bites. Peter Millican, a Hume specialist, explains why his philosophy was so important....

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[ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMT ]


Janet Radcliffe Richards on Men and Women's Natures
Are men and women different by nature? And if so, what follows? Janet Radcliffe Richards, author of The Sceptical Feminist and Human Nature After Darwin, examines questions about human nature, focusing on John Stuart Mill's important book The Subjection of Women. David Edmonds is the interviewer for this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:37:00 GMT ]


Raimond Gaita on Torture
Is it immoral even to consider the use of torture in some circumstances? If the State is threatened, should we be prepared to shelve human rights for an end we consider worthwhile? Raimond Gaita discusses a range of arguments about torture in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:36:00 GMT ]


Derek Matravers on the Definition of Art
What is art? Can anything be a work of art? Derek Matravers, author of Art and Emotion, explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites (www.philosophybites.com)....

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[ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:17:00 GMT ]

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