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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 24/09/2026

Last chance to take part in the 2026 Wonder Wander in Oxford! Get your philosophical hats on and enjoy an unusual walk around central Oxford with the wonderful Uncomfortable Oxford and our very own Jonny Pugh. Register here: www.uncomfortableoxford.com/event/wonder... #WonderWander #ethics

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Wonder Wander 2026 - Fundraiser Tour: History of Medicine - Uncomfortable Oxford

Donate to join a History of Medicine tour in aid of Thoughtful, a charity that brings philosophy into classrooms.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 15/09/2026

Join us for Oxford's first Wonder Wander! (Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm). Tickets are going fast, so bag them soon. Donations are also warmly appreciated, if you can't attend in person - all donations go to @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social and support philosophical activities for children. #Ethics

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 08/09/2026

New blog post: Where Medicine Meets Ethics - blog.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2026/09/wher... Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. But some of the hardest questions in medicine cannot be answered by evidence alone. #ethics #MedicalEthics #PhilosophyMatters

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Where Medicine Meets Ethics | Practical Ethics

by Jonathan Pugh Cross-posted with the Uncomfortable Oxford blog. Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. How does the body work? How do we become unwell? Which treat...

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 04/09/2026

Competition time! If questions about our responsibilities towards each other, our planet and our future make you think, and you're a UK student in years 11-13 then this video competition is for you! Find out more here: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc #ethics #competition #responsibility #Alevels #GCSE

A green background highlights the text: Practical Ethics and Responsibility Competition for years 11-13, deadline for entries 4th Jan 2027. The URL for further details is www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc. The slide includes a landscape photo of smiling teenagers - the 2026 competition finalists.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 28/08/2026

Join us for Oxford's first Wonder Wander! Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder... #PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics

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Wonder Wander 2026

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 21/08/2026

Have you ever found yourself thinking about what we should do, not just what we can do? If so, and if you're an undergraduate or graduate student in the UK, then we have the competition for you! For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor... #essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 20/08/2026

How can #philosophy help us to reach practical conclusions when we face deep #disagreements about what matters? Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'. youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?... @oxmedhum.bsky.social #PhilosophyMatters

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 20/08/2026

Who will live and who will die? César Palacios-González asks this tough question as part of his Bitesize Ethics class 'Death and Resource Allocation. youtu.be/M04v4WFvxLM?... Oxford TORCH Medical Humanities #ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ResourceAllocation

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session 7: Death and Resource Allocation

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 12/08/2026

Why do some lives matter more than others? Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle. youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?... #PhilosophyMatters #ethics #animalethics #moralcircle

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session 6: Why do some lives matter more than others?

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 12/08/2026

Is #death bad for you? If so, why is it bad? If death is bad, are we badly off prior to our birth? To find out more check out Ryan Kulesa's talk 'The Badness of Death', next in this year's Bitesize programme of free philosophy. youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?... #PhilosophyMatters #FreeEducation #ethics

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Four: The Badness of Death

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 07/08/2026

Could AI allow part of us to live on after we die? Dr Voinea explores that question through the idea of “digital doppelgängers”, AI systems trained on a person’s data to resemble their voice, memories, values, and personality. Watch here: practicalethics.web.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 31/07/2026

Is death bad for you? If so, why is it bad? If death is bad, are we badly off prior to our birth? Ryan Kulesa discusses these questions and more in the fourth session of #BitesizeEthics 2026. The talk is now available online: youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Four: The Badness of Death

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 27/07/2026

If a doctor is asked to provide a medical service they morally object to, would their refusal violate professional obligations? Alberto Giubilini discusses #conscientiousobjection in #healthcare in this Bitesize Ethics class: youtu.be/LzrmjJsgcuY?... #medicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ethics

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Three: Conscience and Conscientious Objection in Healthcare

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 24/07/2026

Earlier this year, Deputy Director of Education, Dr Alberto Giubilini, gave a talk at the Centre for Personalised Medicine. The talk is now available to watch online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdgK... #Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 23/07/2026

Katerina Jennings leads the second of our Bitesize sessions this year, discussing the moral limits of age-based exclusion in 'Too Young to Decide?' 👀watch on YouTube: youtu.be/qFYpV4OuX0A?... #adolescence #decisionmaking #ethics #PhilosophyMatters

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Two: Too Young to Decide? The Moral Limits of Age-Based Exclusion

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 20/07/2026

Bitesize Ethics videos are now online! Catch up with the first of the four classes so far on YouTube: youtu.be/6Ui7N5OKXUo?... Prof Dom Wilkinson starts this season's programming with his Introduction to Life, Death and Difficult Decisions... #PhilosophyMatters #onlineeducation #life #death #ethics

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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session One: Introduction to life, death and difficult decisions

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 09/07/2026

The Uehiro Oxford Institute is seeking a new Director. Candidates must showcase strong strategic and people leadership skills as well as vision. A candidate pack and information on how to apply can be found at Minerva Search (link below). Closing date: noon Wed 2 Sept 2026. #WeAreHiring #Ethics

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 26/06/2026

This week in #WomeninEthics we are pleased to spotlight Prof. Lisa Bortolotti, an interdisciplinary ethicist in philosophy and psychology! See our video on her work here: youtube.com/shorts/_484c... #Ethics #PracticalEthics #Feminism

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 25/06/2026

📣CHANGE OF VENUE: Due to the ongoing heatwave please be aware that the Lockwood Memorial Lecture will now take place in Seminar Room 00.063, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 24/06/2026

We are delighted to announce that Prof Thomas Douglas has been appointed as Interim Director of the UOI, following the end of Prof Roger Crisp's tenure. We are enormously grateful to Roger for all his work over the last three years. Read more here: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/new-... #thankyou

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New Interim Director for UOI

Announcing the appointment of Professor Thomas Douglas as Interim Director from 1 October 2026

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 22/06/2026

Bitesize Ethics 2026 will start this Wednesday at 12:35 UK time on zoom, and there's still time to register! We'll be thinking about #life, #death, and difficult decisions. If you are interested but can't make the time don't worry - videos will be shared on Youtube. We hope to see you there!

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 19/06/2026

There's still time to book your seat for what promises to be a really interesting, interdisciplinary discussion of #ethicaldivestment, with David Boonin (Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder). 25th June at 5pm, Rewley House, Oxford.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 19/06/2026

“Two phenomena can compromise embodied visibility required for recognition as a moral agent in society: invisibility and exposure.“ This week for #WomeninEthics, we’re featuring Tabea Ott. See our reel on her work here: www.youtube.com/shorts/cxeHT...

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#WomeninEthics Tabea Ott

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 17/06/2026

For Italian readers: @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social discusses the perils of AI and AI regulations following anti-AI protests and the Pope’s warnings in the inaugural encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, in Italian newspaper La Verità earlier in the week: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/stop... #AI #ethics

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Stop AI - Pause AI - Control AI?

Alberto Giubilini discusses the perils of AI and AI regulations, following anti-AI protests and the Pope’s warnings in the inaugural encyclical Magnifica Humanitas

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our ECR/DPhil workshop tomorrow (Thursday18)+Friday19 June. Keynote by Helene Scott-Fordsmand (UCL) on Friday morning: Fat tissue and the collapse of the subject-object divide in anatomical dissection practices torch.ox.ac.uk/event/object... @uehiro.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford.bsky.social

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Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 11/06/2026

For this week's #WomeninEthics, we're pleased to spotlight Prof Miranda Fricker, who just wrapped up the 3-part annual Uehiro lecture series in Oxford. Her work on 'epistemic injustice' has been influential in the field of #ethics. For more on her work, see here: youtube.com/shorts/ta0pI...

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#WomeninEthics Miranda Fricker

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Journal of Practical Ethics @practicalethics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Special issue now online: Gandhi's Ahimsaism, Insects, and Animal Sentience. Target article by @birchlse.bsky.social with commentaries from Angie Pepper, Gary O'Brien, Samantha Hurn & Alexander Badman-King. Now online, full publication in August: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/jpe-... #ahimsaism

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 08/05/2026

Is ethical divestment possible? Join us for the biennial Lockwood memorial lecture on 25 June, where 2026 medallist Prof David Boonin will discuss a range of responses to this challenge. 5pm, Rewley House, Oxford www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-l... bsky.app/profile/oxli...

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2026 Lockwood Memorial Lecture

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 04/06/2026

Bitesize Ethics is back! Join us on Wednesdays for free, #online ethics classes exploring 'Life, death and difficult decisions', 24 Jun-12 Aug. No prior knowledge required, all welcome. Register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth... @oxmedhum.bsky.social #bitesize #ethics #FreeEducation #life

Two-tone, mostly text-based poster advertising the free online programme for Bitesize Ethics 2026: Life, death and difficult decisions. 24 June-12 August. Open for registration: https:llshorturl.at/Tn8bE A bubble image illustrates life (a seedling), death (a candle) and difficult decisions (a person in a maze) connecting the two.

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Join us on 11 June for an interdisciplinary event on Medical Detachment (organised by Charlotte Dewarumez). Coffee and biscuits provided. We look forward to welcoming you. Free registration via Eventbrite, link in our website torch.ox.ac.uk/event/medica... @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 02/06/2026

We're pleased to welcome our visiting student, Reem Ayad, who is visiting the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the UOI. Her research examines how relational contexts shape moral evaluations of AI agents. #Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 29/05/2026

Register now to join online for Miranda Fricker's Uehiro Lectures - the first in the series takes place 1st June, 4:30pm, at the HB Allen Centre, Oxford: shorturl.at/G6KKA Prof. Fricker will be discussing her concepts of 'Communicative Blaming' and minimalistic blame in the first lecture.

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 28/05/2026

This week for #Womeninethics, we spotlight Professor of Moral Philosophy, Cecile Fabre, known for her book 'Whose Body is it Anyway?' See our reel on her work here: youtube.com/shorts/xPgqH... #Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters

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#WomeninEthics Cecile Fabre

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 18/05/2026

This Friday 22nd May, UOI Deputy Director of Education Alberto Giubilini will give a keynote talk on AI and language. To attend, write to humanities@torch.ox.ac.uk #Ethics #PracticalEthics #AIEthics #AI

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 14/05/2026

This week in #WomeninEthics, we would like to spotlight the multiple award-winning philosopher and novelist, Dame #Iris Murdoch. See our vid on her work here: youtube.com/shorts/RDeYx... "Virtue is... a task to come to see the world as it is.” #Ethics #Practicalethics #VirtueEthics

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#WomeninEthics Dame Iris Murdoch

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 14/05/2026

Online tickets are now available for the live-stream of the Annual Uehiro Lectures on 'Moral Pressure: Bending Time, Shaping Wills', given by Prof Miranda Fricker. Please select the free 'online ticket' when booking: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/annual-uehir... #online #MirandaFricker #PhilosophyMatters

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Annual Uehiro Lectures

Annual Oxford Uehiro Lectures, details of the lectures and the Uehiro Lecture book series published by Oxford University Press

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 12/05/2026

Recording now available: shorturl.at/kFhjR UOI Senior Research Fellow Alberto Giubilini discusses conscientious objection in healthcare, the concept of professionalism, and how the two might be in conflict when healthcare professionals are required to perform controversial medical procedures.

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Ethics@Lunch with Alberto Giubilini

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 08/05/2026

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2026 Lockwood Memorial Lecture

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 07/05/2026

This week in #WomeninEthics, we feature the medical ethicist Stella Mosetti. “As Garrett Hardin reminded us, it takes acertain amount of courage to admit that certain problems do not have a technical solution.“ See our reel on Stella here: youtube.com/shorts/ip2fu...

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#womeninethics Stella Mosetti

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 30/04/2026

'Literature is an entrance into reality, not a distraction from it.' This week in #WomeninEthics, we feature researcher and writer Mette Leonard Høeg. See Mette's reel: youtube.com/shorts/_Ewgq... More remarkable women, every Thursday. #ethics #philosophymatters #practicalethics #neurocentrism

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#WomeninEthics Mette Leonard Høeg

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 29/04/2026

Annual Uehiro Lectures with Prof Miranda Fricker (Julius Silver Professor, NYU). The series 'Moral Pressures: Bending Time, Shaping Wills' will take place on June 1, 3 and 8, 4:30-6:15. All welcome: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2026-lecture... #ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #MirandaFricker

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 28/04/2026

We're pleased to welcome Dr Borgar Jølstad, who is visiting us from Norway (University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital.) During his visit, he will conduct research on how to value procreative interventions such as IVF. #Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 28/04/2026

Trinity term is here, and we are happy to welcome our visiting students for the term! Swipe to learn more about our wonderful visiting students, researching medical innovations, legal systems, moral enhancement and public health policies - amongst other things. #Ethics #Practicalethics

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Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Our yearly DPhil/Early Career Workshop on "Subjectivity and Objectivity in Medicine" is on 18-19 June. Deadline for abstract submission 17 May. @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk torch.ox.ac.uk/event/call-f...

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Call for Abstracts | Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 24/04/2026

Video recordings from our two-day workshop on Euthanasia law, covering topics including conscientious objection and euthanasia law, the legal system in Mexico and more are now available online. All videos are available on youtube.com/@TorchOxford/videos #Ethics #PracticalEthics

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

University of Oxford | TORCH is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oxford. The YouTube channel features bite-size talks, in depth lectures and cross-disciplinary discussions giv...

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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 23/04/2026

This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we would like to re-share our #WomeninEthics post about the legendary #AudreLorde: youtube.com/shorts/HqRPL... She described herself as 'Black, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior' and her writings and speeches were of major influence worldwide. #Ethics #PracticalEthics

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#WomeninEthics Audre Lorde

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