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Back to SearchStephen Darwall on Moral Accountability
Moral accountability is at the heart of moral obligation and it reveals much about the attitudes we hold to each otehr. Yale professor Stephen Darwal…
11 years, 9 months ago
David Papineau on Philosophy and Sport
David Papineau discusses a range of specific sporting incidents that are of philosophical interest in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. D…
11 years, 9 months ago
Roberto Mangabeira Unger on Deep Freedom
Roberto Unger argues that contemporary political progressives have abandoned what 19th century liberals knew: that some ways of living are better tha…
11 years, 10 months ago
Nicola Lacey on H.L.A.Hart and Legal Positivism
H.L.A. Hart made significant contributions to legal philosophy. Nicola Lacey discusses his legal positivism in this episode of the Philosophy Bites p…
11 years, 10 months ago
John Skorupski on Normativity
Some statements are descriptive, such as 'Philosophy Bites is a podcast series'; others are normative, such as 'You ought to tell the truth'. But wha…
11 years, 11 months ago
Tim Scanlon on What's Wrong with Inequality?
Is a concern for inequality of wealth just a form of envy? Are there good reasons for objecting to inequality? Harvard philosopher Tim Scanlon discus…
11 years, 11 months ago
Emma Borg on Language and Context
How much of the meaning of what we say depends on its context of utterance? Is there a role for literal meaning. Emma Borg discusses these questions …
12 years ago
Patricia Churchland on Self Control
Neurophilosopher Pat Churchland discusses the insights that neuroscience can give us into the nature of self control in this episode of the Philosoph…
12 years ago
Jennifer Saul on Implicit Bias
Implicit biases are tricky. We all have them, apparently, but we don't realise we have them. What are the implications of these biases? Does it, perh…
12 years, 1 month ago
Adrian Moore on Bernard Williams on Ethics
Bernard Williams was one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Adrian Moore discusses…
12 years, 1 month ago