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.... more

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The podcast currently has 787 episodes available.

The Minefield episodes:

February 20, 2019 What are the dangers of declaring political 'emergencies'?
Does the invocation of a political 'emergency' have corrosive effects on the moral health of a political community?
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44min
February 13, 2019 What should politicians do with 'expert advice'?
What is the nature and what are the limits of political decision-making? Just how important — how final — is ministerial responsibility?
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40min
February 13, 2019 What should politicians do with 'expert advice'?
What is the nature and what are the limits of political decision-making? Just how important — how final — is ministerial responsibility?
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40min
February 11, 2019 Bonus: What does it mean to age well?
What are the ethics and obligations of ageing?
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56min
February 11, 2019 Bonus: What does it mean to age well?
What are the ethics and obligations of ageing?
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56min
February 06, 2019 What do we owe those in need?
What is the nature, and what are the limits, of our responsibility for others? When can we say we've discharged our obligation?
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45min
February 06, 2019 What do we owe those in need?
What is the nature, and what are the limits, of our responsibility for others? When can we say we've discharged our obligation?
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45min
January 30, 2019 Illegal drug use — does ethics have anything to say?
How best to respond to the prevalence, use and associated dangers of illicit drugs presents particular challenges to political decision-making and ethical judgment alike.
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42min
January 30, 2019 Illegal drug use — does ethics have anything to say?
How best to respond to the prevalence, use and associated dangers of illicit drugs presents particular challenges to political decision-making and ethical judgment alike.
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42min
January 23, 2019 Should prisons be abolished?
Have prisons outlived their political and moral usefulness? Can we find a moral equivalent to incarceration?
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46min

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The podcast currently has 787 episodes available.

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