Miranda Fricker
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London
4 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Guilt
Melvyn Bragg discusses the moral conscience and take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.
1 November 2007
Also featuring: Stephen Mulhall, Oliver Davies
Altruism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss altruism, described as “an unselfish attention to the needs of others” but how does this square with Darwin’s theory of Evolution?
23 November 2006
Also featuring: Richard Dawkins, John Dupré
Pragmatism
Melvyn Bragg discusses the American philosophy of pragmatism which purported that knowledge is only meaningful when coupled with action.
17 November 2005
Also featuring: A. C. Grayling, Julian Baggini
Virtue
Melvyn Bragg discusses a history of the concept of virtue from the ancient Greeks to modern ideas, and examines why we need it and what ideals of behaviour provide a universal framework for it.
28 February 2002
Also featuring: Galen Strawson, Roger Crisp