Dialogues: a philosophy podcast

Guest philosopher Colin Klein talks with Holly Lawford-Smith and Richard Rowland about whether insects are conscious and what that would mean.

Guest philosopher Stephanie Collins talks with Dan Halliday, Holly Lawford-Smith and Richard Rowland about who does wrong when an organisation does wrong.

Guest philosopher Lisa Ellis talks with Dan Halliday, Holly Lawford-Smith and Richard Rowland about sea-level rise and adaptation justice.

Guest philosopher Christian Barry talks with Dan Halliday, Holly Lawford-Smith and Richard Rowland about the injustices consumers are implicated in through ordinary goods like smartphones and clothing.

Guest philosopher Caroline West talks with Richard Rowland, Dan Halliday and Holly Lawford-Smith about the implications that a popular view about group rights has for the permissibility of our younger selves making decisions that trap or constrain our older selves.

Guest philosopher Nick Barry talks with Holly Lawford-Smith, Dan Halliday and Richard Rowland about social esteem.

Guest philosopher Reene Bolinger talks with Dan Halliday, Holly Lawford-Smith and Richard Rowland about the idea that it’s wrong to put someone in a situation where they cannot know whether you’ve consented or not.

6. Equality Dan and Christian unpack what a ‘fair go’ really means, if it relies on your choices or your circumstances, and if a nation should redistribute wealth among its citizens.

5. Morality Dan and Christian wonder if there is more than one morality, whether respect is bound by culture, and the nature of shame.

4. Immigration Dan Halliday, Christian Barry and their mate Luara Ferracioli discuss if Australian should take more or less migrants, how migrants change culture and ideas of national identity, and if a country has the moral right to protect its culture against foreign influence.

Dan Halliday, Christian Barry and their mate Luara Ferracioli wonder if being able to procreate is a right, if procreation is incompatible with environmentalism, and if we have the right to determine the features of our child.

Dan Halliday, Christian Barry and their mate Simon Keller discuss if there should be limits to what parents can do to help their own children, if parents should treat their children differently from a stranger, and if parental support should be unconditional.

Dialogues is a series of six podcasts about ethics. Philosophers and mates, Dan Halliday and Christian Barry, mull over some of the trickier ethical questions in modern life. Sometimes they bring in a guest philosopher to help them think through the ethical dilemma. Dan, Christian and their mate Holly Lawford-Smith discuss if we should give more to those we know well than strangers, if charity is only for those in desperate need, and who should help the needy, the government or private charities?