Is there any connection between being a philosopher and being a good person? Can an excellent philosopher nonetheless go badly wrong when it comes to the issues that matter? Does philosophy do more than give us the opportunity to be good? Does it even do that? We try to find some answers!

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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We grapple with another ethical dilemma: if you can only save yourself or someone else, what should you do? What would you do? Along the way we talk about how to do ethics —  are normative ethical principles helpful when it comes to concrete cases?

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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Is there something wrong with the common sense attitudes towards self-sacrificial altruism? We consider an argument that moral heroes should sometimes resist the urge to save people.

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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Is there a virtue to being musically curious? Does this mean that we should listen to more kinds of music? But why? And how do we even carve up 'kinds' of music? We try to find some answers! 

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Krishna and Nishok GU.

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What’s the difference between solitude and loneliness? What’s the value of solitude? And if loneliness is a bad thing, what’s so bad about it?  Is loneliness an issue of justice? We try to find some answers. 

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Krishna and Nishok GU.

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In this episode, we talk about the proliferation of ‘therapy speak’. Are objections to it just some form of old-fashioned linguistic prescriptivism? Or is there a deeper problem with using the language of psychiatry to think about our emotional states?

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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In this episode, we debate ecological restoration. We wonder what’s best for the ecosystem and whether we are even in a position to assess this. Quite apart from the practicalities of being able to ‘reset’ nature to some pristine state, we discuss whether we should this even if we could.

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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In this episode, have you ever done something tough and wondered whether you should give up? Don't worry - philosophers are on the case

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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'Seek truth!' we are told. But is truth really valuable? Is it even the sort of thing that can be valued? We turn our attention to the questions that no-one else is asking, but they probably should.

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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In this episode - what's the point of grades anyway? Education seems like it can achieve all sorts of good things, but it's hard to see how grades fit into the picture. Along the way we talk about what's right in an imperfect world, and the problems of school.

With Azim Premji University philosophers Dr Kashyap, Dr Patrick, Dr Chaturvedi and Nishok GU.

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