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Cecile Fabre on the Ethics of Spying

Apr 20, 2022

24:51

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Are We Morally Permitted and Obliged to Do Under Conditions of Uncertainty?

03:17

The Problem With Virtue Ethics

01:44

The Ethics of Espionage

02:04

Introduction

2min

What Matters Is National Security

2min

The Ethics of Espionage

2min

Are You a Mean Only to One's End?

2min

Are Western Intelligence Agencies Sexually Entrapped?

3min

Are We Morally Permitted and Obliged to Do Under Conditions of Uncertainty?

3min

The Middle Course Between Secrecy and Transparency

2min

The Problem With Virtue Ethics

2min

Why Is the Intelligence Agent Morally Not Liable?

2min

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I'm Not Complicitos in an Unlawful Act, Ex Hypothesi

5min

Spying raises many ethical issues, but these are rarely discussed - at least by philosophers. Cécile Fabre, author of a recent book on the topic, Spying Through a Glass Darkly, discusses some of these issues with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode is sponsored by The New European newspaper.