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Holocaust Responsibility | Spencer Case
Season 5 Episode 7
Were indoctrinated or brainwashed Nazi soldiers morally responsible for their actions? Were they responsible for their repugnant beliefs? And were Na…
3 years, 4 months ago
Parental Licensing | Connor Kianpour
Season 5 Episode 6
Should you be required to get a parental license from the State before you can raise your own children? Do the wishes of parents matter at all – or s…
3 years, 4 months ago
Amnesia and Split Identity | Jacob Derin
Season 5 Episode 5
Should you fear future pain even if your future self will not remember who you are now? If an identical copy of you is created, would you survive thr…
3 years, 4 months ago
Is AI art unfair to artists? | James Helps
Season 5 Episode 4
In a world where machines can seemingly generate art instantly, and often better than humans can, should we feel sorry for artists? But is AI really …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Ethics of Pet Ownership | Cheryl Abbate
Season 5 Episode 3
How do we weigh the needs of cats to roam freely, with the millions of birds they kill each year? What duties do we owe our pets? And are some animal…
3 years, 5 months ago
Conversations about Philosophy | Brain in a Vat
Season 5 Episode 2
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What are your favorite episodes of Brain in a Vat? We've taken ours and made them into …
3 years, 5 months ago
Stephen Kershnar on the Impossibility of Responsibility
Season 5 Episode 1
Kershnar presents a dilemma: we’re responsible for our decisions because they’re caused by our psychology. But do we choose our psychology? If we do,…
3 years, 5 months ago
End of the Year Special: A Look Back
Mark and Jason join their producer in this retrospective season finale.
Presenters: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff
Editor and Producer: Jim…
3 years, 7 months ago
David Benatar: The Meaning of Life [Remastered]
Season 3
What does it all mean? If we live on a pail blue dot in a vast and uncaring universe can our lives have cosmic meaning? Is it better never to have be…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Right to Sex | Raja Halwani
Season 4 Episode 15
Do we have a right to sex, and is there an obligation to sexually fulfill the disabled? Should sex work be not only legal, but obligatory?
Presente…
3 years, 7 months ago