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Back to SearchJennifer Hornsby on Human Agency
What goes on when someone does something deliberately? Jennifer Hornsby discusses this difficult philosophical question with Nigel Warburton in this …
17 years, 7 months ago
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 trans…
17 years, 7 months ago
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, aut…
17 years, 7 months ago
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 th…
17 years, 7 months ago
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 Aquin…
17 years, 7 months ago
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 al…
17 years, 7 months ago
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? e…
17 years, 7 months ago
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 kn…
17 years, 8 months ago
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 becaus…
17 years, 8 months ago
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 individ…
17 years, 8 months ago