Can you choose to be gay?

Brian Earp discusses the ethics of sexual orientation.

Professor Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that homosexuality is natural, and that what is natural can be neither good nor bad.

Does a human embryo have moral status? Tom Douglas explores the ethical issues surrounding genetic research on developing embryos.

Is an ethical war a paradoxical notion? If violence is almost always unacceptable, how can we justify acts of war? 23 10

Rebecca Roache discusses the conflicting rights and interests of both foetus and mother.

Is sex-selection harmful or injust? Julian Savulescu outlines four methods used in sex-selection and explores the ethical issues surrounding each.

Professor Neil Levy explores the link between free will and responsibility. What makes us blameworthy for our actions?

In this episode, Professor Roger Crisp introduces the strand of ethical theory known as 'virtue ethics'.

Dr Dominic Wilkinson, Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, explores the ethical issues surrounding euthanasia and asks whether it should be made legal.