There is a new programme on BBC Radio
4 - see blurb below for the Radio 4
Programme on philosopher's in pubs
called the Philosopher's Arms. Next
week September 14th it is on robots
see below thought you might like
to listen to this you can get to
the site from this link:
Welcome to the Philosopher's Arms - a
place where moral dilemmas,
philosophical ideas and the real
world meet for a chat and a drink. Each
week Matthew Sweet takes a dilemma
with real philosophical pedigree and
sees how it matters in the everyday
world.
This week Matthew discovers that his
adopted daughter is a robot. Should
he treat her any differently from
before? She's indistinguishable from a
human so should she have the same
status as a human? Philosopher Barry
Smith, Autism mentor Robyn Steward;
Artificial Intelligence creator Murray
Shanahan and all join Matthew for a
drink and a bit of advice.
Each week in the Philosphers Arms
Matthew is joined joined by a cast of
philosophers and attendant experts to
show how the dilemma's we face in
real life connect us to some of the
trickiest philosophical problems ever
thought up. En route we'll learn
about the thinking of such luminaries as
Kant, Hume, Aristotle and
Wittgenstein. All recorded in a pub in front of
a live audience ready to tap their
glasses and demand clarity and ask -
what's this all got to do with me?
So questions such as should the
government put prozac in the water supply?
And my daughter is a robot, how
should I treat her? Lead us into dilemmas,
problems and issues from the
treatment of mental illness to the structure
of financial markets, from animal
rights to homosexuality. And they will
challenge a few of the assumptions
and intuitions about life that we carry
round with us.
(Producer James Cook)
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