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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.

  • 1 minute 3 seconds
    Philosophy and the human situation
    An introduction to this album
    23 June 2009, 1:18 am
  • Transcript -- Philosophy and the human situation
    Transcript -- An introduction to this album
    23 June 2009, 1:18 am
  • 18 minutes 17 seconds
    Liberty and Offence
    Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle
    23 June 2009, 1:17 am
  • Transcript -- Liberty and Offence
    Transcript -- Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses 19th century classical liberal thinker John Stuart Mill’s famous ‘harm’ principle
    23 June 2009, 1:17 am
  • 19 minutes 27 seconds
    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
    23 June 2009, 1:16 am
  • Transcript -- Rousseau and Positive Freedom
    Transcript -- Philosophy lecturer Derek Matravers explains 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s line of thought in his great work, The Social Contract
    23 June 2009, 1:16 am
  • 12 minutes 3 seconds
    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.
    23 June 2009, 1:15 am
  • Transcript -- Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate
    Transcript -- Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor.
    23 June 2009, 1:15 am
  • 22 minutes 5 seconds
    Ethics, Animals, and the Environment
    Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment
    23 June 2009, 1:14 am
  • Transcript -- Ethics, Animals, and the Environment
    Transcript -- Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment
    23 June 2009, 1:14 am
  • 19 minutes 43 seconds
    Wonder
    Influential philosopher of aesthetics Ronald Hepburn explains in his talk, ‘Wonder’, why wonder has haunted him over many decades
    23 June 2009, 1:13 am
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