Practical Ethics Bites: Recent Episodes
Oxford University
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. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long.
Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.
Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.
Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war?
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Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.
Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each.
Professor Neil Levy explores the link between free will and responsibility. What makes us blameworthy for our actions?
In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.
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.