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Nicola Lacey on H.L.A. Hart and Legal Positivism

Nicola Lacey, author of a biography of the legal philosopher H.L.A. Hart, discusses his legal positivism with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

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An earlier interview with Nicola Lacey on Criminal Responsibility

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Les Green on Same Sex Marriage

Are there any reasonable objections to same sex marriage? Leslie Green discusses this issue in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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John Mikhail on Battery and Morality

Hitting someone without their consent, spitting at someone, or throwing a ball hard at their head: these are all examples of what in Tort Law is called battery. John Mikhail thinks that  our judgments that people who commit battery are blameworthy reveals someting important about morality and its sources. 

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Listen to John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar

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John Gardner on Constitutions

What are constitutions? How are we to interpret them? John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University, addresses these questions in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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Nicola Lacey on Criminal Responsibility

What is criminal responsibility? How does the criminal law relate to morality? Is criminal responsibility a timeless concept, or is it tied to historical circumstances, part of a social practice? Nicola Lacey addresses these questions in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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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. 

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John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar

Do children have an innate pre-disposition to make certain sorts of moral judgement? Is there such a think as a universal moral grammar? John Mikhail of Georgetown University suspects that there is an innate basis to our morality analogous to Noam Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device. He explains why in conversation with David Edmonds.

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Matthew Kramer on Legal Rights

What precisely is a legal right. Matthew Kramer of Churchill College, Cambridge, addresses this question in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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