Matthew Sweet examines knotty philosophical conundrums in an abstract pub.
Published on Tuesday, 28th February 2017.
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.
Published on Monday, 21st December 2015.
The Philosopher's Arms asks whether speech can harm.
Published on Monday, 14th December 2015.
The Philosopher's Arms asks how we can want and not want a cream cake.
Published on Tuesday, 8th December 2015.
Matthew Sweet asks if there is a moral difference between lying and misleading.
Published on Monday, 30th November 2015.
Matthew Sweet and philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards explore sex equality and pay.
Published on Monday, 6th October 2014.
Matthew Sweet asks what justifies our belief the sun will rise tomorrow.
Published on Monday, 22nd September 2014.
How should you decide between two morally troubling courses of action?
Published on Monday, 15th September 2014.
Matthew Sweet asks, should we take a pill to make us less racist?
Published on Monday, 8th September 2014.
Sitting in a pub, Matthew Sweet discovers how real life is full of philosophical problems.
Published on Friday, 16th August 2013.
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
Published on Monday, 27th August 2012.