Philosophy and the Human Situation - Audio

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Philosophy and philosophical enquiries are relevant in some shape or form to many aspects of everyday life, for example our treatment of the environment, the rapidity of today's technological progress, whether animals should have rights and if so how they should compare to ours. Philosophy also enc…

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    • Jun 22, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 26 EPISODES


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    Philosophy and the human situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 1:03


    An introduction to this album

    Transcript -- Philosophy and the human situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- An introduction to this album

    Liberty and Offence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 18:17


    Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle

    Transcript -- Liberty and Offence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle

    Rousseau and Positive Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 19:27


    Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract

    Transcript -- Rousseau and Positive Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract

    Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 12:03


    Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.

    Transcript -- Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.

    Ethics, Animals, and the Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 22:05


    Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment

    Transcript -- Ethics, Animals, and the Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment

    Wonder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 19:43


    Influential philosopher of aesthetics Ronald Hepburn explains in his talk, ‘Wonder’, why wonder has haunted him over many decades

    Transcript -- Wonder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Influential philosopher of aesthetics Ronald Hepburn explains in his talk, ‘Wonder’, why wonder has haunted him over many decades

    Who Is The Earth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 26:31


    Moral philosopher Mary Midgley delivers a talk concerning differing and changing attitudes to our planet and our environmental responsibilities

    Transcript -- Who Is The Earth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Moral philosopher Mary Midgley delivers a talk concerning differing and changing attitudes to our planet and our environmental responsibilities

    Taking Stock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 15:47


    Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and problems surrounding study of the subject

    Transcript -- Taking Stock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and problems surrounding study of the subject

    Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 20:42


    Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of Artificial Intelligence

    Transcript -- Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of Artificial Intelligence

    The New Argument from Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 18:09


    Physics professor Russell Stannard re-examines the claim he made 10 years ago about the way the universe seems mysteriously to have been geared up for producing life

    Transcript -- The New Argument from Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Physics professor Russell Stannard re-examines the claim he made 10 years ago about the way the universe seems mysteriously to have been geared up for producing life

    Faith and Reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 15:49


    Calvinist theologian Paul Helm argues that differences between one religion and another, or between some religion and no religion, can be rationally held

    Transcript -- Faith and Reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Calvinist theologian Paul Helm argues that differences between one religion and another, or between some religion and no religion, can be rationally held

    Environmental Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 31:24


    Philosophy lecturer Chris Belshaw discusses environmental philosophy and distinguishes between ways in which it has been claimed that aspects of the environment can be valuable

    Transcript -- Environmental Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Philosophy lecturer Chris Belshaw discusses environmental philosophy and distinguishes between ways in which it has been claimed that aspects of the environment can be valuable

    Functionalism about the mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 37:21


    Philosophy lecturer Alex Barber discusses two materialist positions - mind-brain identity theory and behaviourism – out of which functionalism developed in the last century

    Transcript -- Functionalism about the mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009


    Transcript -- Philosophy lecturer Alex Barber discusses two materialist positions - mind-brain identity theory and behaviourism – out of which functionalism developed in the last century

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