Podcasts by Virtues for the Times
Notre Dame is a private Catholic University, extending from the West Coast of Australia in the beautiful and historic City of Fremantle, to the North-West town of Broome and across the continent to the heart of Sydney.
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COVID-19: Forgiveness from 2020-06-29T01:25:34
During COVID-19 we have witnessed some commendable acts at the local and broader political levels, but there have also been some questionable behaviours and perhaps even some inexcusable actions an...
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COVID-19: What Can Philosophy Do? from 2020-06-18T00:25:08
Some have called the COVID-19 pandemic an unprecedented crisis, however there have been similar ordeals throughout history. Plagues in the first and second millennia caused millions of deaths and m...
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COVID-19: Religion and Democracy from 2020-06-11T09:04:50
We take a look at how grassroots democratic and religious participation has been affected by COVID-19 by speaking to community leaders in the Sydney Alliance.
The Sydney Alliance is an org...
Crisis in the USA from 2020-06-04T09:40:20
As the USA weeps for its pandemic victims and angry protesters take to the streets demanding that the lockdown and institutional racism finally end, what do we make of it all? In this episode we tr...
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COVID-19: Ethics in a World of Competing Sorrows from 2020-05-29T01:05:36
The COVID-19 pandemic presents multiple ethical dilemmas that leave us with no easy solutions. This is often referred to in ethics as a world of competing sorrows. To help us think through some of ...
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COVID-19: Ethics and Epistemic Virtue Online from 2020-05-22T05:19:27
At a time like this, it's incredibly important to be able to think well about the moral and epistemic quality of the online environments we find ourselves in. Tim Smartt, Research Associate and co...
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COVID-19: Ethics of Healthcare Rationing from 2020-05-13T14:52:17
Dr Xavier Symons, IES Research Associate, questions some of the ethical approaches to healthcare rationing in times of COVID-19
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Introduction by Professor John Lippitt, IES Director, from 2020-05-05T01:43:18
Professor John Lippitt, Director of the Institute for Ethics & Society, introduces the Podcast series 'Virtues for the Times'.
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COVID-19: Healthcare & Spiritual Care from 2020-05-05T01:37:37
Dr Kate Jones, who is currently undertaking an Early Career Research Fellowship at the Institute for Ethics & Society jointly funded by The University of Notre Dame Australia and St Vincent’s Healt...
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COVID-19: Ethics of Public Health Responses from 2020-04-29T08:24:17
The IES' Research Associate Dr Xavier Symons is a bioethicist with special research focus in the field of public health and healthcare rationing. In this episode, Xavier discusses the ethical under...
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