William MacAskill
28 Podcast Episodes
107. What We Owe the Future – William MacAskill
107. What We Owe the Future – William MacAskill
The human species has been around for some 300,000 years. A typical mammal lasts for a million years. We are not typical... Read more
19 Jun 2023
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50mins
What We Owe the Future: in conversation with William MacAskill
What We Owe the Future: in conversation with William MacAskill
Contributor(s): Dr William MacAskill | Does what we do today determine the happiness or misery of trillions of people in... Read more
22 May 2023
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1hr 37mins
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William MacAskill on Longtermism
William MacAskill on Longtermism
In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast David Edmonds interviews Will MacAskill on the controversial idea that w... Read more
9 Mar 2023
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22mins
218--Bookin’ w/ William MacAskill
218--Bookin’ w/ William MacAskill
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by William MacAskill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, ... Read more
9 Jan 2023
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29mins
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Philosopher William MacAskill makes the case for longtermism
Philosopher William MacAskill makes the case for longtermism
Philosopher William MacAskill makes the case for longtermism, a moral philosophy that urges us to tackle today’s problem... Read more
23 Nov 2022
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25mins
Russia Coerces Ukrainians Into Voting To Join Russian Federation | William MacAskill
Russia Coerces Ukrainians Into Voting To Join Russian Federation | William MacAskill
Russia coerces Ukrainians into voting in favor of joining the Russian Federation, Ronny Chieng teaches a class on K-pop,... Read more
28 Sep 2022
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33mins
William MacAskill on Principia Ethica: The Positive Ethics of Aristotle
William MacAskill on Principia Ethica: The Positive Ethics of Aristotle
The artificial intelligence Lexman welcomes William MacAskill, a philosopher and author of "Principia Ethica: The Positi... Read more
13 Sep 2022
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Lexman Interviews William MacAskill on Teague Dualism and Plagiarism
Lexman Interviews William MacAskill on Teague Dualism and Plagiarism
Lexman interviews William MacAskill on the philosophy of Teague dualism and plagiarism.
11 Sep 2022
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A New Way to Think About Your Money | William MacAskill
A New Way to Think About Your Money | William MacAskill
Most of us worry about money sometimes, but what if we changed the way we thought about our relationship to finances? To... Read more
29 Aug 2022
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1hr 4mins
207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future
207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future
It’s always a little humbling to think about what affects your words and actions might have on other people, not only ri... Read more
15 Aug 2022
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1hr 42mins
