Philosophy and Ethics Group meetings

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DATE
TOPIC
19 Jan 2024

'Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil'

2 Feb 2024
Scott Hershovitz on Law and Morality
16 Feb 2024
Josiah Ober on Civic Bargain -
8 Mar 2024
Batja Mesquita on Culture and Emotion
22 Mar 2024
Paul Bloom on Psychological Hedonism -
5 Apr 2024
Tim Scanlon on Free Speech
19 Apr 2024
logical-positivists
3 May 2024
Spinosa on God as Nature -
https://podcastaddict.com/philosophize-this/episode/167372445
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079ps2
17 My 2024
What's Wrong With Killing?
31 May 2024
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/should-euthanasia-be-legal
'Better off Dead?'
5 July 2024
Richard Rorty, language as a tool
19 July 2024
The Cultural Importance of Artists and the Arts
25 July 2024
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/rights-and-wrongs-abortion
16 Aug 2024

Lies and Lying &
https://nigelwarburton.typepad.com/philosophy_bites//2015/03/jonathan-webber-on-deceiving-with-words.html

6 Sep 2024
https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/walter-sinnott-armstrong-on-ai-and-morality
4 Oct 2024
https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/walter-sinnott-armstrong-on-ai-and-morality
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/shannon-vallor-what-is-ai-doing-to-our-humanity-/104068090
18 Oct 2024

https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2024/06/rob-ford-on-immigration/
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

20 Dec 2024
https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/jonathan-birch-on-the-edge-of-sentience
 
3 Jan 2025
https://player.fm/series/social-science-bites/alex-edmans-on-confirmation-bias
17 Jan 2025
https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/robert-williams-on-decision-making-under-indeterminacy
5 feb 2025

https://socialsciencebites.libsyn.com/dimitris-mixses-m

21 feb
https://podcastaddict.com/philosopher-s-zone/episode/191684395
7 mar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p039713g?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
21 mar
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/getting-past-post-truth/104919846
4 apr
https://podcastaddict.com/philosopher-s-zone/episode/195216079
18 apr
http://www.blackvanilla.org.uk/PEG/Leiden%20Philosophy%20Lectures/Chapter%202.5%20Michel%20Foucault,%20power.mp3
2 May
https://www.youtube.com/live/RxlopbcfXpQ
16 May
https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/agnes-callard-on-lessons-from-socrates
30 May
https://player.fm/series/social-science-bites/bruce-hood-on-the-science-of-happiness
13 Jun
https://renewal.org.uk/blog/trumps-long-term-aim-curtails-westminsters-options
https://www.thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-fascist-tendencies-of-democracy/
27 Jun
Against Identity by Alexander Douglas review
4 Jul
https://theconversation.com/should-we-widen-our-moral-circle-philosopher-jeff-sebo-argues-we-now-have-no-choice-257966
18 Jul
https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/as-if-idealization-and-ideals/
1 Aug
Chapter 3.3: Hegel, the logic of History
15 Aug
https://philosophybites.com/podcast/david-bather-woods-on-schopenhauer-on-compassion/
5 Sep
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cKa7IT9WoDdudXT8tJbW4?nd=1&dlsi=8d2fd0d53f1844ab
19 Sep
https://aeon.co/essays/for-iris-murdoch-morality-is-about-love-not-duties-and-rules
17 Oct
When should you break a promise?
21 Nov
https://aeon.co/essays/an-ant-is-drowning-heres-how-to-decide-if-you-should-save-it
5 Dec
https://philosophybites.com/podcast/galen-strawson-on-the-sense-of-self/
 
2 Jan 2026
https://philosophybites.com/podcast/angie-hobbs-on-plato-on-power/
16 Jan
https://www.thecollector.com/nietzsche-famous-works-and-ideas/
6 Feb
POLITICAL THEORY - Niccolò Machiavelli
20 Feb
https://philosophybites.com/podcast/adrian-moore-on-kants-metaphysics/
6 Mar
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/belief-emotion-and-trust/105281060?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared
20 Mar
https://aeon.co/essays/why-bioethics-cannot-help-doctors-in-actual-medical-practice
3 Apr
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/belief-emotion-and-trust/105281060?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared
17 Apr
Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy
1 May
https://humeanbeing.substack.com/p/moral-relativism-has-nothing-to-do?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0dztryat
15 May
In Our Time Maurice Merleau-Ponty
29 May
https://philosophybites.com/podcast/monima-chadha-on-responsibility-without-selves/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/uehiro-oxford-institute?page=0
 
Digital Dignity
Thomas Hobbes' Ethics
Spinoza on Free Speech
 
 

https://www.philosophizethis.org/

https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/

Leiden Philosophy Lectures as MP3 files on Google Drive
or here as videos on Youtube
 
Chapter 1.1 Introduction to logic.mp3
Chapter 1.2 Induction and background theories.mp3
Chapter 1.3 Where reasoning goes wrong.mp3
Chapter 1.4 Karl Popper and the logic of falsification.mp3
Chapter 2.1 Thomas Kuhn, normal science.mp3
Chapter 2.2 Thomas Kuhn, scientific revolutions(1).mp3
Chapter 2.3 Thomas Kuhn, incommensurability and progress.mp3
Chapter 2.4 Michel Foucault, epistemes.mp3
Chapter 2.5 Michel Foucault, power.mp3
Chapter 3.1 Carl Hempel, laws in history.mp3
Chapter 3.2 The Age of Reason and the Age of History.mp3
Chapter 3.3 Hegel, the logic of History.mp3
Chapter 3.4 Karl Marx, the end of history.mp3
Chapter 3.5 Collingwood, the re-enactment of history.mp3
Chapter 3.6 Hayden White, the story of history.mp3
Chapter 4.1 The hermeneutic circle.mp3
Chapter 4.2 Wilhelm Dilthey, the importance of hermeneutics.mp3
Chapter 4.3 Structuralism, structure and identity.mp3
Chapter 4.4 Structuralism, language and world.mp3
Chapter 4.5 Vladimir Propp, the structure of fairy tales.mp3
Chapter 5.1 Friedrich Nietzsche, the attack on foundations.mp3
Chapter 5.2 Friedrich Nietzsche, the attack on truth.mp3
Chapter 5.3 Richard Rorty, language as a tool.mp3
Chapter 5.4 Jacques Derrida, no one ever gets to clarity.mp3
Chapter 5.5 Universalism and identity.mp3  
 
Examining Ethics web site
8 To Be a Parent…Or Not (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
10 What Good Is Poetry (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
12 Should Civilians Be Spared (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
15 New Year’s Resolutions (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
16 Skepticism and the Skeptical Skeptics Who Use It (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
17 Achievement Matters (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
20 Ethics of Protest, Part Two (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
21 Layered Landscapes (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
22 Gaslighting, PTSD and Testimonial Injustice with Rachel McKinnon (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
23 Frankenstein and His Creation Who’s the Real Monster (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
24 The Art of Listening with Krista Tippett (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
25 What’s the Deal with Philosophers (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
26 Forgiveness and Moral Exemplars with Myisha Cherry (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
27 Perceiving Morality with Preston Werner (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
28 Philosophy and #MeToo with Emily McWilliams (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
29 A Dungeon Crawl Through Moral Alignments (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
30 Learning from History with Elizabeth Anderson (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
31 Exploring Intellectual Property Rights with Adam Moore (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
32 Busting Myths about Banning Books with Emily J. Knox (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
33 Identity Matters Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
34 Roles and Responsibilities with Robin Zheng (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
35 Finite Responsibility and Infinite Hope with Joel Reynolds (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
36 Facing the Synthetic Age with Christopher Preston (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
37 Pushing Back on Epistemic Pushback with Alison Bailey (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
38 A Story about Telling a Story (about Telling a Story) with Beth Benedix (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
39 The Authentic Encounter with Beth Benedix (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
40 Morality Scaled Up with Joshua Greene (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
41 Ethics Education with Thomas Wartenberg and Chris Robichaud (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
42 Is It Possible to Be Too Good (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3
Examining Ethics (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).url
5 Can Animals Be Moral (2020_11_14 14_09_54 UTC).mp3