Philosophy and the Human Situation - Audio

Jun 22 2009 292
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Philosophy and philosophical enquiries are relevant in some shape or form to many aspects of everyday life, for example our treatment of the environment, the rapidity of today's technological progress, whether animals should have rights and if so how they should compare to ours. Philosophy also encompasses questions about the existence of God, how life is sustained on earth, and even at what point should the Government intrude on a person's freedom. This album introduces the study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation.

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Philosophy and the human situation

Jun 22 2009 1 mins  
An introduction to this album

Liberty and Offence

Jun 22 2009 18 mins  
Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle

Rousseau and Positive Freedom

Jun 22 2009 19 mins  
Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract

Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate

Jun 22 2009 12 mins  
Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.

Ethics, Animals, and the Environment

Jun 22 2009 22 mins  
Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment

Wonder

Jun 22 2009 19 mins  
Influential philosopher of aesthetics Ronald Hepburn explains in his talk, ‘Wonder’, why wonder has haunted him over many decades

Who Is The Earth?

Jun 22 2009 26 mins  
Moral philosopher Mary Midgley delivers a talk concerning differing and changing attitudes to our planet and our environmental responsibilities

Taking Stock

Jun 22 2009 15 mins  
Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and problems surrounding study of the subject

Artificial Intelligence

Jun 22 2009 20 mins  
Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of Artificial Intelligence

The New Argument from Design

Jun 22 2009 18 mins  
Physics professor Russell Stannard re-examines the claim he made 10 years ago about the way the universe seems mysteriously to have been geared up for producing life