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Richard Posner on Plagiarism and Copyright

I interviewed Judge Richard Posner, author of an interesting book on Plagiarism (read my review here) for the Open University's Ethics Bites podcast. Unfortunately the ISDN line to Chicago was a bit crackly...There is also a transcript available.

Listen to Richard Posner on Plagiarism and Copyright

Roger Scruton on Sexual Perversion - A Podcast

Listen to my interview with Roger Scruton on Ethics Bites.

Michael Sandel on Genetic Enhancement in Sports

You can now listen to my interview with  Harvard Professor Michael Sandel on the ethics of using genetic enhancement in sports on Ethics Bites (a transcript is also available).  You can also read a blog post I wrote for the Open University site Open2.net.

Michael Sandel's summary of the main themes of his book The Case Against Perfection.

Listen to Michael Sandel interviewed about Genetic Enhancement and Sport for Ethics Bites

Watch a video of Michael Sandel lecturing on Justice

Interview with Michael Otsuka on Trolley Problems and Double Effect

My interview with Michael Ostsuka on Trolleyology is now available as an episode of the Open University podcast Ethics Bites.

Listen to Michael Otsuka on Trolleyology (a transcript is also available).

I have also written a short piece on this on the Open2.net blog

Ethics Bites is Now Available on iTunes

The podcast Ethics BItes is now available from the 'Philosophy' section of iTunes which is a subsection of 'Society and Culture' within the 'Podcasts' area. It is also available with additional material from www.open2.net. So far you can download interviews with Peter Singer and Mary Warnock. From Wednesday, an interview with Michael Ostuka will there. The series has 14 episodes, released weekly.

My previous post about Ethics Bites.

Ethics Bites episode 2: Mary Warnock on Right to Have Babies

The second episode of the weekly podcast series Ethics Bites in which I interview Mary Warnock about the right to have babies is now available.

Listen to Mary Warnock on the Right To Have Babies

Ethics Bites launches with interview with Peter Singer

A new podcast, Ethics Bites, launched today. This follows the format of Philosophy Bites...It was commissioned by the Open University and is hosted on Open2.net the Open University/BBC website. The first interview in the 14-part weekly series is with Peter Singer on our treatment of animals. Other interviewees later in the series include Michael Sandel, Roger Scruton, Miranda Fricker, Mary Warnock, and Thomas Scanlon. I am the interviewer. David Edmonds introduces the podcasts.

There's also a short related  blog entry I wrote 'Philosophy and Conversation'

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