Addiction, Desire, and The Polluted Environment – Richard Holton’s 2nd Uehiro...
By Jonathan Pugh In the second of his three Uehiro lectures on the theme of ‘illness and the social self’, Richard Holton turned to the moral questions raised by addiction. In the first half of the...
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Is addiction within or beyond our control? What turns something into an addiction? What should we do (more of) to tackle addiction? In this interview with Dr Katrien Devolder (philosophy, Oxford),...
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Is Addiction an Expression of One’s Deep Self?
By Doug McConnell Chandra Sripada (2016) has recently proposed a conative self-expression account of moral responsibility which claims that we are responsible for actions motivated by what we care for...
View ArticleCross Post: Spectator TV – Should the government ban smoking? With Kate...
Oxford Uehiro Centre’s Professor Dominic Wilkinson discusses the government’s proposal to ban smoking with The Spectator. The post Cross Post: Spectator TV – Should the government ban smoking? With...
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