New Ethics Untangled podcast episode just dropped! 65. Is it wrong to procreate when there are children who need adoptive parents? With the brilliant @giuli-phil.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

65. Is it wrong to procreate when there are children who need adoptive parents? With Giuli Cavaliere - Ethics Untangled

There are many children in the world who either do not have parents, or do not have parents who can look after them, and who would benefit greatly from being placed with adoptive families. Some ethici...

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Very much enjoying how @robbiemorgan.bsky.social in the photo below looks as if he's had enough of theorising and is about to give it a try. If you're intrigued about touching through, read the blog or listen to our podcast with Robbie and Will Hornett here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

29. What is touching through? With Robbie Morgan and Will Hornett - Ethics Untangled

Today's question is one which you might not immediately recognise as important or, so to speak, pressing. The question is, what is touching through? It also might not be immediately apparent why this ...

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IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 4w ago

Our full interview with @robbiemorgan.bsky.social is now available to watch or read on our blog: open.substack.com/pub/ethicsun...

This is your periodic reminder that if you’re interested in love, sex, or relationships in all their diversity then follow @clsrleeds.bsky.social - there is a great bunch of people doing good work on every aspect of these topics.

An interview with the very articulate @alex-fisher.bsky.social on the ethics of deep fakes. Alex will also be on the podcast soon talking about video game ethics.

IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 3w ago

How do deepfakes harm and how can we tackle them? Check out our interview with @alex-fisher.bsky.social on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/ethicsun...

In the latest Ethics Untangled, Sarah Carter-Walshaw asks, should we dispose of bodies in a more environmentally friendly way? www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

64. Should we dispose of bodies in a more environmentally friendly way? With Sarah Carter-Walshaw - Ethics Untangled

Content warning: This episode contains frank discussion of death and of various forms of body disposal, which some might find distressing.Sarah Carter-Walshaw, Lecturer in Applied and Inter-Disciplina...

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What happens when philosophers talk to comedians?

Simon Kirchin on free speech, comedy, and publicly engaged philosophy

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Is it ever morally acceptable to keep pets? Angie Pepper and Richard Healey think not! ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

63. Should we stop keeping pets? With Angie Pepper and Richard Healey - Ethics Untangled

Is it ever morally acceptable to keep pets? While most of us take pet-keeping for granted and think of it as a source of affection, companionship, and care, it is possible to see it very differently. ...

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IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is it ever morally acceptable to keep pets? In this episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social, Jim speaks to Angie Pepper and Richard Healey who explore how power, control, and harm shape our relationships with animals. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste...

Great interview with Alex Fisher on the ethics of deepfakes. 👇 Alex will also be on our podcast in the autumn.

Alex Fisher@alex-fisher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I spoke to @lukebrunning.bsky.social about my research on deepfakes and online authenticity for the new Ethics Untangled blog by @idea-leeds.bsky.social: ethics-untangled.ghost.io/deepfakes-an... Sign up to the blog above for more interviews and insights from my fantastic colleagues at IDEA.

Philosopher Matt Clark joins Jim in the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , to unpack what trustworthiness means, what kind of control and awareness an organisation would need in order to count as trustworthy, and why values matter in this context. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste...

Do you trust your bank? Your internet provider? Your local council? Are they trustworthy? Are they even the kind of thing that can be trustworthy? Really enjoyed talking to Matt Clark in our latest episode about organisations and trust. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

62. Can organisations be trustworthy? With Matt Clark - Ethics Untangled

Can organisations themselves be trustworthy, or is trustworthiness only a quality of individuals? This question matters for how we think about public institutions, businesses, and charities – and abou...

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In our third post for #DementiaActionWeek, Dr Andrew Stanners reflects on @matildacarter.bsky.social’s work to consider how we could best care for people with dementia: ethics-untangled.ghost.io/deciding-how...

Deciding how best to care for people with dementia

In our final post for Dementia Action Week 2026, Dr Andrew Stanners reflects on Matilda Carter’s work to consider how we could best care for people with dementia. Andrew is a consultant physician for ...

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In our first post for Dementia Action Week, Danielle Bromwich asks whether people living with dementia can consent to sex. Drawing on her consent research, she argues for a novel view: ethics-untangled.ghost.io

Really interesting conversation out today with Rebecca Wallbank, taking a slightly different approach to AI ethics and asking, what exactly is going on when we interact with AI on an emotional level? www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

61. Do we really react emotionally to AI? With Rebecca Wallbank - Ethics Untangled

In this episode, we’re asking whether people can really have genuine emotional reactions to artificial intelligence. Many of us already feel things towards AIs – whether that’s frustration with a chat...

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IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social, we’re asking whether people can really have genuine emotional reactions to artificial intelligence. Catch this and previous episodes at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste... or your usual podcast provider.

The newest episode of Ethics untangled came out on Monday and sees Jim speaking with Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril about long Covid and how it is changing how we think about disability, care and community

Ethics Untangled podcast@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the latest episode of Ethics Untangled, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril joins me to look at the ethics of long COVID and the ways it is reshaping how we think about disability, care, and community. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

In the latest episode of Ethics Untangled, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril joins me to look at the ethics of long COVID and the ways it is reshaping how we think about disability, care, and community. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

60. How should long covid change how we think about disability? With Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril - Ethics Untangled

In this episode, we’re looking at the ethics of long COVID and the ways it is reshaping how we think about disability, care, and community. Long COVID has left millions of people living with chronic s...

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**ANNOUNCEMENT** Ethics Untangled now also has a blog and newsletter! We'll be using it to write about ethics of all kinds, whether it's based on our or other ethicists' research, stories from the news or just things that we think are interesting. Sign up for free using the link below.

New episode of Ethics Untangled out today featuring IDEA's own Matilda Carter, asking: how should we care for people with dementia? This is an episode that really might fundamentally change the way you think about something important. It did for me. ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

59. How should we care for people living with dementia? With Matilda Carter - Ethics Untangled

In this episode, I'm talking to Matilda Carter, a lecturer in Applied Ethics at IDEA The Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds, about the ethics of dementia care, and asking what justice requires f...

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Looking forward to listening to this. Competence, consent and parental decision-making for disabled children is territory I think about a lot

Ethics Untangled podcast@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the current episode of Ethics Untangled, guest Danielle Bromwich discusses the ethics of competence to consent. The conversation is based on Danielle's excellent new book, co-written with Joseph Milum of the University of St Andrews. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

In the current episode of Ethics Untangled, guest Danielle Bromwich discusses the ethics of competence to consent. The conversation is based on Danielle's excellent new book, co-written with Joseph Milum of the University of St Andrews. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

58. Do we need to rethink competence to consent? With Danielle Bromwich - Ethics Untangled

In medical ethics, competence (sometimes called decision-making capacity) refers to a person’s ability to make informed choices about their own healthcare. It is a central concept because respect for ...

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We sat down with CLSR and @idea-leeds.bsky.social academic Dr Danielle Bromwich to chat about her upcoming book with Dr Joseph Millum, The Ethics of Consent - out 23rd Feb!!🚪📚 Give it a listen on for a snappy overview, an insight into co-authoring with friends, and Danielle’s hopes for the readers💕

Tareeq Jalloh takes on a related question in a paper recently published in the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Check it out here: doi.org/10.26556/jes....

More AI this week! Also responsibility and conceptual engineering. Really enjoyed this conversation with @ftollon.bsky.social and @enricogalvagni.bsky.social.

IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When AI causes harm and responsibility is unclear, can our concept of moral responsibility be preserved — or must it change? Jim speaks with Enrico Galvagni and Fabio Tollon (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) on @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social Listen here: buff.ly/gMN0ii7

Great conversation with Tareeq Jalloh available now!

IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social sees Jim speaking with philosopher Tareeq Jalloh about the ethics of drill rap - often celebrated for its creativity & authenticity, yet heavily criticised for its alleged links to violence. What’s really at stake when society debates the ethics of drill?

Should pornography be authentic? Some people think so, and partly because they think this would make it better ethically rather than just, well, better. Rosa Vince disagrees!

IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Jim hosts a discussion from an academic lens with Rosa Vince (IDEA, University of Leeds) about feminist critiques of pornography, specifically those around “authenticity”, and explores questions about representation, discrimination and harm in the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social

New paper with Georgie Mills: The Ethics of Cancelling. We argue that cancelling covers a range of moral practices. It is not always punishment, it can instead involve correcting reputations, ending parasocial relationships or relationships of informal representation. Read more here: rdcu.be/e4jay

Really enjoyable conversation in today's episode with @lisamherzog.bsky.social, on a topic which is important and pressing in all sorts of ways....

IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social sees Jim speaking to Lisa Herzog about time, not in the abstract but how much of it we have, and what we might choose to do with it. Lisa is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen.

Really pleased to say Tareeq is a guest on an episode we have coming soon!

Journal of Applied Philosophy@the-joap.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The editors are delighted to announce Tareeq Jalloh as the winner of the 2025 JoAP essay prize. #philsky #philosophy #essayprize Read the winning article 'Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps' 👇 doi.org/10.1111/japp...

Feels like a good time to be releasing this episode featuring Jeffrey Howard of @uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

53. How should social media platforms regulate AI-generated content? With Jeffrey Howard - Ethics Untangled

AI-generated content is a familiar and increasingly prevalent feature of social media. Users post text, video, audio and images which have been created by AI, sometimes being clear that this is what t...

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IDEA: The Ethics Centre@idea-leeds.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social, Jim talks with Jeffrey about why AI‑specific policies miss the point, and how platforms can moderate harmful content without undermining valuable free speech.

Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year? Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists? www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

52. Should we all be activists? With Josh Hobbs - Ethics Untangled

Josh Hobbs is back in this episode for his second appearance. Again the subject is political. This time we're discussing whether we should all be activists. More specifically, does the existence of gl...

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Check out Josh's excellent piece for the Conversation on the same topic as this week's podcast here: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

Three ways to tackle injustice without being a full-time activist

It’s still better to do something rather than nothing.

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Ethics Untangled podcast@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year? Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists? www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...