Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Why do some lives matter more than others?
Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics,
Kathryn Francis examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle in the sixth Bitesize Ethics class this year.

https://youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?si=x4o2d-fDjz8exhr8

Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session 6: Why do some lives matter more than others? Tutor: Kathryn FrancisThis session will explore the concept of th...

Why do some lives matter more than others?

Should animals count morally? What about ecosystems and the natural world itself?

Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, Kathryn Francis examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle.
https://youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?si=54YoCDF2J6cY3AjL

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Could AI allow part of us to live on after we die?

Cristina Voinea argues that even if digital doppelgängers cannot extend our biological lives, they may still help preserve important aspects of who we were.

https://youtu.be/mQnNfQ8lyJg?si=dlv9ysBYDnqcVyqJ

Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Five: AI and Life Extension Could AI allow part of us to live on after we die? In this session,...

Is death bad for you? If so, why is it bad? If death is bad, are we badly off prior to our birth? If you want to know more check out Ryan Kulesa's talk 'The Badness of Death', the fourth in this year's Bitesize Ethics programme of free philosophy.

https://youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?si=xYEj5AWFjC9RYRyO

Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Four: The Badness of Death This session surveys common views about the badness of death and th...

If a doctor is asked to provide a medical service they morally object to, would the refusal to provide it violate professional obligations?

What does it mean to be a (healthcare) professional, and what is the place of one’s own conscience within professionalism?

Senior Research Fellow Alberto Giubilini discusses the problem of conscientious objection in healthcare for this third Bitesize Ethics class. Watch it on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/LzrmjJsgcuY?si=PhQ4gIY0xN07kdkG



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Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Three: Conscience and Conscientious Objection in Healthcare Tutor: Alberto Giubilini This session will discuss the problem of...

Ethical Issues in Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing - watch UOI Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of Education Alberto Giubilini's talk at the Centre for Personalised Medicine earlier in the year.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdgKW_U9chA

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: https://youtu.be/qFYpV4OuX0A?si=Jz795ZZF-AQvcEi_

Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Two: Too Young to Decide? The Moral Limits of Age-Based Exclusion Tutor: Katerina Jennings This session explores the moral limits o...

Bitesize Ethics videos are now online! Catch up with the first of the four classes so far on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6Ui7N5OKXUo?si=B-jKCqYo4aP5H7mkBite
Prof Dom Wilkinson starts this season's programming with his Introduction to Life, Death and Difficult Decisions...



TORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session One: Introduction to life, death and difficult decisions This session, led by Prof Dominic Wilkinson, provides an introducti...

The University of Oxford is seeking a new Director to lead the Uehiro Oxford Institute.

The new Director will have significant scope to shape UOI’s institutional strategy. Building on a strong foundation of existing resources, activities, and academic excellence, they will bring focus to the Institute’s mission and strategic direction. They will also play a key role in enhancing the Institute’s reputation with external stakeholders and the wider public, fostering a vibrant intellectual environment, and developing relationships across and beyond the University.

The ideal candidate will have experience in interdisciplinary working, and a commitment to philosophical methodology. They will be an excellent scholar with a strong and relevant personal research profile. They will showcase strong strategic and people leadership skills as well as vision, with the ability to translate these to an exciting new Institute with enormous potential.

The closing date for this role is midday on Wednesday 2 September 2026.

https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/opportunity-director-uehiro-oxford-institute

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.

Tom will take up his new post in time for the start of the academic year. His appointment will provide continuity for the Institute while the Division takes forward the process to appoint a substantive Director, which is now under way. We wish him the very best in leading this next stage of the Institute’s development.

Read more here: https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/new-interim-director-for-uoi

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