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The power of secrets and life on Islands Of PrivacyCreative Commons Image Lauren Manning under CC-BY licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Dr Christena Nippert-Eng (Guest)

02 August 2011

Our secrets, and how we choose to share them, form a type of currency, which can make loss of privacy an attack on how we...  Read more : The power of secrets and life on Islands Of Privacy

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Review: The Idea Of JusticeCreative Commons Image OECD under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Charles Barclay Roger (Guest)

25 July 2011

The urgency for philosophers to abandon their castles in the air is caught in Amartya Sen's The Idea Of Justice, says Charles Barclay Roger.  Read more : Review: The Idea Of Justice

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Privacy in a connected world Featuring: audio, William Attard Mccarthy | Dreamstime.com

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), Professor Jeff Jarvis (Guest), Andrew Keen (Guest)

19 April 2011

Unless you live in a cave, your privacy will be affected by digital technology. Jeff Jarvis and Andrew Keen agree on this; the question is...  Read more : Privacy in a connected world

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Sandel on Kant and the capacity for reason  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

18 January 2011

Michael Sandel looks at how Kant's emphasis on our capacity to reason has a place for beings who lack much in the way of reasoning...  Read more : Sandel on Kant and the capacity for reason

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Sandel on Bentham's views on happiness and justice  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

18 January 2011

Sandel discusses Bentham's view that justice is entirely about maximising one's own and everyone else's happiness  Read more : Sandel on Bentham's views on happiness and justice

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Sandel on justice  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

18 January 2011

Michael Sandel explores why we should care about justice and being just  Read more : Sandel on justice

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Sandel on Aristotle's thoughts on the good life  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

18 January 2011

Sandel asks whether if there are many different kinds of the good life  Read more : Sandel on Aristotle's thoughts on the good life

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Sandel on a world without philosophers  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Professor Michael J. Sandel (Guest)

18 January 2011

Michael Sandel considers what life would be like without the great philosophical thinkers   Read more : Sandel on a world without philosophers

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Fair's fair: How do you define fairness?Creative Commons Image Adib Roy under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Derek Matravers (The Open University)

22 October 2010

 The coalition claims that their financial plans are "fair" - but defining fairness philosophically can be as hard as achieving it economically...  Read more : Fair's fair: How do you define fairness?

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Appearance and reality: in conversation with Derren Brown  Featuring: video, The Open University

By Nigel Warburton (The Open University), Derren Brown (Guest)

27 September 2010

Nigel Warburton talks to psychological illusionist Derren Brown about appearance and reality, and what kind of people are most gullible.  Read more : Appearance and reality: in conversation with Derren Brown

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