Why do we tend to judge hypocrites more harshly than those whose actions, however bad, appear consistent with their beliefs? Joanna Burch-Brown, Jussi Suikkanen, and Demetris Tillyris discuss whether hypocrisy is a moral dead-end or a step on the path to better behaviour.

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Is guilt one emotion or many? What is the relationship between different kinds of guilt? Robert Eaglestone and Edward Harcourt on guilt.

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Aristotle may be well known, but is he still relevant? Almost two and a half millennia on, what can he tell us about modern life? Joachim Aufderheide, Sophie Grace Chappell, and Sophia Connell on contemporary lessons from Aristotle.

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Ian McBride, Katherine O'Donnell, and Tom Stoneham explore the Irish Enlightenment and its turbulent politics. Is something distinctively Irish about this group of thinkers?

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Tim Lewens/ David Papineau    Listen to the podcast here   Darwin was primarily a biologist rather than a philosopher, but his work has had huge significance for how philosophers … Continued

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