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John Broome on Weighing Lives

How can human lives be weighed one against each other? Is this even possible? John Broome who has a background in economics as well as in philosophy, discusses how governments should allocate scarce resources or make life and death decisions in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness

Robert Rowland Smith explains and defends Jacques Derrida's ideas about forgiveness in this episode of Philosophy Bites. Derrida argued that to forgive the forgiveable isn't really to forgive...

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John Dunn on Locke on Toleration

John Locke was an important advocate of religious toleration. John Dunn gives an overview of his writing on this topic for this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Will Kymlicka on Minority Rights

Should minority groups such as recent immigrants be given rights that other citizens don't have? Will Kymlicka believes that they should. The difficulty of reconciling apparently preferential treatment with a policy of equality is a central one for anyone committed to multiculturalism. He addresses this important issue in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

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Previously on Philosophy Bites:

Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism

Kwame Anthony Appiah on Cosmopolitanism

Jennifer Hornsby on Human Agency

What is it for someone to do something on purpose? Jennifer Hornsby gives her account in conversation with Nigel Warburton.

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