Careful Thinking
Episodes
A Catholic feminist perspective on care - with Erika Bachiochi
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can the ideas of an eighteenth-century feminist thinker contribute to contemporary debates around gender and care? How should law and social poli...
Protest, performance, and care - with Alisha Ibkar
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can a protest movement organised by Muslim grandmothers in India teach us about the role of care in political action? In what sense should we und...
The ethics of dementia care - with Vince Mitchell
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What ethical challenges are presented by caring for people with dementia? How should we understand - and respect - the personhood of those experiencin...
Communities of care - with Lorraine Krall McCrary
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we ensure that people with intellectual disabilities participate fully in political life? What lessons can we learn from communities of care i...
Revelations of divine care - with Melody Escobar
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn about care from the experiences of mothers of children with disabilities? How can the writings of a medieval Christian mystic deepen...
Careful Thinking - Trailer
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Careful Thinking explores ideas about care and features conversations with researchers, writers and practitioners at the cutting edge of current think...
Creating, knowing, and caring - with Merel Visse
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How are the practice of art and the practice of care connected? In what ways might intellectual inquiry be a caring practice? And what part do wonder,...
Caring presence - with Andries Baart and Guus Timmerman
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to 'practise presence' in caring for others? How did the theory of presence develop from research on everyday care practice? And wha...
A 'revolucionista' ethic of care - with Mia Sosa-Provencio
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How has the legacy of conquest and colonisation shaped the educational experiences of students and teachers in New Mexico? What can educators do to en...
A care ethical perspective on surrogacy - with Priya Sharma
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What has been the impact of recent attempts to regulate surrogacy in India? How do surrogate mothers view their participation in the process? Can femi...
Care, sacrifice, and reproductive justice - with Inge van Nistelrooij
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is self-sacrifice a vital component of care for others, or does a feminist ethic of care make it problematic? Is caring something that we choose to do...
The transformative power of care - with Elissa Strauss
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of caring for others? How does caregiving benefit society, and what could society do to va...
Care ethics, philosophy, and the law - with Ira Chadha-Sridhar
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How are our duties to care, and to obey the law, connected? What can care ethics contribute to an understanding of important questions in medical and ...
Empathy, emotions and the ethics of love - with Susi Ferrarello
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What role do emotions play in individual and societal wellbeing? How can we ensure that we are emotionally present in caregiving and in our profession...
A Muslim feminist ethic of care - with Sarah Munawar
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In what ways do medical racism and ableism shape Muslim families' experiences of healthcare services? How can Islamic spirituality and Qur'anic storie...
Fatherhood, care and disability - with Aaron Jackson
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do parents of children with disabilities create meaningful lives? In what ways do past experiences shape fathers' caregiving in the present? And h...
Care aesthetics - with James Thompson
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to describe care as 'beautiful'? Is caring an art, and if so, what would 'artful' care (and careful art) look like? And how might an...
The virtue of care - with Steven Steyl
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is care a virtue? And what is the relationship between care ethics and virtue ethics? Is there a need to 'queer' care ethics? And what does an ethic o...
Care at the end of life - with Erica Borgstrom
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In what sense are death and dying relational experiences? Why is 'choice' a problematic concept in end of life care? And when might a decision not to ...
Spiritual care - with Carlo Leget
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can religious traditions regarding death and dying be adapted for a modern secular culture? What can the concept of 'inner space' contribute to un...
Dance, empathy and care - with Christine Leroy
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is the connection between dance and care, and in what sense can dance be described as an ethical activity? What does it mean to say that empathy ...
Revolutionary care - with Maurice Hamington
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What roles do the body and the imagination play in care? What is the relationship between care ethics and political activism? And how might a commitme...
Feminism, faith and healthcare ethics - with Ruth Groenhout
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are some of the connections - and tensions - between feminism, religious faith and healthcare ethics? In what ways does a feminist ethic of care ...
Care ethics, phenomenology, politics and play - with Petr Urban
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is ‘care ethics’ and what are some of the current themes and debates in the ethics of care? How are care, art, play – and democracy - conne...
Care and cosmopolitanism - with Nigel Rapport
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we care for others while respecting their individuality? What is meant by a cosmopolitan ethos and how might it motivate care? And can institu...
Care, conscience and hospitality - with Xavier Symons
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can a personalist perspective contribute to a better understanding of the experience of people living with dementia? What does it mean to offer h...
Relational care - with Mary Larkin and Manik Deepak-Gopinath
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is 'relational care' and how can it improve the day-to-day experience of carers and those they care for? What are its implications for relationsh...