Practical Ethics Bites

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 Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Can you choose to be gay?	Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation.	Brian Earp, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	14 July, 2015
The ethics of sexuality	Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.	Janet Radcliffe Richards, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	4 November, 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.	Tom Douglas, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	28 October, 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?	Jeff McMahan, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	21 October, 2014
The rights and wrongs of abortion	Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.	Rebecca Roache, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	14 October, 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.	Julian Savulescu, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	6 October, 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?	Neil Levy, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	29 September, 2014
What is virtue ethics?	In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.	Roger Crisp, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	22 September, 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.	Dominic Wilkinson, Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds	22 July, 2014

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