Nigel Warburton applies philosophical questions to every day life.
Thought experiments
Thought experiments use hypothetical questions to create philosophical dilemmas.
Personal identity
Nigel Warburton and Professor Anthony Grayling discuss what defines personal identity.
The problem of evil
How can a world created by an all powerfull all good God contain so much evil?
Philosophers on abortion
A discussion about morality of abortion and the rights of the foetus and the mother.
The problem of consciousness
What is consciousness? And what is the best way to understand self awareness.
Two theories of political obligation
A debate over wether citizens consent to political obligation by living within that state.
Descartes, doubt and knowledge
A discussion about how Descartes used doubt as a means to clarifying his understanding of the world.