Philosophy and the Human Situation - Audio

An introduction to this album

Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ p... Read more

Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his gre... Read more

Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, anima... Read more

Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the... Read more

Influential philosopher of aesthetics Ronald Hepburn explains in his talk, ‘Wonder’, why wonder has haunted him over man... Read more

Moral philosopher Mary Midgley delivers a talk concerning differing and changing attitudes to our planet and our environ... Read more

Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and p... Read more

Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of Artificial Intel... Read more

Physics professor Russell Stannard re-examines the claim he made 10 years ago about the way the universe seems mysteriou... Read more