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Series 1

The Ultimatum Game

Matthew ponders the human capacity for greed and altruism. With Kin Binmore.

• 28 mins

Series 1

Moral Disgust

Sitting in a pub, Matthew Sweet discovers how real life is full of philosophical problems.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Theseus' Ship

Matthew Sweet encounters a problem that affects Man City, criminal trials and the Drifters

• 28 mins

Series 2

What Makes a Fake a Fake?

Matthew Sweet discovers his favourite painting is a forgery. But does it really matter?

• 28 mins

Series 2

Sorites' Heap

Matthew Sweet asks: When exactly does a balding man become bald?

• 30 mins

Series 2

Morality and the Law

Matthew Sweet wonders if we have any moral reason to obey the law.

• 30 mins

Series 3

Free Riders

Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet, discussing free riding and tiny harms.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Exploitation

Pints and philosophical problems with Matthew Sweet - what is exploitation?

• 28 mins

Series 3

Free Will

Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet. Do we have free will?

• 28 mins

Series 3

Moral Blame

Matthew Sweet and philosopher Miranda Fricker look at historic wrongs.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Enhancement

Matthew Sweet asks, should we take a pill to make us less racist?

• 28 mins

Series 4

Trolleyology

How should you decide between two morally troubling courses of action?

• 28 mins

Series 4

Induction

Matthew Sweet asks what justifies our belief the sun will rise tomorrow.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Sex Equality

Matthew Sweet and philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards explore sex equality and pay.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Lying and Misleading

Matthew Sweet asks if there is a moral difference between lying and misleading.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Weakness of Will

The Philosopher's Arms asks how we can want and not want a cream cake.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Hate Speech

The Philosopher's Arms asks whether speech can harm.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Future People

The Philosopher's Arms asks what sort of people should we bring into the world.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Hypocrisy

What's wrong with hypocrisy? A question for everyone's favourite abstract pub.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Cake or Biscuit?

Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit? One for the pub with both beer and philosophy.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Swearing

Matthew Sweet examines knotty philosophical conundrums in an abstract pub.

• 28 mins