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# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion' Final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:15:24 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
2 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle) Eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:11:43 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
3 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting' Seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:11:11 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
4 Creative Commons Induction Sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:15:50 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
5 Creative Commons Deduction Fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:21:19 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
6 Creative Commons Arguments Fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:19:13 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
7 Creative Commons Utilitarianism Third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:22:39 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
8 Creative Commons Deontology Second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:16:23 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
9 Creative Commons Virtue Ethics First of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:17:42 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
10 Creative Commons Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Morality What can science tell us about morality? Many philosophers would say, 'nothing at all'. Facts don't imply values, they say. you need further argument to move from facts about us and about the world to conclusions about what we ought to do. 0:19:47 Patricia Churchland 03 Feb 2012
11 Creative Commons Brain Chemistry and Moral Decision-Making Answers to moral questions, it seems, depend on how much serotonin there is flowing through your brain. In the future might we be able to alter people's moral behaviour with concoctions of chemicals? 0:16:48 Molly Crocket 04 Jan 2012
12 Creative Commons Responsibility If someone caught me shoplifting, and I was later diagnosed with kleptomania, should I be held responsible? Should I be blamed? 0:16:03 Hanna Pickard 01 Dec 2011
13 Creative Commons Selling Organs Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the world - though not all - it is illegal to sell organs. 0:18:18 Tim Lewens 01 Nov 2011
14 Creative Commons Bio-Ethics Bites Demand for health care is infinite, but money is finite. So how should we distribute resources? Whom should we help, and why? 0:20:02 Jonathan Wolf 03 Oct 2011
15 Creative Commons Trust Radically new techniques are opening up exciting possibilities for those working in health care - for psychiatrists, doctors, surgeons; the option to clone human beings, to give just one example. 0:18:13 Onora O'Neill 01 Sep 2011
16 Creative Commons Status Quo Bias Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence. 0:19:17 Nick Bostrom 01 Aug 2011
17 Creative Commons Life and Death If a patient decides she doesn't want to live any longer, should she be allowed to die? Should she be allowed to kill herself? 0:16:17 Peter Singer 04 Jul 2011
18 Creative Commons Designer Babies The term 'designer baby' is usually used in a pejorative sense - to conjure up some dystopian Brave New World. There are already ways to affect what kind of children you have - most obviously by choosing the partner to have them with. 0:21:21 Julian Savulescu 31 May 2011
19 Creative Commons Designing Biotechnology James King, Lead Designer, Science Practice Ltd. gives a talk on Synthetic Biology - a new approach to genetics which applies engineering principles to biology in the hope of creating medicines, fuels, foods and other useful products. 0:27:33 James King 24 May 2011
20 Julian Savulescu on Applied Ethics and Human Enhancement Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, talks about the current and future issues in applied ethics, particularly of the new biosciences. 0:37:02 Julian Savulescu, Oliver Lewis 12 Sep 2008
21 Julian Savulescu on Applied Ethics and Human Enhancement Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, talks about the current and future issues in applied ethics, particularly of the new biosciences. 0:37:02 Julian Savulescu, Oliver Lewis 31 Aug 2008
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion' Final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:15:24 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
2 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle) Eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:11:43 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
3 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting' Seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:11:11 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
4 Creative Commons Induction Sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:15:50 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
5 Creative Commons Deduction Fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:21:19 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
6 Creative Commons Arguments Fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:19:13 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
7 Creative Commons Utilitarianism Third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:22:39 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
8 Creative Commons Deontology Second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:16:23 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
9 Creative Commons Virtue Ethics First of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. 0:17:42 Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Creative Commons Reading List for Bioethics: An Introduction Reading List to accompany the Bioethics: An Introduction podcast series. Marianne Talbot 30 May 2012
2 Creative Commons Reading List for Bioethics: An Introduction Reading List to accompany the Bioethics: An Introduction podcast series. Marianne Talbot 30 May 2012
3 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion' (slides) Slides to accompany the final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
4 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion' (slides) Slides to accompany the final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
5 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle) (slides) Slides to accompany the eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
6 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle) (slides) Slides to accompany the eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
7 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting' (slides) Slides to accompany the seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
8 Creative Commons Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting' (slides) Slides to accompany the seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
9 Creative Commons Induction (slides) Slides to accompany the sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
10 Creative Commons Induction (slides) Slides to accompany the sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
11 Creative Commons Deduction (slides) Slides to accompany the fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
12 Creative Commons Deduction (slides) Slides to accompany the fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
13 Creative Commons Arguments (slides) Slides to accompany the fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
14 Creative Commons Arguments (slides) Slides to accompany the fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
15 Creative Commons Utilitarianism (slides) Slides to accompany the third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
16 Creative Commons Utilitarianism (slides) Slides to accompany the third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
17 Creative Commons Deontology (slides) Slides to accompany the second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
18 Creative Commons Deontology (slides) Slides to accompany the second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
19 Creative Commons Virtue Ethics (slides) Slides to accompany the first of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012
20 Creative Commons Virtue Ethics (slides) Slides to accompany the first of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. Marianne Talbot 29 May 2012