Philosopher's Zone

ABC (Australia)

The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.

Episodes

On being a minority in philosophy

Skilled performance and cognition

China, Confucius and the courtyard

Values and goals

Pop, philosophy and politics

Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism and fun

Efficiency, productivity and excess

Philosophy and children

Power, domination and the ethics of global philanthropy

Bilingual parenting, home and the mother tongue

Owning the public square

Philosophy behind bars

Causation and death

The prophetic vision of Günther Anders

How should we treat insects?

Philosophy and travel

Refugees and moral obligation

How Nietzsche extracts cheerfulness from suffering

Trust and scepticism in a post-truth world

Satanism