David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer)
Where did ethics come from? Philip Pettit tells an 'as if' story about the birth of ethics that is d
Philosophers often talk about possible worlds. Is this just a way of describing counterfactual situa
Throughout its history there have been challenges to the status of philosophy. Paul Sagar discusses
Is it always good to be trustworthy? Can trustworthiness come into conflict with other values, such
Civility is a conversational virtue that governs how people talk to each other. How important is it
You can overdo most things, but can you overdo democracy? Political philosopher Robert B. Talisse th
Robert Wright believes that there are a number of key tenets of Buddhism which are both compatible w
How can we best help other people? Peter Singer has argued that we should give aid. Despite a lifeti
Do states have a moral right to exclude people from their territory? It might seem obvious that stat
How do I know I'm not dreaming? This sort of question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of year
What is a robustly demanding good, and what has that got to do with friendship and love? Find out in
Philosophers talk about 'knowing how' and 'knowing what'. But what is involved in knowing a person?
Are human beings fundamentally different from the rest of the animal world? Can what we essentially
The Hard Problem of consciousness is the difficulty of reconciling experience with materialism. In t
Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy? M
What is Art? That's not an easy question to answer. Some philosophers even think it can't be answere
The process of dying can be horrible for many, but is there anything bad about death itself? The obv
We certainly disagree about aesthetic judgments in a range of cases. But is anyone right? Is there
Andy Clark, who with David Chalmers proposed the theory of the extended mind, explains what he means
Why do we have art at all? There must be some evolutionary explanation. In this episode of the Aesth
