If you eat meat but have never killed an animal for food, does that make you a hypocrite? Julian Baggini visited a slaughterhouse and came out more comfortable eating meat. His argument? Squeamishness and morality aren't the same thing. Full episode dropping Thursday 🎙️f

Wittgenstein. Parfit. Nagel. We asked philosopher @davidedmonds100.bsky.social who his favourite philosophers are. He didn’t just study Parfit — Parfit was his postgrad supervisor and he wrote his biography. His go-to philosophy book? The View From Nowhere by Thomas Nagel. Who are yours?👇

It wasn't really that the BBC wouldn't find it - but frustration at how difficult it was to get philosophy programmes commissioned. After Philosophy Bites appeared, it became easier!

Phlexible Philosophy@phlexphilosophy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The BBC wouldn’t fund it. So @davidedmonds100.bsky.social and @nigelwarburton.bsky.social did it themselves. @philosophybites.bsky.social launched independently in 2007. 49 million downloads later — turns out the world was ready. 🎙️Episode: youtu.be/ymK8WuQdGms?... #podcast #philosophybites

The BBC wouldn’t fund it. So @davidedmonds100.bsky.social and @nigelwarburton.bsky.social did it themselves. @philosophybites.bsky.social launched independently in 2007. 49 million downloads later — turns out the world was ready. 🎙️Episode: youtu.be/ymK8WuQdGms?... #podcast #philosophybites

Would you ruin your £200 Nikes to save a drowning child? Most say yes. So why don’t we donate that same money to save a child dying across the world? @davidedmonds100.bsky.social breaks down one of the most powerful thought experiments in philosophy. Episode Link👇 youtu.be/ymK8WuQdGms?...