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podcast2012–present

Practical Ethics Podcast

Disciplines:
philosophy & ideas

Summary

Philosophers from Oxford's Uehiro Centre discuss real ethical dilemmas—AI, bioethics, climate, global poverty, reproductive ethics—with rigorous argument and analytical precision.

Core Contribution

Brings analytic philosophy to applied problems; models the difference between philosophical rigor and mere opinion; bridges academia and public policy.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • AI ethics
  • bioethics
  • global justice
  • reproductive ethics
  • existential risk

Historical Influences

Peter Singer's Practical Ethics Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons John Broome's climate ethics Nick Bostrom's existential risk work

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

Practical Ethics Uehiro Centre publicationsJournal of Practical Ethics

Contemporaries & Peers

Philosophy Bites Moral Maze Very Bad Wizards

Minds Influenced

AI ethics discourseBioethics policy dialogueAcademic podcast genre

Intellectual Posterity

Model for academic-public ethics dialogue; influential in bioethics and AI ethics policy circles; one of few podcasts genuinely engaging with peer-reviewed philosophy.

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