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Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools. It is produced by the team behind the popular podcast Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads.…

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    • Jul 14, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Can you choose to be gay?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2015 10:50


    Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation.

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    The ethics of sexuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2014 17:37


    Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.

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    Should we allow genetic engineering on embryos?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2014 19:47


    Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.

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    Is there such a thing as a just war?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2014 23:10


    Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war? 23 10

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    The rights and wrongs of abortion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2014 18:58


    Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.

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    Choosing the sex of your child

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2014 15:32


    Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each.

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    Free will, and its connection to moral responsibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2014 20:21


    Professor Neil Levy explores the link between free will and responsibility. What makes us blameworthy for our actions?

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    What is virtue ethics?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2014 18:43


    In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.

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    Should euthanasia be legal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 21:58


    Dr Dominic Wilkinson, Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, explores the ethical issues surrounding euthanasia and asks whether it should be made legal.

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