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In the CAVE: An ethics podcast, is back with Season 7 of the show! Join your hosts, Professor Paul Formosa and Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre, as they explore a range of philosophical topics focused on the question of how we can live well as moral agents in an ethically complex world.

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Bhanuraj Kashyap
PhD at Macquarie University; examined ethics and politics of social media content moderation
Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre
Episode: Digital Empathy and Social Media, with Dr Bhanuraj Kashyap
Alain Strowel
Professor specialising in intellectual property and technology law
University Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven) and Brussels Bar
Episode: Special Episode: AI, Copyright, and Model Collapse, with Professor Alain Strowel
Annie Sandrussi
Dr Annie Sandrussi, Discipline of Philosophy, Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre
Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre; ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Episode: Ontology and the Ethics of Milk: A Relational Materialist Approach
Emily Hughes
ARC DECRA Fellow and philosopher at Macquarie University, researching loneliness in autism
Macquarie University
Episode: Loneliness and Being Other/ed in Autism
Chris Lane
Dr Chris Lane, Philosophy Discipline, Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Macquarie University
Episode: Synthetic Biology and the Goals of Conservation, with Christopher Lean
Miriam Schleifer McCormick
Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Richmond; distinguished visitor to Macquarie University
University of Richmond; Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre
Episode: Feeling is Believing? Exploring Belief as Emotion with Professor Miriam Schleifer McCormick
Tom Montefiore
PhD researcher focusing on the Gamer's Dilemma
Macquarie University
Episode: The Gamer's Dilemma: Navigating Morality in Virtual Worlds, with Dr. Tom Montefiore
Dr. Robert Ross
Psychologist at Macquarie University specializing in the study of conspiracy theories
Macquarie University
Episode: Do People Really Believe in Conspiracy Theories? With Dr Robert Ross
Dr. Doug McConnell
Australian Research Council Decra Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Episode: Public Reason and Conscientious Objection in Healthcare, with Dr Doug McConnell

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Paul Formosa
Host of In the CAVE and Professor of Philosophy, focuses on philosophical discussions related to ethics and agency.
Wendy Rogers
Distinguished Professor specializing in ethics in healthcare and agency.

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Ontology and the Ethics of Milk: A Relational Materialist Approach
Q: How does the relational materialist view address sustainability and other ethical concerns?
The approach highlights how sustainability discourse can instrumentalize cow bodies as resources, while also showing how ethical questions must attend to the concrete networks and practices surrounding milk production and consumption.
Ontology and the Ethics of Milk: A Relational Materialist Approach
Q: What is ontology of milk and how should we study it?
She contrasts the traditional substance ontology with a relational materialist approach, focusing on the specific material relations that ground milk in particular bodies and environments.
Digital Empathy and Social Media, with Dr Bhanuraj Kashyap
Q: What practical steps or policy directions do you see as viable to address negative impacts on empathy without overly restricting user autonomy?
The discussion suggests a balance between individual responsibility and platform design, including limiting time on platforms for younger users, promoting offline, face-to-face engagement, and supporting institutional efforts to create healthier information ecosystems, while being wary of heavy-handed regulation that could reduce autonomy or trust in platforms.
Digital Empathy and Social Media, with Dr Bhanuraj Kashyap
Q: How do digital platforms, especially recommendation systems, shape digital cognitive and affective empathy?
Recommendation systems curate and test content to provoke certain affective responses, potentially obscuring or misframing targets of empathy, and influencing how much information users receive, which can limit or distort empathetic understanding.
Digital Empathy and Social Media, with Dr Bhanuraj Kashyap
Q: So what exactly is empathy, and how does it differ from related concepts like sympathy or emotional contagion?
Empathy is a two-component phenomenon: cognitive empathy, understanding another's perspective, and affective empathy, sharing or feeling those emotions, with a clear distinction maintained between self and other. The discussion also notes ideas like sympathy and emotional contagion as nearby concepts, but emphasizes that true empathy involves both understanding and an appropriate emotional engagement, which can be developed and regulated.

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