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Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools. It is produced by the team behind the popular podcast Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long.

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Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools. It is produced by the team behind the popular podcast Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. Philosophy Bites has had over 21 million downloads. David Edmonds is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and all the interviewees are academics linked to the Uehiro Centre. The series aims to be a free educational resource for teachers. Each interview is around 20 minutes long.

    Can you choose to be gay?

    Can you choose to be gay?

    Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 10 min
    The ethics of sexuality

    The ethics of sexuality

    Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.

    • 17 min
    Should we allow genetic engineering on embryos?

    Should we allow genetic engineering on embryos?

    Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.

    • 19 min
    Is there such a thing as a just war?

    Is there such a thing as a just war?

    Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war?

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    • 23 min
    The rights and wrongs of abortion

    The rights and wrongs of abortion

    Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.

    • 18 min
    Choosing the sex of your child

    Choosing the sex of your child

    Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    • 15 min

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