Practical Ethics Bites

By 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 Philos... more

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Practical Ethics Bites episodes:

July 14, 2015 Can you choose to be gay?
Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation.
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11min
November 04, 2014 The ethics of sexuality
Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.
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18min
October 28, 2014 Should we allow genetic engineering on embryos?
Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.
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20min
October 21, 2014 Is there such a thing as a just war?
Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war?
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24min
October 14, 2014 The rights and wrongs of abortion
Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.
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19min
October 06, 2014 Choosing the sex of your child
Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each.
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16min
September 29, 2014 Free will, and its connection to moral responsibility
Professor Neil Levy explores the link between free will and responsibility. What makes us blameworthy for our actions?
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21min
September 22, 2014 What is virtue ethics?
In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.
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19min
July 22, 2014 Should euthanasia be legal?
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.
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22min

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