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Richard Bradley on Understanding Decisions
What is involved in understanding a decision? Richard Bradley of the LSE addresses this question in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. As a decision theorist, he views decisions as gambles involving weightings of beliefs and desires. ...

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[ Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT ]


Tony Coady on Dirty Hands in Politics
This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast focuses on the question of whether politicians need ever act immorally. Tony Coady (aka C.A.J. Coady), author of Messy Morality is in conversation with Nigel Warburton. ...

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[ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:24:00 GMT ]


John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle
John Campbell explores Bishop Berkeley's puzzle about what our experience is of in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:17:00 GMT ]


Brian Leiter on Nietzsche Myths
Friedrich Nietzsche has been seen as the philosopher of the Overman, an anti-semite, and a precursor of postmodernist views about truth. But was he any of these? Brian Leiter explores these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:35:00 GMT ]


John Armstrong on What You Can Do With Philosophy
What can you do with Philosophy? Not very much, according to some people. John Armstrong disagrees. Find out why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast...

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[ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:19:00 GMT ]


Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Morality Without God
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God isn't necessary for morality in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:55:00 GMT ]


Sabine Doring on Emotion
What is an emotion? How do emotions differ from moods? What part should the emotions play in our lives and in our understanding of what it is to be human? Sabine DÃring addresses these questions in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


Ben Rogers on Pascal's Pensées
Blaise Pascal's PensÃes is the subject of this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Few philosophers know the PensÃes well,  apart from the passage in which Pascal set forth his famous 'wager' - the idea that agnostics should gamble on God existing. Here Ben Rogers explains who Pascal was, and why his book is worth reading....

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[ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:37:00 GMT ]


Marilyn McCord Adams on Evil
The Problem of Evil is usually presented as a problem for believers. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Marilyn McCord Adams suggests that it is a problem for optimistic non-believers. ...

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[ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:53:00 GMT ]


Luciano Floridi on the Fourth Revolution
New technology is changing our relationship to reality and in the process what we are, argues Luciano Floridi, in this episode of the philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites. This is the fourth revolution....

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[ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:51:00 GMT ]


Paul Snowdon on Persons and Animals
What is a person and what makes me the same person over time despite change? John Locke emphasized that continuity of memory makes us the same person over time. In contrast Paul Snowdon argues that we should see persons as animals....

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[ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:13:00 GMT ]


Michael Sandel on What Shouldn't Be Sold
 Michael Sandel. 2009 Reith Lecturer, discusses the moral limits of markets. You can follow Nigel Warburton discussing Sandel's first Reith lecture on Twitter on www.twitter.com/philosophybites from 10.15 p.m UK time on the 13th June as this lecture is broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Add '#goodradio' or '#Reith2009' to any comments you make on Twitter....

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[ Thu, 28 May 2009 22:58:00 GMT ]


Allen Buchanan on Enhancement
Philosophy Bites looks at ethical questions raised by enhancement. Technological developments have opened up many new opportunities for intervening in biological processes to improve ourselves. Allen Buchanan of Duke University discusses some of these and their implications in conversation with Nigel Warburton....

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[ Sat, 16 May 2009 07:58:00 GMT ]


Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Moral Psychology
Moral psychology is the empirical study of how people make moral judgements. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Walter Sinnott-Armstrong discusses the relevance of psychological research to moral philosophy....

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[ Sat, 2 May 2009 13:29:00 GMT ]


Thomas Hurka on Pleasure
Pleasure is something we all want. But is it, and should it be the only thing that we want? Is pleasure all the same kind of thing? Philosopher Thomas Hurka explores the concept of pleasure in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:55:00 GMT ]


Terence Irwin on Aristotle's Ethics
This episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast focuses on Aristotle's Ethics. In conversation with Nigel Warburton, Terence Irwin of Oxford University explains the key features of this influential work....

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[ Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:11:00 GMT ]


Raymond Tallis on Assisted Dying
Assisted dying, providing a patient with the means to kill themselves, is a highly controversial issue. For this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Raymond Tallis, who is both an eminent gerontologist and philosopher, discusses this topic and some of the moral issues surrounding it with interviewer Nigel Warburton....

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[ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:08:00 GMT ]


Julian Savulescu on the 'Yuk' Factor
Should we base our morality on our emotional reactions of disgust? We all have a sense of 'yuk' at some activities or situations. Julian Savulescu of Oxford University discusses the relevance of revulsion to our moral judgements in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:56:00 GMT ]


Sebastian Gardner on Sartre on Bad Faith
Jean-Paul Sartre's notion of Bad Faith lies at the core of his existentialist classic Being and Nothingness. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Sebastian Gardner explains what Sartre meant by Bad Faith....

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[ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:34:00 GMT ]


Keith Ward on Idealism in Eastern and Western Philosophy
Questions about the nature of reality are at the heart of all philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions. Keith Ward gives an overview of the idealist tradition in some Indian philosophy and draws parallels between this tradition and some Western thinkers....

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[ Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:46:00 GMT ]


David Papineau on Scientific Realism
Scientists talk about sub-atomic particles which are invisible to the eye. Do such particles really exist? Or are they simply convenient fictions that, for the moment at least, explain the observable phenomena? David Papineau discusses and defends scientific realism in this episode of Philosophy Bites....

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[ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:40:00 GMT ]


Kate Soper on Alternative Hedonism
Kate Soper believes that we need to rethink how we live in the light of impending environmental catastrophe. She maintains that alternative ways of living can be more enjoyable than consumerism. ...

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[ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:29:00 GMT ]


Chandran Kukathas on Genocide
Genocide is, at first glance, a straightforward term. We understand what it is and why it is such an evil. But, as  Chandran Kukathas of the London School of Economics argues in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, perhaps the received definition of this term needs refinement....

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[ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:57:00 GMT ]


M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry
How do we learn anything? This isn't a puzzle until you start thinking hard about it. In his dialogue The Meno, Plato presented an apparent paradox about inquiry. M.M. McCabe discusses this paradox and its continuing relevance....

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[ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:17:00 GMT ]


Raymond Tallis on Parmenides
Parmenides was one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers. Raymond Tallis discusses his ideas and influence in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Sun, 7 Dec 2008 18:08:00 GMT ]


Don Cupitt on Non-Realism about God
Don Cupitt, a controversial theologian and philosopher, whose BBC television series and book The Sea of Faith was extremely influential, giving birth to a theological movement, believes that most religion is too anthropomorphic. In this interview for the  Philosophy Bites podcast he  explains his non-realist approach to God....

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[ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:09:00 GMT ]


Wendy Brown on Tolerance
Tolerance is usually thought of as the great virtue of democratic societies. Wendy Brown of UC Berkeley asks some sceptical questions about the concept of tolerance and how it can be used to express power relationships in this interview for Philosophy Bites....

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[ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:16:00 GMT ]


Anne Phillips on Political Representation
Political representation in a democracy doesn't necessarily reflect the variety of people within a society. Most noticeably, there is a much lower percentage of women acting as representatives than there is in the wider population. Does this matter? Anne Phillips believes it does. She explains why in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast....

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[ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:42:00 GMT ]


Anthony Grayling on Bombing Civilians in Wartime
Anthony Grayling argues that bombing civilians in Dresden and other German cities in the Second World War was morally wrong....

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[ Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:23:00 GMT ]


Christopher Shields on Personal Identity
What makes anyone the same person over time? In this interview for Philosophy Bites Christopher Shields addresses this question of personal identity, one which, as he points out, has perplexed philosophers since antiquity....

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[ Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:48:00 GMT ]

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