Philosophy and the Human Situation - Audio
Philosophy and the Human Situation - Audio
The Open University
Philosophy and philosophical enquiries are relevant in some shape or form to many aspects of everyday life, for example our treatment of the environment, the rapidity of today's technological progress, whether animals should have rights and if so how they should compare to ours. Philosophy also encompasses questions about the existence of God, how life is sustained on earth, and even at what point should the Government intrude on a person's freedom. This album introduces the study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation.
Philosophy and the human situation
An introduction to this album
Jun 23, 2009
1 min
Transcript -- Philosophy and the human situation
Jun 23, 2009
Liberty and Offence
Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle
Jun 23, 2009
18 min
Transcript -- Liberty and Offence
Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle
Jun 23, 2009
Rousseau and Positive Freedom
Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract
Jun 23, 2009
19 min
Transcript -- Rousseau and Positive Freedom
Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract
Jun 23, 2009
Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate
Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.
Jun 23, 2009
12 min
Transcript -- Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate
Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.
Jun 23, 2009
Ethics, Animals, and the Environment
Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment
Jun 23, 2009
22 min
Transcript -- Ethics, Animals, and the Environment
Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment
Jun 23, 2009
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