If someone is shooting at me in a war, surely it is morally acceptable for me to shoot back and kill him or her. Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University, author of  a new book on this topic, challenges the view that such killing is always...

Richard Bradley of the LSE discusses decision theory with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Decisions can be understood as gambles which weight beliefs and desires...This is an insight that we owe in part to F.P. Ramsey...

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Must politicians occasionally act immorally out of necessity? C.A.J. Coady, author of the recent book Messy Morality, discusses the controversial topic of Dirty Hands in Politics in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. We are very grateful to...

John Campbell explores the question of the relationship between our thoughts and reality via Bishop Berkeley's puzzle in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Listen to John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle