Newsnight – BBC One
I was on Newsnight last night talking about justice – divine and human – with Justin Thacker of the Evangelical[…]
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August podcast
Suffering is the unifying theme of the latest edition of Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly. Is it all bad or do we need at least some it? Mark Vernon and Havi Carel argue that suffering can be part of the good life, while transhumanist Nick Bostrom makes the moral case for a future when death and disease will be conquered. Janet Radcliffe Richards also talks about suffering as a manifestly bad thing in her incisive critique of muddled morality.
ReadPeter Vardy video interview (2001)
Peter Vardy is the author of numerous books on the philosophy of religion, especially popular with high school students and undergraduates. In this interview – recorded in 2001 and shown here for the first time – Vardy talks about what he thinks the most pressing issues in the philosophy of religion are today. Interview by Julian Baggini. Filming and editing by Jeremy Stangroom.
ReadNigel Warburton video interview (2001)
In 2001, tpm editor Julian Baggini interviewed Nigel Warburton as part of a multi-media project that was later abandoned. Now we’re showing that interview for the first time. In it, Warburton talks about his book Thinking from A to Z, and how philosophy can help you think better.
ReadToday – BBC Radio Four
I was on Radio Four’s Today programme this morning talking about my new Demos essay on making mistakes. You can[…]
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