Welcome to the first episode of Portugal Street Philosophy, the official podcast of the LSE SU Philosophy Society! In each episode, we take a deep dive into a different cutting-edge field of philosophy with world-leading philosophers.

About our speaker:

Alex Voorhoeve is a Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics, and a part-time Visiting Professor of Ethics and Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. His work deals with the theory and practice of distributive justice (especially as it relates to health), as well as rational choice theory and moral psychology. He is the author of the book Conversations on Ethics. Most recently, he co-authored a policy brief for T20, a think tank accompanying this year’s G20 summit, titled “Assessing the Well-being Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Three Policy Types: Suppression, Control, and Uncontrolled Spread.”

About your hosts: 

Eric Chen and Karina Vasiliades are undergraduate students at the London School of Economics and Political Science, reading for degrees in Economics and Philosophy and Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, respectively.