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Ethics Untangled is a series of conversations about the ethical issues that affect all of us, with academics who have spent some time thinking about them. It is brought to you by the IDEA Centre, a specialist unit for teaching, research, training and consultancy in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds.
Find out more about IDEA, including our Masters programmes in Healthcare Ethics and Applied and Professional Ethics, our PhDs and our consultancy services, here:
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics
Ethics Untangled is edited by Mark Smith at Leeds Media Services.
Music is by Kate Wood.
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56. Does drill rap cause violence? With Tareeq Jalloh
In this episode, we’re diving into the ethics of drill rap - a genre that has been celebrated for its creativity and authenticity but also heavily criticised for its alleged links to violence. Drill…
55. Should pornography be authentic? With Rosa Vince
Content note: This episode discusses pornography in an academic context, focusing on ethical and philosophical arguments.Feminist critiques of pornography have a long history and take many different…
54. Do we need more time? With Lisa Herzog
Lisa Herzog is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The subject of this conversation is time, not in the…
53. How should social media platforms regulate AI-generated content? With Jeffrey Howard
AI-generated content is a familiar and increasingly prevalent feature of social media. Users post text, video, audio and images which have been created by AI, sometimes being clear that this is what…
52. Should we all be activists? With Josh Hobbs
Josh Hobbs is back in this episode for his second appearance. Again the subject is political. This time we're discussing whether we should all be activists. More specifically, does the existence of…
51. What can a shallow pond teach us about ethics? With David Edmonds
Imagine this: You’re walking past a shallow pond and spot a toddler thrashing around in the water, in obvious danger of drowning. You look around for her parents, but nobody is there. You’re the only…
50. What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch
A really interesting conversation with Simon Meisch this week. Simon is a Senior Lecturer for Applied Ethics at the Ethics Centre of the University of Tubingen, and until recently was also a visiting…
49. Are We Deceiving Future Generations About Environmental Crises? With Catriona McKinnon
In this episode I talk to Professor Catriona McKinnon, a political philosopher based at the University of Exeter. The topic is the various environmental crises facing humanity today. Obviously lots…
48. How should you act as an in-house lawyer? With Sharon Bridglalsingh
For the last year and a half, Jim Baxter and the consulting team at IDEA, The Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds, have been working with the Law Society of England and Wales on a project…
47. Should we be worried about cancel culture? With Alfred Archer and Georgie Mills
Cancelling and cancel culture are terms that we hear a lot these days, and it's one of the many areas where there seems to be more heat than light. The phenomenon of cancelling has become a front in…
46. Should we be worried about words changing their meaning? With Robbie Morgan
Words such as 'woke', 'emotional labour' and 'gaslighting' get bandied around a lot, especially in online discourse. And as they get bandied around, their meaning can change over time. Of course,…
45. Are ethicists paying enough attention to social class? With Orla Carlin
Epistemic injustice is a broad category of injustice relating to knowledge. It can involve people from marginalised or oppressed groups being excluded, silenced, misrepresented, or not taken…
44. Do large language models gossip? With Lucy Osler
Gossip is an ethically interesting phenomenon when humans do it. It creates a bond between the people doing the gossiping, but it does so by implicitly excluding the person being gossiped about, and…
43. How do you assure AI for bias and accessibility in the NHS? With Adam Byfield
Adam Byfield is a Principal Technical Assurance Specialist at NHS England. After his previous appearance on the podcast, discussing providing ethical assurance for AI applications in healthcare, we…
42. How should clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties? With Lisa Bortolotti
Professor Lisa Bortolotti is a philosopher at the University of Birmingham, who has been working on a fascinating interdisciplinary project looking at what happens when young people experiencing…
41. How should we rebuild trust in journalism? With Tim Watkin
Tim Watkin is a journalist and media manager. He works as executive editor for audio at Radio New Zealand, but is currently on sabbatical at the University of Glasgow, studying how to rebuild trust…
40. How do you decide whether law enforcement and national security operations are ethically justified? With Joe Fogarty
Joe Fogarty has spent over 30 years working in national security and law enforcement, in the UK and elsewhere. He's currently working on cyber-security risks and organised crime for the UK's central…
39. How should we motivate cosmopolitanism? With Luke Ulas and Josh Hobbs
Luke Ulas from the University of Sheffield and Josh Hobbs from the University of Leeds are both interested in cosmopolitanism. Cosmopolitanism is a name used for a few different political ideas, but…
38. Should we be using AI to predict patient preferences? With Nicholas Makins
This episode is part of what's becoming a bit of an informal series of Ethics Untangled episodes, on ethical issues relating to artificial intelligence applications. The particular application we're…
37. What is relationship anarchy? With Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning
Relationship anarchy is a radical approach to relationships that goes beyond just rejecting traditional monogamy. Relationship anarchists believe that relationships should never involve having power…
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