BBC Radio Podcasts from The Philosopher's Arms

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Matthew Sweet examines knotty philosophical conundrums in an abstract pub.

Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit? One for the pub with both beer and philosophy.

What's wrong with hypocrisy? A question for everyone's favourite abstract pub.

The Philosopher's Arms asks what sort of people should we bring into the world.

The Philosopher's Arms asks whether speech can harm.

The Philosopher's Arms asks how we can want and not want a cream cake.

Matthew Sweet asks if there is a moral difference between lying and misleading.

Matthew Sweet and philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards explore sex equality and pay.

Matthew Sweet asks what justifies our belief the sun will rise tomorrow.

How should you decide between two morally troubling courses of action?

Matthew Sweet asks, should we take a pill to make us less racist?

Sitting in a pub, Matthew Sweet discovers how real life is full of philosophical problems.

Matthew ponders the human capacity for greed and altruism. With Kin Binmore.

Matthew Sweet discovers his daughter is a robot. Should this change how he treats her?

Should Matthew Sweet plug into a machine that grants a happy but illusory life?

Matthew Sweet wonders if we have any moral reason to obey the law.

Matthew Sweet asks: When exactly does a balding man become bald?

Matthew Sweet discovers his favourite painting is a forgery. But does it really matter?

Matthew Sweet and philosopher Miranda Fricker look at historic wrongs.

Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet. Do we have free will?

Pints and philosophical problems with Matthew Sweet - what is exploitation?

Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet, discussing free riding and tiny harms.

Matthew Sweet encounters a problem that affects Man City, criminal trials and the Drifters