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Podcast Profile: The Philosophists

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8 episodes
2021 to 2023
Median: 46 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast features conversations that use philosophical ideas to examine everyday questions about meaning, morality, and how people ought to live. Across both shorter discussions and longer, guest-led interviews, the hosts explore major approaches in ethics and how they can point to different answers when applied to real dilemmas. Much of the content centers on comparing frameworks such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, and on testing those theories against classic thought experiments and practical cases, including questions about responsibility, charitable giving, and whether there is a meaningful moral difference between action and inaction.

Alongside these core ethical themes, the show also moves into applied philosophy and philosophy’s connection to contemporary social and scientific issues. Topics include how to navigate conflicting moral systems, what wisdom is and whether it can be treated as a learnable virtue, and how philosophical thinking might be introduced to children through education. The podcast also engages with forward-looking debates in transhumanism, including arguments about using biotechnology and genetic engineering to reduce or eliminate suffering.

In addition, the show discusses institutional and cultural questions through a philosophical lens, such as gender disparities in academic research and publication, especially in computing and engineering, considering how opportunities and outcomes may differ for women researchers. Overall, the episodes combine conceptual explanation with dialogue about how philosophical reasoning applies to personal choices, education, technology, and social systems.