Luke Brunning sat down with Alex Fisher, a Society for Applied Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow within the Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships at IDEA: The Ethics Centre, to discuss the ethical and psychological implications of engaging with digital technologies that can distort our conception of reality. Alex's research
In the latest episode of the Ethics Untangled Podcast, Jim Baxter talks to Matt Clark about whether organisations can be trustworthy or whether trustworthiness is only a quality of individuals. This matters for how we think about public institutions, businesses, and charities – and about the responsibilities they bear when people
It’s been a bumper month of practically engaged philosophy on Ethics Untangled. In case you missed a post, here's a round up of May's contributions for you. International Day of Families Reimagining the familyToday, on International Day of Families, Sophie Goddard considers the ethics of
In the latest episode of the Ethics Untangled Podcast, Jim Baxter talks to Rebecca Wallbank to explore what counts as a ‘genuine’ emotion, whether our responses to AI differ from our responses to fiction, and what it means to say that these emotions might be profound. Together, Jim and Rebecca
In our final post for Dementia Action Week 2026, Dr Andrew Stanners reflects on Matilda Carter’s work to consider how we could best care for people with dementia. Andrew is a consultant physician for older people at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. Alongside his medical career, he completed a
In our second post for Dementia Action Week 2026, Matilda Carter reflects on the interdisciplinary workshop held last week on her book, Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals: Towards Social Justice in Dementia Care (Cambridge University Press). Relating to People Living with Dementia as EqualsCambridge Core - Psychiatry
It’s the start of Dementia Action Week 2026, which runs between the 18th and 24th of May. The purpose of the week is to raise awareness about dementia in all its forms, share stories by people living with dementia and their caregivers, and support new research. We will be
Today, on International Day of Families, Sophie Goddard considers the ethics of family structures. Drawing on her forthcoming chapter, Sacrifice and the Nuclear Family, in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and the Family (edited by Teresa Baron), Sophie critiques dominant ideas of the family. She argues that paving the way
This year, Dementia Action Week runs from May 18–24. Throughout the month, we'll be discussing dementia and the ethics of care on the blog. In our first post, Luke Brunning sits down with Matilda Carter, Lecturer in Applied Ethics at IDEA: The Ethics Centre, to discuss her
Danielle sat down with Rosa Vince to discuss their upcoming workshop, Just Theorising 2026. During the workshop, participants will explore the epistemological and methodological challenges that arise when theorising across social difference. If this sounds interesting to you, or to someone you know, there’s still time to apply to
In the latest episode of the Ethics Untangled Podcast, Jim Baxter talks to Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril about the ethics of long COVID and the ways it is reshaping how we think about disability, care, and community. Long COVID has left millions of people living with chronic symptoms, often without adequate medical
Luke Brunning sat down with Simon Kirchin, the Director of IDEA: The Ethics Centre, to explore what publicly engaged philosophy looks like in practice, why it matters, and what insights it can generate. Drawing on a long-standing partnership with a group of professional comedians, Simon published The Philosophy of Comedy
A space for us to engage with everyday ethics. Luke Brunning and Danielle Bromwich, the editors of Ethics Untangled, introduce us to this new blog, chat about the distinctive culture at IDEA: The Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds, and talk through their desire to build a community committed