Philosophy Bites is a podcast that should be on everybody's playlist. You do not need to have a special love for philosophy, nor special knack for it. Anybody can handle fifteen minutes of a carefully tailored philosophy ... leaders, nor can a superbly clean politics be required from the all the time. More Philosophy Bites: Understanding decisions, Nietzsche repossessed, What can you do ...

I've been listening to past episodes of the Philosophy Bites podcast, and I highly recommend it--they are short (about 15 minute) discussions with prominent philosophers about specific philosophical topics and ... asked the right questions. I particularly have enjoyed listening to topics that are outside the areas of philosophy I've studied, like Alain de Botton on the ...

The latest post at Philosophy Bites has philosopher Jeff McMahan talking about ethics and war. I found it of interest, given my dislike of the just war theory, so I looked ... ;s a vegetarian :) Here's a video of him giving a talk about pacifism and the philosophy of war. I didn't agree with everything he had to say in the talk, but it was interesting

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From philosophy bites: 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 acceptable. Listen to the lecture here.

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