by Talking Humanities | May 22, 2018 | Interviews, Philosophy, Research & Resources
Dr Gulzaar Barn explores the ethics of the buying and selling of ‘bodily labour’ such as commercial surrogacy, live organ donation and paid participation in clinical trials, and how concern about these services might make the body out of bounds. Tell us about...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr Dafydd Daniel, a Christian ethics lecturer at the University of Oxford and one of ten academics selected by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council as a New Generation Thinker, talks about his interest in the much-maligned ethical theory of...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 11, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Philosophy, Republished
Image: Étienne Delaune (c. 1518–1583), Plate 14 from the series The Genesis showing the building of the Tower of Babel. Engraving, 1550–1572. © The Trustees of the British Museum Ahead of their sell-out live discussion at the British Museum on 26 January scientists...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 1, 2017 | Interviews, Philosophy, Research & Resources, The Human Mind Project
Dr Mattia Gallotti, manager of ‘The Human Mind Project’ at the School of Advanced Study, discusses the launch of the first Grand Challenges Public Consultation on the key questions in the study of the mind. Open to early-career and established researchers, and the...
by Talking Humanities | May 23, 2017 | Interviews, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Moral philosopher Dr Simon Beard, discusses existential risk mitigation and why he is standing in next month’s general election. Tell us about yourself I recently completed my PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics, and am currently working as a...