Philosophy Exchange Podcast

About Philosophy Exchange Podcast

Welcome to the Philosophy Exchange Podcast! In our general podcast you will hear our members talk about philosophical ideas and our experiences in academia, with new episodes published monthly. Additionally, we have two new podcast series, our PX interviews, where we interview people who have influenced our work, and a special series, PX on AI dedicated to Artificial Intelligence. We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast and make sure to check us out on Twitter @PhilXchange and on our website philosophyexchange.org to get to know more about the community!

Publisher

Philosophy Exchange

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Nov 2020

Latest episode

21 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Jul 2025

   PX on Parfit – Population Ethics (Ep 6)

   Do we have moral duties to people who don’t yet exist? By grappling with puzzles like this, Parfit helped found population ethics, a branch of moral philosophy which considers how many people should exist and what we owe to people who are not yet born. We explore Parfit’s unsettling ideas about future generations – and why, decades later, we’re still grappling with the questions he raised. We also reflect on Parfit’s legacy and the key ingredients of his philosophy.

2. 

   21 Jul 2025

   PX on Parfit – Normative Ethics and the Triple Theory (Ep 5)

   Followers of three moral theories, Kantianism, consequentialism and contractualism, have long argued against each other. Parfit believed they were actually converging – climbing the same mountain from different sides. In this episode, we outline his “Triple Theory”, a bold synthesis that suggests moral theories may agree more than we think. If true, this strengthens the case for objective morality and philosophical hope.

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   21 Jul 2025

   PX on Parfit – Rationality vs Morality (Ep 4)

   Can it be rational to prefer scratching your finger to preventing the destruction of the world? The tension between self-interest and morality has been described as the “profoundest problem in ethics”. But, as we discuss in this episode, Derek Parfit thought this was wrong. He argued for an objective rather than a subjective view of rationality, meaning it can be rational to act morally.

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