Best Troy Jollimore Podcasts (2024)

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The Hudsucker Proxy 2:36:28

15d ago2:36:28

2:36:28

Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of the Coen brothers’ fifth film, The Hudsucker Proxy. Contact Peter S. Fosl, Troy Jollimore, or Robert C. Jones Takin' her easy for all you sinners. Thanks for listening! Music: "The Lost Lamb" (Theme from Fargo) (traditional) Annie Chen: recorder Billy Jones: drums & percussion Nathan Jones:…

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22. How Should We Think About Informal Political Representation? With Wendy Salkin 49:27

30d ago49:27

49:27

For this episode, I spoke to Wendy Salkin, a philosophy professor at Stanford University, about informal political representatives: people who speak or act on behalf of groups in the political sphere without being elected to do so. Familiar examples include Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malala Yousafzai, and Greta Thunberg. Informal political r…

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21. Should We Be Worried About Academic Freedom and No-platforming? With Gerald Lang 39:16

1M ago39:16

39:16

In May 2023, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill received Royal Assent after two years of debate in Parliament. The new Act will strengthen the statutory duty already imposed on English higher education providers by previous legislation to secure freedom of speech within the law. Arif Ahmed, a former philosophy professor at Cambridge Univ…

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20. What's the Meaning of Life? With Predrag Cicovacki 49:25

2M ago49:25

49:25

Never let it be said that we don't tackle the big questions on this podcast. This week we're discussing no less a subject than the meaning of life, with Predrag Cicovacki. Predrag is Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross (USA), where he has been teaching since 1991. He has served as a visiting professor in Germany, Russia, Luxemb…

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19. What is Technological Bias and What Should We Do About It? With Meredith Broussard 33:14

2M ago33:14

33:14

Meredith Broussard is a data journalist and associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, as well as research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. Her book More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech explores the way technology reinforces inequality and as…

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18. Do the dead have rights? With Joseph Bowen 42:18

3M ago42:18

42:18

Ethical questions about the dead are frequently interesting, puzzling, surprising, and weird. All of these things become clear in this conversation with Dr Joseph Bowen. Joe is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, specialising in moral, political, and legal philosophy. As well as whether the dead have rights, his research focuses on…

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17. Does Love Transcend Time? With Troy Jollimore 46:00

3M ago46:00

46:00

This episode is an exploration of the relationship between love and time with Troy Jollimore. As well as being a Professor in the Philosophy Department at California State University, Troy is a successful poet. His first collection of poetry, Tom Thomson in Purgatory, won the National Book Critics Circle award in poetry for 2006. His third, Syllabu…

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16. Are Africans Unfairly Excluded From Discussions About Environmental Ethics? With Munamato Chemhuru 42:12

4M ago42:12

42:12

Dr. Munamato Chemhuru is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, and a Senior Research Associate in Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He has been working on a project entitled Conceptualising Environmental Justice through Epistemic Justice in Africa, co…

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Barton Fink 2:03:39

4M ago2:03:39

2:03:39

Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of the Coen brothers’ fourth film, Barton Fink. Contact Peter S. Fosl, Troy Jollimore, or Robert C. Jones Takin' her easy for all you sinners. Thanks for listening! Music: "The Lost Lamb" (Theme from Fargo) (traditional) Annie Chen: recorder Billy Jones: drums & percussion Nathan Jones: bass R…

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15. Do Politicians With Dirty Hands Owe Reparations to Victims? With Christina Nick 41:45

4M ago41:45

41:45

Politicians sometimes have to make decisions where there is no option that looks good, morally speaking. They may have to get their hands dirty, acting in a way that looks immoral - sometimes powerfully so - in order to avoid some greater evil. This is called the problem of dirty hands, and it's long been of interest to philosophers. However, most …

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LLM4 Kate Lister on Whether We Evolved to be Monogamous [Leeds Love Month special episode] 16:09

5M ago16:09

16:09

A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Kate Lister talking about whether we evolved to be monogamous. https://leedstrinity.academia.edu/KateLister Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https:…

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LLM5. Pilar Lopez Cantero on Experiences of Breakup and How To Move On Well [Leeds Love Month special episode] 14:51

5M ago14:51

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Pilar Lopez Cantero talking about experiences of breakup and how to move on well. https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/p-lopezcantero Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.…

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LLM6. Relationships Q&A [Leeds Love Month special episode] 55:20

5M ago55:20

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring a Q&A session with Kate Lister and Pilar Lopez Cantero. Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/…

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LLM3. Dating and Attraction Q&A [Leeds Love Month special episode] 1:06:10

5M ago1:06:10

1:06:10

A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring a Q&A session with Finn MacKay and Tom O'Shea. Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/…

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LLM12. The Future of Love Q&A [Leeds Love Month special episode] 26:16

5M ago26:16

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring a Q&A session with Brian Earp and Robbie Arrell. Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/…

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LLM11. Robbie Arrell on Consent Issues Raised by Teledildonic Technology [Leeds Love Month special episode] 46:48

5M ago46:48

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Dr Robbie Arrell on consent issues raised by teledildonic technology. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics/staff/2728/robbie-arrell Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacet…

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LLM10. Brian Earp on the Ethics of Psychedelically-Assisted Relationship Therapy [Leeds Love Month special episode] 37:50

5M ago37:50

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Dr Brian Earp on the ethics of psychedelically-assisted relationship therapy. https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/brian-d.-earp Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/id…

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LLM9. Love Q&A [Leeds Love Month special episode] 28:51

5M ago28:51

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring a Q&A with MM McCabe and Troy Jollimore. Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/…

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LLM8. MM McCabe on Love and Desire in Plato’s Symposium [Leeds Love Month special episode] 28:07

5M ago28:07

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Professor MM McCabe on love and desire in Plato’s symposium. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/mm-mccabe Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.li…

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LLM7. Troy Jollimore on Whether We Love For Reasons [Leeds Love Month special episode] 33:34

5M ago33:34

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Troy Jollimore on whether we love for reasons. https://www.troyjollimore.com/ Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ide…

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LLM2. Tom O’Shea on Whether We Can Be Responsible For Our Attractions [Leeds Love Month special episode] 20:56

5M ago20:56

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A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Dr Tom O’Shea on whether we can be responsible for our attractions. https://www.tomoshea.org/ Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin…

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LLM1. Finn Mackay on Queer Identities and Attraction [Leeds Love Month special episode] 12:28

5M ago12:28

12:28

A special episode from the Leeds Love Month live talks series, featuring Dr Finn MacKay on queer identities and attraction. https://www.drfinnmackay.co.uk/about Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/c…

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Introducing Leeds Love Month [Leeds Love Month special episode] 1:59

5M ago1:59

1:59

A quick introduction to our special series of episodes featuring recordings from the Leeds Love Month live events organised by the Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships at the University of Leeds. In October 2023, Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships at the University of Leeds ran a series of events under the Love Month banner. There were some r…

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14. Is There Ever Anything Wrong With Praising People? With Jules Holroyd 42:42

5M ago42:42

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Jules Holroyd is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Her teaching and research focuses on understanding the nature of, and addressing, injustices. In this conversation, she turns her attention to praise. Philosophers have given a lot of attention to blame in the past, but not so much to praise. This might be because prai…

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13. Could Rationing Help to Mitigate Climate Change? With Rob Lawlor 52:10

6M ago52:10

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Rob Lawlor, a philosopher at the IDEA Centre, has been involved in an inter-disciplinary collaboration looking at one possible response to climate change, which is the introduction of rationing. With Nathan Wood and Josie Freear, he's been looking at the history of rationing as well as the ethics. So - not just whether rationing would be morally pe…

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Miller's Crossing 1:57:06

6M ago1:57:06

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Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of the Coen brothers’ third film, Miller's Crossing. Contact Peter S. Fosl, Troy Jollimore, or Robert C. Jones Takin' her easy for all you sinners. Thanks for listening! Music: "The Lost Lamb" (Theme from Fargo) (traditional) Annie Chen: recorder Billy Jones: drums & percussion Nathan Jones: b…

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12. Can Omissions Cause? With David Molyneux 38:47

6M ago38:47

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Doctors are bound by the ethical requirement to first do no harm. Unfortunately, harm is not something that they can always avoid. Sometimes harm comes about through the actions of doctors, but at other times it comes about because of things they haven't done. David Molyneux is a doctor of medicine who is also working on a doctorate in philosophy, …

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11. What Should We Do About the Beauty Ideal? With Heather Widdows 41:38

7M ago41:38

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Heather Widdows is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Warwick, with expertise in applied ethics, global ethics, bioethics, moral philosophy and feminist philosophy. She's interested in the demands that the beauty ideal places on people, particularly women. Her book Perfect Me was described as 'ground-breaking' by Vogue, and listed by Th…

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10. What's It Like Being a Podcast Host and Ethics Consultant? With Kevin Macnish 44:35

8M ago44:35

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Happy new year! An unusual episode to kick off 2024 as I talk to Kevin Macnish, host of the Getting Technology Right podcast. If you aren't already a listener to that excellent podcast, I heartily recommend that you become one! In this joint episode, which is also appearing in the Getting Technology Right feed, Kevin and I quiz each other on what w…

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Raising Arizona 1:51:04

8M ago1:51:04

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Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of the Coen brothers’ second film, Raising Arizona. Contact Peter S. Fosl, Troy Jollimore, or Robert C. Jones Takin' her easy for all you sinners. Thanks for listening! Music: "The Lost Lamb" (Theme from Fargo) (traditional) Annie Chen: recorder Billy Jones: drums & percussion Nathan Jones: ba…

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9. What's Wrong (or Right) With Monogamy? With Luke Brunning 44:10

9M ago44:10

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Traditionally, monogamy has been the form of romantic relationship which people have been assumed to want to pursue. But there has recently been a growing tendency among some to question this assumption, and instead to pursue polyamorous or other forms of romantic attachment. And this tendency has been reflected in philosophical debates too. Some h…

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Blood Simple 1:54:10

9M ago1:54:10

1:54:10

Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of the Coen brothers’ first film, Blood Simple. Contact Peter S. Fosl, Troy Jollimore, or Robert C. Jones Takin' her easy for all you sinners. Thanks for listening! Music: "The Lost Lamb" (Theme from Fargo) (traditional) Annie Chen: recorder Billy Jones: drums & percussion Nathan Jones: bass R…

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8. Is Unjust Enrichment a Thing? With Duncan Sheehan 44:43

9M ago44:43

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Duncan Sheehan is Professor of Business Law at the University of Leeds. He is interested in trusts and personal property law, especially secured transactions law. He has a particular recent interest in the application of the philosophy of action to the law, as well as a wider interest in private law theory more generally. Unjust enrichment is a dis…

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7. Should We Use Aesthetic Techniques in Persuasive Speech? With Jamie Dow 43:26

11M ago43:26

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Dr Jamie Dow is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the IDEA Centre. He is particularly interested in Ancient Philosophy, and much of his research is concerned with what philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle can tell us about the ethical questions we face today. Recently, he's been thinking about the use of aesthetic features in persuasive spee…

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6. What's Interesting About Punishment, Forgiveness and Revenge? With Paula Satne and Krisanna Scheiter 43:06

12M ago43:06

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Paula Satne is a Lecturer in Applied Ethics at the IDEA Centre. Her research focuses on theoretical and applied issues related to human evil and the ethics and politics of forgiveness and memory. Her recent research is on Kantian forgiveness, political forgiveness and public commemoration of politically motivated wrongdoing, punishment, pacifism, a…

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5. How Should We Act in Political Campaigns? With Joseph Lacey 43:38

1y ago43:38

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Joseph Lacey is Associate Professor of Political Theory at University College Dublin. He is about to embark on a five-year project looking at the moral agency of participants in elections. That's politicians, special advisers, journalists and so on. But it's also you and me: people who engage with political messaging, perhaps take some interest in …

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4. What is Sexualisation? With Robbie Morgan 38:13

1y ago38:13

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Robbie Morgan is a lecturer and consultant here at the IDEA Centre. His research focuses on issues in the philosophy of sex, particularly as this intersects with feminist philosophy. As well as sexualisation, he's currently engaged in research about language change, the metaphysics of touch, conscientious objection in medicine, and the value of con…

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3. Can Humans and Robots Be Friends? With Ruby Hornsby 37:01

1y ago37:01

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Ruby Hornsby is a PhD student at the IDEA Centre. Her research is about 'artificial friends' - robots and their interactions with humans - and whether these interactions can be part of a good human life. What do we get out of friendship and how much of that is possible when the supposed friend we're talking about is not a person with an inner life …

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2. What is a Mother? With Fiona Woollard 47:31

1+ y ago47:31

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For this episode I spoke to Professor Fiona Woollard. Professor Woollard is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. She has research interests in normative ethics, applied ethics, epistemically transformative experiences and the philosophy of sex and pregnancy. She has published on topics including the distinction between doing …

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1: How Should We Behave Online? With Joe Saunders 45:15

1+ y ago45:15

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Dr Joe Saunders is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham. He primarily works on ethics and agency in Kant and the post-Kantian tradition. He also has interests in the philosophy of love and media ethics. In this episode we talk about how we should behave online. How bad is social media as a forum for discussion, for example …

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Archive episode [Season 4 Episode 3]: Moral responsibility and the psychopath: the value of others (Part 2) 40:32

1+ y ago40:32

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In this episode, Dr Andrew Kirton talks to Dr Jim Baxter about the issues explored in Jim’s new book, Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath: The Value of Others. Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? Is it worth trying to change them, or should we just try to…

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Ethics Untangled: Trailer 5:15

1+ y ago5:15

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A short trailer to let you know what Ethics Untangled is all about, including an extract from episode 1. Ethics Untangled is produced by the IDEA Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds. Twitter: @EthicsUntangled Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ideacetl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-ethics-centre/…

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Archive episode [Season 4 Episode 4]: Borderline personality disorder 42:05

1+ y ago42:05

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This podcast discusses the ethics of the controversial medical condition of Borderline Personality Disorder, examining whether the high prevalence of diagnoses of Borderline Personality Disorder in female patients who have experienced trauma is the result of implicit biases around gender, and whether excessive blame towards patients with Borderline…

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Archive episode [Season 4 Episode 2]: Moral responsibility and the psychopath: the value of others (Part 1) 32:54

1+ y ago32:54

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In this episode, Dr Andrew Kirton talks to Dr Jim Baxter about the issues explored in Jim’s new book, Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath: The Value of Others. Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? Is it worth trying to change them, or should we just try to…

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Archive episode [Season 4 Episode 1]: Can mandating moral enhancement for health care professionals as a means to deal with racism and implicit biases in the field be ethically justified? 54:54

1+ y ago54:54

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In this episode we have special guest Panashe Chinya. Panashe is a medical student at the University of Leeds, who previously intercalated on the MA in Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics at the IDEA Centre. The presentation and subsequent discussion are based on the dissertation that Panashe completed during her MA at IDEA which asks if mandating mor…

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Archive episode [Season 2 Episode 3]: In search of a ‘good death’ – How best should doctors care for dying patients? 51:41

1+ y ago51:41

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In this episode we have special guest Matt Murray. Matt is a medical student at the University of Leeds, who previously intercalated on the MA in Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics at the IDEA Centre. The presentation and subsequent discussion are based on the dissertation that Matt completed during his MA at IDEA on the duties and ethics surrounding…

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Archive episode [Season 3 Episode 5]: Reflecting on the ethics of sex work in the Covid-19 pandemic 10:54

1+ y ago10:54

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In the fifth and final episode of the third series of the IDEA Pod podcast, IDEA alumna Georgina reflects on the conversations and interviews that have made up the series and considers what she has learned from her exploration into the ethics of sex work in the Covid-19 pandemic. Released November 2021. Presented by Georgina James. Georgina is a fi…

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Archive episode [Season 3 Episode 4]: The potential harms of sex work 39:34

1+ y ago39:34

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IDEA alumna Georgina speaks to Anna Westin. Anna is a philosopher, artist, and musician. She is a Visiting Lecturer at St Mary’s University Twickenham, and also at LST, Canterbury Christ Church University and Azusa Pacific University. In this episode, Georgina and Anna discuss Anna’s research into the potential harms of sex work, including physical…

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Archive episode [Season 3 Episode 3]: The gender power imbalance in cis-hetero sexual transactions 57:50

1+ y ago57:50

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IDEA alumna Georgina speaks to Scott A Anderson, Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. In this episode, Georgina and Scott discuss the philosophical argument that the gender power imbalance between men and women can impact the sexual autonomy of sex workers in cis-hetero sexual transactions, a…

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Archive episode [Season 3 Episode 2]: Outreach services for sex work in Nottingham 30:17

1+ y ago30:17

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In this episode, medical student and IDEA alumna Georgina returns with guests Jude and Carys who work closely with sex workers in Nottingham. Jude is the Sexual Health Outreach and Health Promotion team lead at Nottingham University Hospital Trust. Carys is the operations manager for POW Nottingham, a voluntary organisation supporting those in the …

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