The Minefield

By ABC AustraliaSociety & Culture Philosophy

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December 25, 2019 False necessities: Is 'taste' enough to morally justify the mass slaughter of animals?
Is our culinary enjoyment enough to justify a complicity in cruelty which our fellow citizens find reprehensible?
49 min
December 25, 2019 False necessities: Is 'taste' enough to morally justify the mass slaughter of animals?
Is our culinary enjoyment enough to justify a complicity in cruelty which our fellow citizens find reprehensible?
49 min
December 18, 2019 Is literary fiction necessary for the moral life?
What does a society lose when it neglects the moral discipline of reading literary fiction?
46 min
December 18, 2019 Is literary fiction necessary for the moral life?
What does a society lose when it neglects the moral discipline of reading literary fiction?
46 min
December 11, 2019 2019 — the year where nothing really mattered?
What stands out to you about 2019? This week, for the last show of 2019, Waleed and Scott discuss the year that was, what it all meant, and what it means for the future of our common life.
42 min
December 11, 2019 2019 — the year where nothing really mattered?
What stands out to you about 2019? This week, for the last show of 2019, Waleed and Scott discuss the year that was, what it all meant, and what it means for the future of our common life.
42 min
December 04, 2019 The dangers of 'clipification'
The media has always been in the business of isolating and mass circulating 'newsworthy' pieces or slivers of reality. But we are living in an age of 'clipification', where reality itself is broken up into highlights tailor-made to be shared and viewed again and again. What does democracy look like in an age of 'clipification'?
51 min
December 04, 2019 The dangers of 'clipification'
The media has always been in the business of isolating and mass circulating 'newsworthy' pieces or slivers of reality. But we are living in an age of 'clipification', where reality itself is broken up into highlights tailor-made to be shared and viewed again and again. What does democracy look like in an age of 'clipification'?
51 min
November 27, 2019 What’s wrong with swearing?
These days, mass culture, movies, commercial television, music, novels are awash with language that once would have been deemed beyond the pale. Does it still make sense to speak of 'obscene language'? What makes words 'obscene'? Can obscene language be used in such a way that removes the taint from what they refer to?
47 min
November 27, 2019 What’s wrong with swearing?
These days, mass culture, movies, commercial television, music, novels are awash with language that once would have been deemed beyond the pale. Does it still make sense to speak of 'obscene language'? What makes words 'obscene'? Can obscene language be used in such a way that removes the taint from what they refer to?
47 min

About The Minefield

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In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.