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Podcast Profile: Uehiro Lectures: Practical solutions for ethical challenges

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6 episodes
2017
Median: 52 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast presents public lectures in practical ethics that apply analytic philosophy to contemporary social and political problems, aiming for academic rigor while remaining accessible to a general audience. Across the episodes, the focus is on clarifying contested moral concepts and testing the assumptions that shape public debate, with attention to how philosophical analysis can inform real-world policy and social norms.

A major theme is equality: what it means for people to be treated equally, to hold equal status, and to have genuinely fair opportunities. The lectures examine different ways equality can matter morally and politically, exploring the kinds of reasons that might justify commitments to equal treatment and the circumstances in which inequalities may or may not be objectionable. Discussion extends beyond abstract principles to the implications for institutions and social arrangements.

Another recurring focus is sex equality and feminism in the context of legal, social, and technological change. The content considers how societies might build fair frameworks for relations between the sexes amid persistent disagreement about what fairness requires. It addresses sources of confusion in public argument—such as equivocation and hidden presuppositions—and revisits historical debates to illuminate present disputes about gender, ideology, political correctness, and the aims of feminist movements. Reproductive and other technologies are treated as challenges that complicate established moral categories and can force rapid reassessment of ethical positions.

Some episodes also include roundtable discussion among multiple scholars, highlighting points of agreement and disagreement and modeling philosophical dialogue about difficult ethical questions.