Beth Matthews

Radical Philosophy

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Food for Thought, let's get radical about philosophy!

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Beth Matthews

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www.3cr.org.au

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

A/Prof Karen Green - Catharine Macaulay and Letitia Barbauld 27.07.2017

Catharine Macaulay and Letitia Barbauld - A/Professor Karen Green speaks about Catherine McCaulay and Letitia Barbauld and their biographical background, the similarities and the differences in their philosophies and other enlightened women of their time that influenced their thought.

Part 2 Prof Diana Tietjens Meyers - Female Genital Cutting 20.07.2017

Part 2 Contesting Female Genital Cutting in Africa, Professor Diana Tietjens Meyers speaks about the legal status of female genital cutting, her philosophical analysis of successful strategies as well as human slavery.

Prof Diana Tietjens Meyers - Female Genital Cutting 13.07.2017

Contesting Female Genital Cutting in Africa - Professor Diana Tietjens Meyers speaks about the legal status of female genital cutting and her philosophical analysis of successful strategies.

Prof Miranda Fricker - Epistemic Injustice 06.07.2017

Epistemic Injustice - Prof Miranda Fricker speaks about the two central forms of epistemic injustice, their two corresponding remedies and epistemic injustice relation to health care and psychiatry.

Prof Margaret Atherton - Women Philosophers 06.07.2017

Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period - Professor Margaret Atherton speaks about Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Margaret Cavendish and many more women.

Prof Sheri Tuttle Ross - Motherhood and Moral Luck 29.06.2017

  Motherhood and Moral Luck - Professor Sheri Tuttle Ross gives a definition of moral luck, and speaks about the notion of taking responsibility in connection to children and also “grey zones”.

Prof Miranda Fricker - Epistemic Injustice 22.06.2017

Epistemic Injustice - Prof Miranda Fricker speaks about the two central forms of epistemic injustice, their two corresponding remedies and epistemic injustice relation to health care and psychiatry.

Prof Samantha Brennan - Family 08.06.2017

Family - Professor Samantha Brennan speaks about how the structure of the family has changed over time, negatives and positives associated with the family and describes what the family of the future might be like.

Prof Marcia Baron - Philosophy of Law 25.05.2017

Philosophy of Law, Professor Marcia Baron discusses rape law, the difference between non consensual sex and unwanted sex, and the Anna Stubblefield case.

Associate Professor Jennifer Baker - Virtue Ethics 18.05.2017

Associate Professor Jennifer Baker speaks about virtue ethics and the reform of US policing - the connection between norms and virtual ethics and how virtual ethics are applied to law enforcement.

Assoc Prof Jennifer Baker - Virtue Ethics 11.05.2017

Virtue Ethics - Associate Professor Jennifer Baker speaks about virtue ethics and the reform of US policing - the connection between norms and virtue ethics and how virtue ethics are applied to law enforcement.

Prof Rachel Barney - Plato’s conception of the Good 04.05.2017

 Prof Rachel Barney answers questions, would you be able to define what good is? I suppose the opposite to good is bad or evil, would you have a definition of evil? and would you say that the good is something that everybody desires?

Associate Professor Janice Richardson - describes what is meant by feminist philosophy 02.03.2017

"Associate Professor Janice Richardson describes what is meant by feminist philosophy and the ways in which it alters philosophy"

Prof Donna Haraway - When Species Meet 23.02.2017

Prof Donna Haraway speaks about her book When Species Meet, if we have never been human, were the term companion species came from and Barbara Smuts research on baboons.

Assoc.Prof. Janice Richardson - Privacy and Legal Personhood 16.02.2017

Assoc. Prof. Janice Richardson explains about the history of legal personhood and the connection between feminism and privacy.

Dr Janice Richardson - Feminists in Philosophy 09.02.2017

Dr Janice Richardson explains the situation with feminists in philosophy at the moment and also some of the ways that women have been marginalised within the field of philosophy.

Prof Amie Thomasson - Social Groups 19.01.2017

Prof Amie Thomasson describes what a social group is, how social groups give normative structure to our lives also the functions of individual social groups.

Professor Helen Steward - Free Will Part 2 08.12.2016

Professor Helen Steward explains about determinism, if anyone ever acts freely, also the strong bond between some people and dogs.

Professor Helen Steward - Free Will 01.12.2016

 Professor Helen Steward explains about free will and instinct, also if there are any difference between us, human animals and non human animals in regards to free will.

Professor Carol J Adams The Sexual Poltics of Meat part 2 24.11.2016

Professor Carol J Adams descuses her book The Sexual Politics of Meat and where vegetarianism ends and feminism begins as well as Frankenstein's monster's vegetarianism.

Professor Carol J Adams - The Sexual Politics of Meat Part 1 17.11.2016

Professor Carol J Adams descuses her book The Sexual Politics of Meat, and how meat is a symbol of patriarchy also the connection between poverty and the eating of meat.

Prof Christine Overall - Why have Children Part 2 27.10.2016

Prof Christine Overall speaks about if in some cases it could be a moral responsibility to oneself not to have children, such as over population and also some criticisms of the one child per person responsibility.

Prof Christine Overall - Why Have Children 20.10.2016

 Prof Christine Overall speaks about why is choosing to have children an ethical issue and how feminist perspectives are connected with having children.

Dr Denise Thompson - Capitalism 13.10.2016

Dr Denise Thompson explains about the term primitive accumulation and the connection between male power and capitalism also if capitalism will ever be replaced with another system.

Penny Mackieson - Permanent Care 06.10.2016

Penny Mackieson explains the difference between adoption and permanent care, and if the system of permanent care is more likely to retain a child's sense of identity.

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