Best Nicholas Hobbs Podcasts (2025)

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40. How do you decide whether law enforcement and national security operations are ethically justified? With Joe Fogarty 49:43

4d ago49:43

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Joe Fogarty has spent over 30 years working in national security and law enforcement, in the UK and elsewhere. He's currently working on cyber-security risks and organised crime for the UK's central government, as the Head of the Government's Cyber Resilience Centre. Recently, he's been looking at security and law enforcement through a philosophica…

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39. How Should We Motivate Cosmopolitanism? With Luke Ulas and Josh Hobbs 46:08

18d ago46:08

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Luke Ulas from the University of Sheffield and Josh Hobbs from the University of Leeds are both interested in cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism is a name used for a few different political ideas, but the core thought, according to the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, is "the idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation,…

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38. Should We Be Using AI to Predict Patient Preferences? With Nicholas Makins 43:53

1M ago43:53

43:53

This episode is part of what's becoming a bit of an informal series of Ethics Untangled episodes, on ethical issues relating to artificial intelligence applications. The particular application we're looking at this time comes from a healthcare setting, and is called a Patient Preference Predictor. It's a proposed way of using an algorithmic system …

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37. What Is Relationship Anarchy? With Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning 53:04

2M ago53:04

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Relationship anarchy is a radical approach to relationships that goes beyond just rejecting traditional monogamy. Relationship anarchists believe that relationships should never involve having power over each other, in the form of holding each other to obligations. So, for example, relationship anarchists reject the idea of restricting one's partne…

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36. Is Drag Problematic? With Simon Kirchin 52:53

2M ago52:53

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Drag is a type of performance which uses clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles. It's an activity with a long and varied history, and continues to be a very popular form of entertainment, as attested by TV shows such as Ru Paul's Drag Race. It's also distinctive in having faced criticism from s…

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Episode 117 - Creighton Hobbs, Christian Fiorella and Brent Peek - A WAY OUT 42:06

3M ago42:06

42:06

The last time I had writer/director Creighton Hobbs join me on this show, he discussed his riveting drama Binded By Tragedy - a film about an ex-con’s desperate fight to escape from his dangerous criminal past. Now with his latest feature, the chilling thriller A Way Out, he looks at a crisis that continues to threaten lives and marriages - domesti…

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35. What Should We Do About Disruptive Speech? With Carl Fox 47:36

3M ago47:36

47:36

Misinformation, fake news, hate speech, satire, the arts, political protest. These are all examples of what you might call disruptive speech. A free speech absolutist would say that all of these forms of speech should be tolerated, if not welcomed. On the other hand, it does look as though some of them are disruptive in a good way, and others are d…

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34. Is AI Stealing Artists' Labour? With Trystan Goetze 47:52

3M ago47:52

47:52

Recent developments in AI, including image generation and large language models, have created huge excitement and opened up some really interesting possibilities. But they've also attracted significant criticisms, not least of which is the accusation that they involve large scale theft. This is because they are trained on huge datasets that include…

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Mathew Forstater & Geoffrey Ingham: Tax-Driven Money and Credit Theory of Money 10:05

3M ago10:05

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Notebook LM generated. The Credit Theory posits that money's essence is not as a physical commodity, but as a social relation representing debt/credit. All participants in a monetary system engage in these relations, settled by transferring abstract value. The Tax Driven Money approach, a specific form of credit theory, argues that the government's…

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Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan 30:54

3M ago30:54

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This AI generated podcast delves into Hobbes' classic treatise on liberty, emphasizing that true freedom isn’t an inherent quality but rather the absence of external constraints. An Obama-esque reflection ties these philosophical concepts to the Founding Fathers, showing how such debates continue to shape American political thought by balancing ind…

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33. Is Internet Access a Human Right? With Merten Reglitz 45:46

4M ago45:46

45:46

When I was doing my undergraduate degree back in the 90s, the Internet was a bit of a novelty. It was fun to play with, and you could see theoretically how it was probably going to be quite important. I'm not sure I would have predicted how completely it now pervades every area of human life, though: work, civil society, leisure and social interact…

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Nicholas Kaldor: The Expenditure Tax 23:48

4M ago23:48

23:48

Google Notebook LM generated: This document by Nicholas Kaldor provides an overview of the concept of an expenditure tax, as detailed in the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations' 1974 report. The report examines the historical context, theoretical underpinnings, administrative feasibility, and potential applications of an expenditure …

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Max Weber: The Methodenstreit 12:49

4M ago12:49

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Google LM generated:This article examines Max Weber's approach to the Methodenstreit, a late 19th-century debate in economics about methodology. It contrasts Weber's integrated method, which combines historical context, empirical evidence, and theoretical models, with the more deductive and ahistorical views of economists like Carl Menger and Ludwi…

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Chris Hayes: Hip Heterodoxy 14:09

4M ago14:09

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An 2007 Nation article by Chris Hayes about the current state of the economics discipline read using the Kokoro AI generated voice.By Tschäff

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The Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies 30:45

4M ago30:45

30:45

A Google NotebookLM generated podcast: The Cambridge capital theory controversies debated the validity of neoclassical economics' aggregate production functions and the measurement of capital, ultimately questioning whether the rate of return on capital is determined by its marginal productivity, and whether comparative statics can adequately analy…

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L. Randall Wray: The Value of Money: A Survey of Heterodox Approaches 25:39

4M ago25:39

25:39

Google LM generated podcast: This Levy Economics Institute working paper surveys heterodox economic theories of money's value, rejecting orthodox views linking it solely to scarcity or price levels. The paper integrates several heterodox approaches: reinterpretations of Marx's labour theory of value by Graeber and Foley; Keynes's liquidity preferen…

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Jean Baudrillard: Simulacra and Simulation 11:40

4M ago11:40

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This excerpt from Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation explores the concept of simulation and its impact on reality. Baudrillard argues that simulation has superseded representation, creating a hyperreal where signs no longer refer to a deeper meaning but exist as self-referential systems.By Tschäff

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32. Where's the Harm in Health and Safety? With Simon Cassin 46:07

4M ago46:07

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After time in the army and the fire service, Simon Cassin became a health and safety professional, and is now the managing director of a training and development consultancy called Ouch. Unusually for someone working in health and safety, he's dedicated some serious study to understanding the deep philosophical ideas underlying the profession, focu…

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31. Why is Sex Work So Gendered? With Natasha McKeever 40:16

5M ago40:16

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*CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains some frank discussion of sex and sex work.* While there are all kinds of sex work, by far the most common scenario involves a man paying a woman for sex. It is, in other words, a highly gendered activity. Why? It turns out the answer to this question isn't as obvious as it might at first seem. It turns out, i…

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30. What Should Doctors Be Doing With Your Data? With Jon Fistein 49:07

5M ago49:07

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Do you know what medical information is held about you? Do you know who is allowed to have access to it? Doctors collect lots of data - often quite personal - about their patients. This data needs to be collected, stored, and shared, sometimes quite widely, so that the patients can receive effective care, but also so that the medical profession can…

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Episode 116 - CLUTCH Writer/Star Bryan G. Thompson 42:42

5M ago42:42

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This week, the amazing and talented actor/filmmaker Bryan G. Thompson is my guest on the show. I'm honored to have him join me to talk about his new action drama CLUTCH, in which he stars as an ex-police investigator - named Clutch - who's driven to solve a complicated unsolved case that's troubled him for years: the kidnapping of several young wom…

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Episode 115 - SEX DATE Writer/Director Mike Nicholas 35:11

6M ago35:11

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This week, The Viewfinder Podcast welcomes writer/director Mike Nicholas, whose romantic comedy short film SEX DATE recently won both Best Film and a cash prize of $50,000 at the 2024 Louisiana Film Prize in Shreveport. Follow The Viewfinder Podcast on X: @ViewfinderPod On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheViewfinderPodcast Music by Audionautix…

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David Graeber: Creative Refusal 19:39

6M ago19:39

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Google LM generated: David Graeber explores the concept of "culture as creative refusal," arguing that many cultural forms arise not organically but as conscious rejections of other cultures' values. The essay proposes that understanding history requires recognising these acts of cultural rejection and their ongoing influence. The author ultimately…

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Episode 114 - CARRIAGE RETURN Composer Elena Maro 29:58

6M ago29:58

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Composer Elena Maro's unsettling avant-garde/jazz hybrid soundtrack for director Ferguson Sauvé-Rogan's 1950's-set drama Carriage Return powerfully surrounds the on-screen conflict between a lazy, writer's block-afflicted playwright Lane Williams (played by Jeremy Parr) and his outraged ex-writing partner Charlie Marlow (played by Carlos Sanchez), …

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29. What Is Touching Through? With Robbie Morgan and Will Hornett 51:50

6M ago51:50

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Today's question is one which you might not immediately recognise as important or, so to speak, pressing. The question is, what is touching through? It also might not be immediately apparent why this is an ethical question. As Robbie Morgan from the IDEA Centre and Will Hornett from the University of Cambridge explain, however, it's a metaphysical …

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28. What's Wrong With Conspiracy Theories? With Patrick Stokes 47:25

7M ago47:25

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Conspiracy theories seem to be an increasingly prevalent feature of public discourse. No sooner has some significant event taken place, but the internet is full of alternative explanations for that event, involving hidden and nefarious decision-makers. These theories run the gamut from the wildly outlandish to the somewhat plausible, and your view …

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27. How Do You Assure AI in the NHS? With Adam Byfield 47:55

7M ago47:55

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Adam Byfield is Principal Technical Assurance Specialist at NHS England. His job involves providing ethical assurance for technical systems which are used in the NHS, including those which employ artificial intelligence. It's well known that AI, as well as providing some really exciting benefits, raises some distinctive ethical issues, but it was r…

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26. Should We Be Worried About Teledildonics? With Robbie Arrell 39:52

8M ago39:52

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Should we be worried about teledildonics? *CONTENT WARNING. This episode contains frank descriptions of sexual practices of various kinds, and discussion of sexual assault and rape, including rape by deception.* Teledildonics is a word that refers to the use of networked electronic sex toys to facilitate sexual or quasi-sexual interactions between …

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The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money' 9:09

8M ago9:09

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GoogleLM generated podcast. This article argues that using the phrase "taxpayer money" is harmful because it perpetuates a myth that only certain groups of people contribute to society, particularly wealthy, white, and male individuals. The author contends that the phrase reinforces the idea that taxation is theft, and that government spending is s…

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Jason Stanley: How Fascism Works 13:12

8M ago13:12

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NotebookLM generated podcast: Fascist politics uses nostalgia and fabricated narratives of a glorious past built on “traditional values” to garner support for its authoritarian and hierarchal ideology. TBy Tschäff

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25. Should Lawyers be Fighting for a Cause? With Alex Batesmith 47:39

8M ago47:39

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Alex Batesmith has had a fascinating career. After beginning as a criminal barrister in Leeds, he went on to work as a United Nations prosecutor in Cambodia and Kosovo, working on cases involving genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He's now a legal scholar working at Leeds University, and has been researching the values and motivation…

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Pavlina Tcherneva: The Case for a Job Guarantee 34:59

8M ago34:59

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A Notebook LM podcast: This paper from the Dr. Tcherneva proposes a policy solution to the problem of involuntary unemployment in the United States: the Job Guarantee. This comprehensive policy document explores the concept, objectives, and design features of the JG program, arguing that it is a superior policy option to the current system of unemp…

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24. Is Your Gender Like Your Name? With Graham Bex-Priestley 51:10

9M ago51:10

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Gender is, of course, one of the most contentious ethical and political topics you can find at the moment. There are numerous practical and policy debates - for example those relating to medicine, prisons and sport - which can seem completely intractable, and which provoke the strongest possible opinions on all sides. Sitting behind these practical…

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23. What Is Trust? With Christopher McClean 34:19

9M ago34:19

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Chris McClean is the global lead for digital ethics at Avanade, a large tech innovation and consulting firm. He's also studying for his PhD at the University of Leeds, spending his time thinking about risk and trust relationships, especially in cases with a significant power imbalance, and where the people making the decisions are different from th…

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Episode 113 - RED Writer/Producer/Director Ashley Rae Harper 15:54

10M ago15:54

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Peer pressure. Bullying. Family troubles. The need to overachieve. Depressed and overwhelmed by these problems, many teenagers try to solve them not through therapy and medication but through illicit narcotics, alcohol, criminal recklessness, self-harm and, sadly, suicide. However, numerous organizations, parents, teen survivors of suicide attempts…

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

11M ago49:27

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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

11M ago39:16

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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

12M ago49:25

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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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Episode 112 - Actor, Producer and Inspirational Speaker Charles D. Clark 1:13:02

12M ago1:13:02

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On this week’s show I’m honored and proud to bring you my conversation with an actor, producer and inspirational speaker whose story is one of the most inspiring you’ll hear. His name is Charles D. Clark. He’s appeared on such primetime TV hits as the Fox drama Empire, which co-starred Terrence Howard as hip-hop king Lucious Lyon, whose once-incarc…

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

1y ago33:14

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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

1y ago42:18

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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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Episode 111 - AFTER FOREVER Co-Star/Co-Creator Kevin Spirtas 39:50

1y ago39:50

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This week, actor/writer/producer Kevin Spirtas - co-star and co-creator of the Emmy, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and Indie Series Award-winning drama AFTER FOREVER - joins us to talk about the acclaimed series' third and final season, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Watch all 3 seasons of the show on Amazon:https://www.amazon…

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

1y ago46:00

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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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Episode 37: Jenny Umbhau Interview 57:18

1y ago57:18

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The Tong welcomes the amazingly talented Jenny Umbhau, who plays the deadly Lai on Warrior.

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Episode 36: Chen Tang Returns 1:18:15

1y ago1:18:15

1:18:15

The Tong welcomes back Warrior & Mulan actor, Chen Tang, back to the show.

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Episode 35: Kevin Otto Interview 48:39

1y ago48:39

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The Tong welcomes Kevin Otto, who plays Horace Clark on Netflix's 'Warrior.'

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Episode 34: Nicholas Pauling & Robert Hobbs Interview 1:15:55

1y ago1:15:55

1:15:55

The Tong interviews Warrior cast members, Nicholas Pauling and Robert Hobbs.

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Episode 33: Ou Tim Trio Interview 1:26:43

1y ago1:26:43

1:26:43

Trevor O Tim who plays Wu Jin on Warrior, and his siblings will be joining The Tong today.

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

1y ago42:12

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

1y ago41:45

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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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