The third podcast in a series examining the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality sees three very different scholars all with roots in China asking us to rethink hierarchy through the lenses of history, economics, feminism, daoism, mathematics and artificial intelligence. My guests are Jiang Qian (independent scholar), Robin R. Wang (Professor of Philosophy and Director of Asian Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University) and Taisu Zhang (Associate Professor at the Yale Law School). Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre.

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This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality. This episode looks at Confucian perspectives on the issues. My guests are Stephen C. Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University; Joseph C.W. Chan, professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong; Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University and Justin Tiwald, Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre.

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This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between harmony and freedom. This episode approaches this issue from the intimate to the global. My guests are  Philip Pettit, L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University; Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland; and Leif Wenar, Chair of Philosophy and Law at King's College London. Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre.

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Are freedom and harmony political goals that complement or compete with each other? Joining me are Rajeev Bhargava, Director of the Institute of Indian Thought at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Anton Koch, professor of philosophy at the University of Heidelberg; and Thaddeus Metz, Distinguished Professor at the University of Johannesburg. Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre.

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In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to the author of The Virtues of Our Vices Emrys Westacott about how the moral importance of everyday actions and the rightness of wrongness. The discussion was recorded live at Foyles bookshop in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas.

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In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to the author of The Atheist's Guide to Reality, philosopher of Science Alex Rosenberg, about what science has to tell us about how we should live. We're also joined by Samir Okasha, author of Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction. The discussion was recorded live at Foyles bookshop in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas.

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