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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 use analytic philosophy to examine contemporary moral and political problems in a way intended to be rigorous yet accessible. Across the episodes, scholars explore what equality requires and why it matters, distinguishing among ideas such as equal treatment, equal status, and equality of opportunity and considering the kinds of justifications that might support each. The discussions focus on how abstract principles connect to real social arrangements and on the difficulties of defining fairness in complex, pluralistic societies.

A recurring theme is sex equality and feminism, approached as an ongoing attempt to develop legal and social frameworks that can fairly govern relations between the sexes. The podcast highlights how public debate can be clouded by ambiguous terms, hidden assumptions, and equivocations, and it uses philosophical analysis to clarify contested concepts such as ideology, political correctness, and claims about the “nature” of women and men. It also considers how technological change—particularly reproductive technologies—creates new ethical pressure points that challenge familiar categories and can destabilize previously accepted solutions.

Alongside formal lectures, the podcast includes academic discussion formats such as roundtables, bringing multiple philosophers into dialogue to probe disagreements and refine arguments. Overall, the content emphasizes careful conceptual work aimed at illuminating practical ethical challenges surrounding equality, justice, and social policy.