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Cécile Fabre on Remembrance

How should we remember and commemorate those who die in war? What about the enemy dead? Cécile Fabre, author of several books on the philosophy of war, discusses these issues with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Listen to Cécile Fabre on Remembrance

Listen to an earlier Philosophy Bites interview with Cécile Fabre on Cosmopolitanism and War

 

Seth Lazar on Sparing Civilians in War

In war there are legitimate and illegitimate targets. Combatants can be killed; civilians shoudn't be deliberately targeted. This is a matter of international law, but is also believed to be a moral principle. Some philosophers have argued that a combatant/civilian distinction is unsustainable. Seth Lazar , of the Australian National University, disagrees. In this interview with Nigel Warburton he explains why.

Listen to Seth Lazar on Sparing Civilians in War

Read Seth Lazar's articles on academia.edu

Previous Philosophy Bites interviews on ethics and war:

Jeff McMahan on Killing in War 

Cėcile Fabre on Cosmopolitanism and War

Jeff McMahan on Killing in War

If someone is shooting at me in a war, surely it is morally acceptable for me to shoot back and kill him or her. Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University, author of  a new book on this topic, challenges the view that such killing is always acceptable.

We are very grateful to the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) for facilitating this interview.

Listen to Jeff McMahan on Killing in War

Richard Norman on What is Wrong with Killing on Ethics Bites

Richard Norman discusses killing, and specifically killing in war, in the latest episode of Ethics Bites.

Listen to Richard Norman on What is Wrong with Killing

Listen to earlier discussion with Richard Norman on Humanism

Angie Hobbs on Plato on War

Is war inevitable, given the human condition? What causes human agression? For Plato's Socrates it comes from innate tendencies nurtured in the wrong way. And that's where war comes from. Angie Hobbs gives a fascinating introduction to this aspect of Plato's Republic in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on War

Other Audio Resources

Listen to why Angie Hobbs thinks Plato the greatest of all philosophers

Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)

Listen to Angie Hobbs discussing Socrates on In Our Time

Article by Angie Hobbs on Plato on War
Forthcoming in Maieusis edited by Dominic Scott (see below) a collection of pieces by eminent classics scholars in honour of the work of Myles Burnyeat.

Listen to Myles Burnyeat on Aristotle on Happiness (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)