Podcasts, videos, books, articles and courses. Compiled by Dr Phil Joyce, independent philosophy tutor to university, college & school students worldwide.
Moral & Political Philosophy
Video discussion of the problem of "dirty hands": whether it is acceptable to do evil in order to do good? And what exactly is 'doing' evil? Does it differ from doing something morally wrong? #PhilosophyTutoriai.tv/video/evil-acts-good-…
Moral & Political Philosophy, & Philosophy of Life
How small, individual actions, as part of a life well-lived, can have significant moral and political impact.
bostonreview.net/philosophy-…
History of Philosophy & Aesthetics
Free material released from OUP on John Dewey, especially his aesthetics, as their Philosophy of the Month.
global.oup.com/academic/cate…
Environmental Ethics & Political Philosophy
New entry in the excellent Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Climate Justice.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/j…
History of Philosophy
Podcast discussion of the relationship between Frank Ramsey and Wittgenstein, from the excellent Philosophy Bites. #PhilosophyTutorphilosophybites.com/2020/05/…
Medical Ethics & Philosophical Method
Article on the role and interpretation of thought experiments, especially in medical ethics. From the excellent Aeon. #PhilosophyTutoraeon.co/essays/what-is-the-p…
General Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy has made available 50 papers from its journals Philosophy & Think. Many interesting and important papers. #PhilosophyTutorroyalinstitutephilosophy.org…
Philosophy of Religion & Mind
Podcast discussing panpsychism: the theory that everything is conscious. Although is has a few adherents in analytical philosophy it has a distinguished history in ancient Indian philosophy.
iai.tv/video/a-history-of-th…
Metaphysics
A discussion of personal identity in the context of social distancing: a defence of the idea that identity concerns embodiment.
newstatesman.com/science-tec…
Free Bioethics course from Harvard starting again in two days on May 12th. "An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning."
edx.org/course/bioethics-the…