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David Miller on National Responsibility

Can a nation be held responsible for actions? David Miller of Nuffield College, Oxford, author of National Responsibility and Global Justice, explores the kinds of responsibility that nations can have.

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Raimond Gaita on Torture

Is it immoral even to consider the use of torture in some circumstances? If the State is threatened, should we be prepared to shelve human rights for an end we consider worthwhile? Raimond Gaita discusses a range of arguments about torture in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Read about a feature film based on Raimond Gaita's memoir Romulus, My Father

Miranda Fricker on Blame and Historic Injustice on Ethics Bites

Miranda Fricker discusses moral relativism in relation to past practices that we now
regard as morally abhorrent, such as the corporal punishment of children, in this episode of Ethics Bites.

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Listen to earlier interview with Miranda Fricker on Epistemic Injustice on Philosophy Bites

Richard Tuck on Free Riding

Why should anyone contribute to a joint enterprise if their contribution is tiny and they can just as easily 'free ride' (i.e. get the benefit without making the sacrifice)? This is known as the 'Free Rider Problem'. Richard Tuck, Professor of Government at Harvard, has a distinctive take on this problem.

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G.A. Cohen on Inequality of Wealth

Can an egalitarian be rich without being guilty of hypocrisy? How should we think about wealth and inequality? G.A.Cohen, author of a book with the provocative title If You're An Egalitarian, How Come Your'e So Rich? addresses these questions in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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