Radical Philosophy

Sexual Consent in Residential Care Facilities - Dr Vanessa Schouten speaks about if there are very many reports of inappropriate sexual activity between residents, the reaction of staff and family members and also some of the other ethical issues and principles and ethical approaches and interventions.

Hannah Arendt - Associate Professor Serena Parekh tells us about some of the tensions and paradoxes within the modern concept of human rights, which Arendt brings to light, and the “the banality of evil”

Voltaraine de Cleyre - Dr Sharon Presley discusses Voltaraines' classic works anarchism and the American tradition, de Cleyre's concept of the Dominant Idea, what de Cleyre's thoughts were on free thought and religion, and explains about her essay “sex slavery”.

Philosophy of Animal Minds Part 2 - Associate Professor Kristin Andrews discusses if it is possible for chimpanzees and rats to have empathy, and if chimpanzees reason about belief, also how animal cognition differs from human cognition.

Philosophy of Animal Minds Part 1- Associate Professor Kristin Andrews discusses why within the field of philosophy, ever since ancient times there has been an interest in animal minds however in the last few decades animal minds has became become a major topic, and also explains about animals and language of thought.

Ethical Loneliness - Associate Professor Jill Stauffer answers questions such as, truth Commissions have been held up as providing healing to victims and have made many perpetrators face up to their crimes but you also see their limitations in combatting ethical loneliness why is this? You don't only look at the culpability of the perpetrator but the ways in which the wider society are implicated in crimes against humanity... Does the response  to hearing and listening have to be accompanied by structural change in order to heal ethical loneliness?

Moral philosophy of beauty - Professor Heather Widdows discusses the connection between beauty and philosophy, how beauty affects people's lives and if there is any truth in that old saying, beauty is only skin deep.

Assistant Professor Helen McCabe - Harriet Taylor, Sometimes it is said that behind every great man is even a greater woman, Assistant Professor Helen McCabe speaks about if this was the case for Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill and what Harriet Taylor's intellectual strenghts were and also Harriet Taylor's legacy.

Violence in the Family Part 2 -  Dr Jocelynne Scutt speaks about her book Even in the Best of Homes - Violence in the Family and the police involvoment in family matters also what steps do you think can be taken to end violence in the family.

Violence in the Family -  Dr Jocelynne Scutt speaks about her book Even in the Best of Homes - Violence in the Family and historically what the connection between family and slavery, and how a lot of parents consider it their right to smack their children.