Encouraged by the urgency with which Burnham is treating social care reform. But any cross-party talks must consider the broader picture here: what is social care? What goal are we trying to accomplish by providing it? This is ultimately about what we value, and we cannot afford to ignore that.

Our blog is now on Substack - come find us if you’re interested in applied ethics: open.substack.com/pub/ethicsun...

Ethics Untangled | Substack

Click to read Ethics Untangled, a Substack publication. Launched 11 minutes ago.

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This week, @uclspp.bsky.social's UCL Uncovering Politics podcast asks how the tradition of parading in Northern Ireland affects relations between its historically divided communities. Listen via the link below or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

The Impact of Parades in Northern Ireland | UCL Uncovering Politics

This week we ask how the tradition of parading in Northern Ireland affects relations between its historically divided communities.

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My latest article in @theconversation.com explores some of the ways using AI may undermine intimacy. AI might promise to make things easier but I suggest there is value in being curious, figuring things out, and failing, especially in intimate life. theconversation.com/as-ai-plays-...

As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost

The normalisation of AI to mediate and shape intimacy arguably erodes self-curiosity.

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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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Never in my wildest dreams did I think enough people would care enough about my thoughts on dementia care to spend a day talking about them. Check out the new Ethics Untangled blog for my reflections on my recent book launch workshop.

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

A new blog post reflecting on @matildacarter.bsky.social’s book workshop: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

If you missed it, here is @matildacarter.bsky.social discussing her recent book on dementia, justice, and social care: ethics-untangled.ghost.io/dementia-equ...

Dementia, Equality, and the Future of Social Care

This year, Dementia Action Week runs from May 18–24. Throughout the month, we'll be discussing dementia and the ethics of care on the blog. In our first post, Luke Brunning sits down with Matilda Cart...

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In the most recent issue of the @idea-leeds.bsky.social blog I interview @matildacarter.bsky.social about her new book on dementia, equality and social care. ethics-untangled.ghost.io/dementia-equ...

Dementia, Equality, and the Future of Social Care

This year, Dementia Action Week runs from May 18–24. Throughout the month, we'll be discussing dementia and the ethics of care on the blog. In our first post, Luke Brunning sits down with Matilda Cart...

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Coming soon on our blog: @matildacarter.bsky.social on her new book about dementia, equality and justice! Follow our blog for the full interview: ethics-untangled.ghost.io

Some promising news on regional cooperatives buried in here, but what a headline…

Private equity benefits as spending on social care providers jumps 20%

Children’s sector offers steady revenues for buyout firms as cases of autism and other conditions increase

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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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People who theorise across social difference! Deadline upcoming! Apply by Sunday 10th May 23:59GMT

Rosa.@rosadluxe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Workshop announcement! Do you theorise about groups you don't belong to? Do you feel weird about it? Apply to our lovely collaborative workshop: Just Theorising 2026 justtheorising.weebly.com/about.html

Is informal dementia care really preferable to its professional counterpart? I discuss this, among other questions, on this episode of UCL Uncovering Politics.

UCL Political Science@uclspp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In this episode of UCL Uncovering Politics, we explore what it means to treat people with dementia as social equals, with Dr Matilda Carter (@matildacarter.bsky.social), Lecturer in Applied Ethics, and consider the implications for social justice in dementia care. 🔗Listen now: tinyurl.com/249tvacz

Our research fellow Rosa is putting on this great workshop in August - follow the link for more info and to apply to attend! justtheorising.weebly.com

JUST THEORISING 2026

A reading workshop on responsible and responsive philosophical research. Participants will discuss the epistemological and methodological issues surrounding theorising across social difference.   We.....

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Rosa.@rosadluxe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Workshop announcement! Do you theorise about groups you don't belong to? Do you feel weird about it? Apply to our lovely collaborative workshop: Just Theorising 2026 justtheorising.weebly.com/about.html

**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.

A timely reminder of our dire national need for a resurgence of local journalism.

There are two Gallowgates — but you can only get injera at one of them

Welcome to Little Eritrea

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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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Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals - @matildacarter.bsky.social is hosting a workshop about her recently published book on the 14th of May. It's free to attend. Details and sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Missed out on our Philosophy Valentines event? Or just want to relive the talks? Now you can! Georgie, Colette, Gerald and Isobel’s talks are now available on Spotify (and Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Amazon Music…) - search Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships💕

Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships@clsrleeds.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We’re so excited to be putting on another public Valentines event this year with Leeds PhilSoc!💕💕 Promises to be a great evening - get your tickets before they’re gone! universe.com/events/love-pain-filrting-breakups-an-apres-valentines-event-tickets-832QDX

Hey look at this cool job we're advertising here at the London School of Economics department of Philosophy. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ264/2...

Nearly 9 years on from starting my PhD, feels surreal to be holding the book that emerged from it in my hands.

In this new @ctp-leeds.bsky.social blog, Dr Andrew Kirton shares why we shouldn’t be too quick to outsource our writing jobs to AI. As he argues, if we use GenAI to think and write we do lose something. Find out what it is in this blog. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

What do we lose through using Generative AI to write?

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The British Philosophical Association has launch a new annual prize competition to celebrate the best of British Philosophy: bpa.ac.uk/prizes/. #philosophymatters

This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape. Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason. But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇 jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...

AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls

In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...

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Frances Darling - 'Epistemic Reparations and Disability', forthcoming and open access at Phil Studies:

Epistemic reparations and disability - Philosophical Studies

Epistemic reparations are argued to be deserved by those wronged by gross injustices and violations, to provide redress for epistemic wrongs incurred by victims and survivors. I apply epistemic repara...

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Exciting news: my monograph is now available on Cambridge Core! www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals

Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals

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What can a shallow pond teach us about our moral obligations to strangers? On the latest @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social episode, David Edmonds joins Jim to explore the story behind Peter Singer’s famous thought experiment — and why it still provokes such fierce debate today.