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Theron Pummer on the Rules of Rescue

You might not have an obligation to risk your life saving other people, but if you do, you should opt for saving the greatest number you can. So thinks Theron Pummer. He discusses why with David Edmonds. 

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William MacAskill on Longtermism

When we make moral decisions do we need to take into account their effect on future people? What weight should we give to these people's interests. William MacAskill argues for longtermism and this has some controversial consequences. He discusses longtermism with David Edmonds.

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Adrian Moore on Bernard Williams on Ethics

Bernard Williams was one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites, Adrian Moore, who knew him well, discusses his views about ethics.

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Read an obituary of Bernard Williams by Adrian Moore

Read Martha Nussbaum's tribute to Bernard Williams

Peter Singer on Life and Death Decision-Making

How should doctors, patients and families make end of life decisions? In this episode, originally recorded as part of Bioethics Bites, Peter Singer addresses this question from a utilitarian perspective, stressing the importance individual autonomy. Bioethics Bites is made in association with the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and made possible by a grant from the Wellcome Trust.

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Previous interviews with Peter Singer:

Listen to Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's Ethics

Listen to Peter Singer on the Life You Can Save

Listen to Peter Singer on Using Animals (originally on Ethics Bites)

Another Philosophy Bites episode on ending lives:

Listen to Raymond Tallis on Assisted Dying

 

Victor Tadros on Punishment

Why should people be punished for their crimes? Is it bad that those punished suffer? Victor Tadros explores these questions in discussion with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy

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Roger Crisp on Utilitarianism

How should we live? John Stuart Mill, one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century thought that we should maximise happiness. Here Roger Crisp , author of an acclaimed book on Mill, explains Mill's utilitarian ethical theory. 

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