It’s hard not to be consumed with the rapidly changing news of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals around the world are being overwhelmed as doctors are forced to make decisions that no one would ever want to make. We are all being asked to make radical changes in our daily lives to flatten the curve and help save lives.
You may find yourself with a lot of extra time on your hands as you stay home and practice social distancing. So for this month’s deep dive into the archive, we’re offering not exactly a distraction from the news, but rather a different way to engage with it. What philosophical questions do the quickly unfolding global events raise?
Do we have a right to healthcare? Do others have any moral claim over our bodies? What obligations do we have towards providing medical care to the incarcerated? Under what circumstances can doctors decide what is best for their patients? And why do so many false or even dangerous ideas go "viral"?
Here are some shows from the archive that tackle these questions.
Health and Well-Being
It’s hard not to be consumed with the rapidly changing news of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals around the world are being overwhelmed as doctors are forced to make decisions that no one would ever want to make. We are all being asked to make radical changes in our daily lives to flatten the curve and help save lives.
You may find yourself with a lot of extra time on your hands as you stay home and practice social distancing. So for this month’s deep dive into the archive we’re offering, not exactly a distraction from the news, but rather a different way to engage with it. What philosophical questions do the quickly unfolding global events raise?
Do we have a right to healthcare? Do others have any moral claim over our bodies? What obligations do we have towards providing medical care to the incarcerated? Under what circumstances can doctors decide what is best for their patients? And why do so many false or even dangerous ideas go "viral"?
Here are some shows from the archive that tackle these questions.
| Episode Title | Guest | Related Content | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Health Care: Right or Privilege? | Laurence Baker, Professor of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University | Health Care – is it a right or a privilege | |
 | Regulating Bodies | Cécile Fabre, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Lincoln College, University of Oxford | Regulating Bodies | |
 | Dignity Denied: Life and Death in Prison | Oscar-nominated filmmaker Edgar Barens | Life and Death in Prison | |
 | The Limits of Medical Consent | Jodi Halpern, Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of California Berkeley | The Limits of Medical Consent | |
 | Memes: Viruses of the Mind? | Susan Blackmore, Professor of Psychology, University of Plymouth | Memes and the Evolution of Culture |