Ethics Untangled
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Everyday ethics with the experts, from IDEA, The Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds (@idea-leeds.bsky.social).
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@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Feels like a good time to be releasing this episode featuring Jeffrey Howard of
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Feels like a good time to be releasing this episode featuring Jeffrey Howard of
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
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Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year?
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
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Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
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52. Should we all be activists? With Josh Hobbs - Ethics Untangled
Josh Hobbs is back in this episode for his second appearance. Again the subject is political. This time we're discussing whether we should all be activists. More specifically, does the existence of gl...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year?
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Check out Josh's excellent piece for the Conversation on the same topic as this week's podcast here: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Check out Josh's excellent piece for the Conversation on the same topic as this week's podcast here: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year?
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
52. Should we all be activists? With Josh Hobbs - Ethics Untangled
Josh Hobbs is back in this episode for his second appearance. Again the subject is political. This time we're discussing whether we should all be activists. More specifically, does the existence of gl...
www.buzzsprout.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Is being more politically active on your list of resolutions this year?
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Today's episode of Ethics Untangled features Josh Hobbs of Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied asking the question, should we all be activists?
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
The New Yorker has (rightly!) listed Death in a Shallow Pond - the subject of my discussion with @davidedmonds100.bsky.social on the latest Ethics Untangled episode - as one of the best books of 2025. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
The Best Books of 2025
The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The New Yorker has (rightly!) listed Death in a Shallow Pond - the subject of my discussion with @davidedmonds100.bsky.social on the latest Ethics Untangled episode - as one of the best books of 2025. www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
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Shallow Pond is on Ethics Untangled. Thanks to Jim Baxter and the Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds @princetonupress.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
51. What can a shallow pond teach us about ethics? With David Edmonds - Ethics Untangled
Imagine this: You’re walking past a shallow pond and spot a toddler thrashing around in the water, in obvious danger of drowning. You look around for her parents, but nobody is there. You’re the only ...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shallow Pond is on Ethics Untangled. Thanks to Jim Baxter and the Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds @princetonupress.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
A great, wide-ranging conversation with davidedmonds100.bsky.social on today's Ethics Untangled.
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A great, wide-ranging conversation with davidedmonds100.bsky.social on today's Ethics Untangled.
And when I say 'Simon Meisch', I do of course mean bsky.app/profile/simo...
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
And when I say 'Simon Meisch', I do of course mean bsky.app/profile/simo...
Ethics Untangled Episode 50 is out today!
What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch
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What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch
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50. What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch - Ethics Untangled
A really interesting conversation with Simon Meisch this week. Simon is a Senior Lecturer for Applied Ethics at the Ethics Centre of the University of Tubingen, and until recently was also a visiting ...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ethics Untangled Episode 50 is out today!
What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Great blog post by IDEA's Matilda Carter on Power, Status and the Dementia Care Relationship. cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/powe...
Power, Status, and the Dementia Care Relationship
One afternoon, having just clocked-in, I sat myself down next to a resident of the care home I worked at in the mid-2010s, and asked her what she thought about the programme she was watching on TV.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Great blog post by IDEA's Matilda Carter on Power, Status and the Dementia Care Relationship. cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/powe...
New episode this morning with the fantasic Catriona McKinnon, highlighting a point in environmental ethics that has gone under-, or even unappreciated.
Are we misleading future generations about the climate crisis?
New @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social episode with Catriona McKinnon dives into intergenerational justice and why transparency matters.
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New @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social episode with Catriona McKinnon dives into intergenerational justice and why transparency matters.
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#EthicsUntangled #ClimateJustice #Philosophy
Ethics Untangled Podcast
Ethics Untangled is a series of conversations about the ethical issues that affect all of us. In each episode, Jim Baxter interviews an academic, usually a philosopher, who has spent some time…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New episode this morning with the fantasic Catriona McKinnon, highlighting a point in environmental ethics that has gone under-, or even unappreciated.
Today's podcast is connected to the work we've been doing with the Law Society on the Ethics of In-House Law. Sharon Bridgalsingh is a hugely articulate and insightful voice in the profession and it was great to speak to her about some of the issues and challenges in-house lawyers face.
The latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social sees Jim speak to Sharon Bridglalsingh, Director of Law and Governance at Milton Keynes City Council.
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today's podcast is connected to the work we've been doing with the Law Society on the Ethics of In-House Law. Sharon Bridgalsingh is a hugely articulate and insightful voice in the profession and it was great to speak to her about some of the issues and challenges in-house lawyers face.
Ethics Untangled guest Christina Nick's paper on whether politicians with dirty hands owe reparations to victims has been published. If you've got access, you can read it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi....
The ep (no. 15) is here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Congrats Christina!
The ep (no. 15) is here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Congrats Christina!
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Ethics Untangled guest Christina Nick's paper on whether politicians with dirty hands owe reparations to victims has been published. If you've got access, you can read it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi....
The ep (no. 15) is here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Congrats Christina!
The ep (no. 15) is here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Congrats Christina!
Great conversation on today's Ethics Untangled podcast with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and Georgie Mills. What is cancelling? What different forms can it take? What are its effects? Who is responsible for those effects? What does all this mean for how we should interact with others online?
In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , Jim speaks to Alfred Archer (Tilburg University) & Georgie Mills (TU Delft) about cancel culture.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Great conversation on today's Ethics Untangled podcast with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and Georgie Mills. What is cancelling? What different forms can it take? What are its effects? Who is responsible for those effects? What does all this mean for how we should interact with others online?
Here's a clip of Robbie and me chatting about emotional labour...
October 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Here's a clip of Robbie and me chatting about emotional labour...
Words change their meanings all the time, but what if losing the old meaning means we lose the ability to say something important? Fascinating chat with IDEA's Robbie Morgan here: ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Words change their meanings all the time, but what if losing the old meaning means we lose the ability to say something important? Fascinating chat with IDEA's Robbie Morgan here: ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
Orla Carlin issues a challenge to academics on the latest Ethics Untangled here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
September 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Orla Carlin issues a challenge to academics on the latest Ethics Untangled here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
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🎉 What a lovely way to celebrate my first day at Exeter! This fun conversation with Jim Baxter @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social about a paper my now-colleague @joelkrueger.com and I wrote on AI Gossip is now up!
In the podcast we discuss how AI systems might engage in gossip-like behaviour 🙊
In the podcast we discuss how AI systems might engage in gossip-like behaviour 🙊
Happy September everyone. We're back with a conversation about one of the weirder, more unexpectred and potentially more problematic things that large language models can apparently do - gossip.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎉 What a lovely way to celebrate my first day at Exeter! This fun conversation with Jim Baxter @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social about a paper my now-colleague @joelkrueger.com and I wrote on AI Gossip is now up!
In the podcast we discuss how AI systems might engage in gossip-like behaviour 🙊
In the podcast we discuss how AI systems might engage in gossip-like behaviour 🙊
Happy September everyone. We're back with a conversation about one of the weirder, more unexpectred and potentially more problematic things that large language models can apparently do - gossip.
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
September 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy September everyone. We're back with a conversation about one of the weirder, more unexpectred and potentially more problematic things that large language models can apparently do - gossip.
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
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The Future of Practical Ethics
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
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IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
July 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Future of Practical Ethics
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025
Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
Another fascinating conversation this week with Adam Byfield from NHS England. We get a bit more into the weeds in this one, discussing in more detail how to provide ethical assurance for AI applications, specifically in terms of bias and accessibility. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
July 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Another fascinating conversation this week with Adam Byfield from NHS England. We get a bit more into the weeds in this one, discussing in more detail how to provide ethical assurance for AI applications, specifically in terms of bias and accessibility. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
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Are you working on sexualisation or objectification? Come share your research at our December workshop!
July 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Are you working on sexualisation or objectification? Come share your research at our December workshop!
The Future of Practical Ethics conference - part of @idea-leeds.bsky.social's 20th anniversary celebrations - is happening on 8-10 September. It will be good and you should come to it if you are at all interested in practical ethics, i.e. if you are a human. conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
The Future of Practical Ethics
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July 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The Future of Practical Ethics conference - part of @idea-leeds.bsky.social's 20th anniversary celebrations - is happening on 8-10 September. It will be good and you should come to it if you are at all interested in practical ethics, i.e. if you are a human. conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...
News article here about @lisabortolotti.com's fantastic project and, less importantly, her Ethics Untangled interview about it! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/su...
Supporting young people with their mental health - University of Birmingham
In a podcast for Ethics Untangled and a leaflet with McPin, Lisa Bortolotti shares how professionals can support young people facing mental health difficulties.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
News article here about @lisabortolotti.com's fantastic project and, less importantly, her Ethics Untangled interview about it! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/su...
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New podcast out today featuring @lisabortolotti.com, a brilliant philosopher discussing a great interdisciplinary project with a very practical intent: improving the way clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties. ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...
July 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New podcast out today featuring @lisabortolotti.com, a brilliant philosopher discussing a great interdisciplinary project with a very practical intent: improving the way clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties. ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...