Ethics Untangled
Ethics Untangled is a series of conversations about the ethical issues that affect all of us, with academics who have spent some time thinking about them. It is brought to you by the IDEA Centre, a specialist unit for teaching, research, training and consultancy in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds.
Find out more about IDEA, including our Masters programmes in Healthcare Ethics and Applied and Professional Ethics, our PhDs and our consultancy services, here:
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics
Ethics Untangled is edited by Mark Smith at Leeds Media Services.
Music is by Kate Wood.
Podcasting since 2023 • 93 episodes
Ethics Untangled
Latest Episodes
55. Should pornography be authentic? With Rosa Vince
Content note: This episode discusses pornography in an academic context, focusing on ethical and philosophical arguments.Feminist critiques of pornography have a long history and take many different forms. One influential line of ...
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54. Do we need more time? With Lisa Herzog
Lisa Herzog is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The subject of this conversation is time, not in...
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53. How should social media platforms regulate AI-generated content? With Jeffrey Howard
AI-generated content is a familiar and increasingly prevalent feature of social media. Users post text, video, audio and images which have been created by AI, sometimes being clear that this is what they're doing, sometimes not. This isn’t alwa...
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52. Should we all be activists? With Josh Hobbs
Josh Hobbs is back in this episode for his second appearance. Again the subject is political. This time we're discussing whether we should all be activist...
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51. What can a shallow pond teach us about ethics? With David Edmonds
Imagine this: You’re walking past a shallow pond and spot a toddler thrashing around in the water, in obvious danger of drowning. You look around for her parents, but nobody is there. You’re the only person who can save her and you must act imm...
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