Examining Ethics: Recent Episodes
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John McClendon III and Stephen Ferguson II are like philosophical archaeologists, uncovering and analyzing the lost scholarship of Black thinkers from the last two centuries. Their book, African American Philosophers and Philosophy, is a fascinating...
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We’re facing some pretty big problems these days. And whether they’re things like climate change, racism or poverty, these problems are all bigger than we are as individuals. So big, in fact, it can be...
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We take in massive amounts of information on a daily basis. Our brains use something called pattern-recognition to try and sort through and make sense of this information. My guest today, the philosopher Megan Fritts,...
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Most of us probably think of war as violent conflict between countries. There are aggressors and victims, and it’s essentially a battle between groups of people. My guests today, Kyle Fruh and Marcus Hedahl, complicate...
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Reparations and climate change might at first glance seem unrelated. My guest Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò argues that they are inextricably linked, and that racial justice cannot happen without climate justice. Contact us at examiningethics@gmail.com. For the...
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Regina Rini holds the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition at York University and she joins us today to discuss why we might be disturbed when we learn about the role...
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We often discuss individual morality and ethics on the show–how people should or should not behave on an interpersonal level. But what about groups of people? How should they make sense of their competing value...
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On the podcast today philosopher Benjamin Lipscomb explores the unique friendship and work of four women who changed the face of moral philosophy.
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On today's episode of Examining Ethics, philosopher Jana Mohr Lone explains the profoundly empowering effects philosophy can have on children.
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Many of us rely heavily on our smartphones and computers. But does it make sense to say we “trust” them? On today’s episode of Examining Ethics, the philosopher C. Thi Nguyen explores the relationship of...
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If you don’t know much about gaming, it can be easy to dismiss video games as violent wastes of time or to think of board games as something you pull out when there’s nothing else...
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Calls for increased transparency and oversight are common in public life. C. Thi Nguyen argues that transparency is a form of surveillance.
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Giving away money and resources is great, right? What harm could it do? Philanthropy expert Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui, who is a professor at the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, joins us to explain...
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Alison Bailey opens her new book, The Weight of Whiteness with an invitation to “wade slowly and mindfully into the weight of whiteness, and to attend to the ways white supremacy has misshapen our nation,...
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The last time philosopher Candice Delmas was on the show, we explored civil disobedience. On today’s episode, we’re discussing the uncivil side of disobedience. She explains that the very reasons that we might be obligated...
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Deliberative democracy is a school of political thought in which conversation takes on a central role. It’s different from representative democracy, which involves voting and polling, because it focuses on discussion and understanding to move...
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Legal scholar Ekow Yankah discusses the ethics of policing on today's episode of Examining Ethics.
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Nature has always fascinated the philosopher Martin Bunzl. For him, this spectacular setting proved to be fertile ground for reflecting on philosophical puzzles and questions about nature and ethics.
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On this episode of Examining Ethics, the philosopher Allison Wolf explains how feminism, and its focus on oppression, sheds light on immigration injustice.
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The subject of identity politics is part of a constellation of heated issues in the United States. Politics in general has been fraught with conflict in the last decade or so. Naomi Zack, professor of...
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Civil disobedience is an inherently tricky moral issue. It involves intentionally breaking laws, and purposefully upsetting norms. Candice Delmas, professor of philosophy and political science at Northeastern University, is on the show to help us...
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Ashley C. Ford is a prolific writer who covers a lot of subjects. Some of her most compelling writing is about the ethics of love. In the fall of 2019, we sat down together to...
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Portland State University professor of philosophy Maurice Hamington explains the basics of care ethics on today's episode of Examining Ethics.
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Many of us have vaccines on the brain recently–whether because we’ve just received a shot, or because we are trying to access one. Who gets vaccinated and when they get their doses is a decision...
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On this episode of Examining Ethics, Meena Krishnamurthy discusses the important role that political emotions played in Martin Luther King Jr.'s work.
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How did humans turn from animals who were only inclined to help their offspring to the creatures we are today–who regularly send precious resources to total strangers? With me on the show today is Michael...
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Brandon Warmke joins Christiane on the show today for a discussion of the importance of moral discourse. In recent years, you may have noticed a rise in the use of hyperbole and grand statement-making on...
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Ashley C. Ford is a prolific writer who covers a lot of subjects. Some of her most compelling writing is about the ethics of love. In the fall of 2019, we sat down together to...
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Is it possible to be too good? Is it possible that thinking about morality could cause clinical levels of emotional and mental distress? On today’s show (hi, it’s been a while!), Christiane talks to two...
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We often take for granted the active process of learning about ethics and morality, so today’s show focuses on the source of ethics education: the educators themselves. We hear from two superstar teachers: Chris Robichaud...
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We often discuss individual morality and ethics on the show–how people should or should not behave on an interpersonal level. But what about groups of people? How should they make sense of their competing value...
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Beth Benedix is a professor of religious studies, world literature and community engagement and in her book Ghost Writer (A Story about Telling a Story), she explores the ethics of narrative. We covered some of the...
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Humans are captivated by stories. Stories draw people in–they take raw facts and infuse them with meaning and significance. But is it acceptable to take the facts of someone’s life and turn them into an entertaining...
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If a professor told you about pushback from their students, you might assume that their students are complaining about having too much homework, or that the assigned reading is boring. The philosopher Alison Bailey says that...
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We’re in an age known as the Anthropocene, an era in which humans have been the dominant force on earth. We’ve impacted the climate, we’ve shaped the land and in recent years, we’ve made changes...
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Caring for other people can be difficult. Whether it’s your own children, your parent, or a friend, care work is emotionally complicated and can be physically messy and uncomfortable. Today’s guest, the philosopher Joel Reynolds,...
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We’re facing some pretty big problems these days. And whether they’re things like climate change, racism or poverty, these problems are all bigger than we are as individuals. So big, in fact, it can be...
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How do we obtain knowledge? Is it a purely objective, abstract process that has nothing to do with identity? Or does who we are, and where we sit on the social spectrum matter when it comes...
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It’s Banned Books Week, and so on today’s show, we’re looking at some of the unquestioned assumptions that tend to go hand-in-hand with the idea of banned books. A lot of people assume that book...
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We all interact with intellectual property on a daily basis, and you probably already have some general idea of what intellectual property is and why it might be an important thing to think about. But...
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Slavery is immoral. There’s no debate about it these days. But Americans didn’t always think that way. The morality of slavery was a hotly contested issue in the 18th and 19th centuries. So how did...
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We’ve long considered privacy on the internet to be a privilege we can freely give up, at no harm to ourselves. But in light of the recent Cambridge Analytic scandal, that perspective is beginning to...
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Can necromancers be good people? Can dragons be feminist care ethicists? Why are we asking? In this episode, producer Eleanor Price asks resident ethics expert (and fellow role-playing game enthusiast) Andy about the moral theories...
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In late 2017, women’s stories of sexual assault, abuse and harassment took the center stage on social media with the hashtag MeToo. But this isn’t the first time people have shared these stories–tales of these...
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Can you see goodness with your eyes or feel immorality in your heart? The philosopher Preston Werner thinks so. He defends an idea called moral perception, which means that just like you are able to...
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In Episode 26, producer Christiane Wisehart spoke to philosopher Myisha Cherry about her work on forgiveness and moral exemplars (people who exemplify excellent forgiveness practices — for better or for worse). They had a great...
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Forgiveness is a big, complicated topic. We often see stories about forgiveness play out in the media, and it probably plays a large role in our personal lives as well. That’s why we wanted to...
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We’re talking about the culture and quirks of the world of moral philosophy on this episode. Specifically, we’re asking questions about the parts of the field of ethics and philosophy that confuse us the most....
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Deep, meaningful conversations require active listeners. It’s obvious that part of what makes a good discussion is listening. But as it turns out, being an ethical listener requires effort. Krista Tippett joins us to share...
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Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein introduced the world to archetypes we’re still familiar with: the mad scientist and his terrifying creation. But the novel is more than just a horror classic. It also asks questions about...
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Trans people are vulnerable to many types of harms. And unfortunately, some of these harms can come from their “allies”– people who claim to want to help them. On today’s episode, Andy and Christiane talk...
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Ethics On My Mind is our special bonus series for quick discussions of timely ethics issues. Earlier this month, large groups of white supremacists held rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia that erupted in violence, killing one person...
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What is a layered landscape? How should we restore places with complex social and cultural legacies? Producer Christiane Wisehart traveled to Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge in Madison, Indiana to explore how the former military site was restored into a landscape that is now home to many endangered species. She unpacks the concept of “layered landscapes” with scholars Marion Hourdequin and David Havlick, editors of Restoring Layered Landscapes. This idea is helping to re-shape how restorationists ought to approach their work.
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Show Notes:
- Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge Orientation and Safety Briefing
- Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
- Jefferson Proving Ground
- Restoring Layered Landscapes edited by Marion Hourdequin and David Havlick (use this link to get a 30% discount from Oxford University Press!)
- Marion Hourdequin
- David Havlick
- Ecological restoration
- Military to wildlife (M2W)
- Crawfish frog
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal
- Michael Slote
- From Enlightenment to Receptivity
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- Kyle Whyte
- Climate Justice episode of Examining Ethics
- Little River Band Ottawa Indians — Sturgeon restoration
Special thanks to Joe Robb and the staff at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge for giving us their time and allowing us to record in the refuge. Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Featured image by J. Dassié. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
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- “Swing 39” by Latché Swing
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 FR 2. “A Catalog of Seasons” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 3. “Hungaria” by Latché Swing
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 FR 4. “Thread of Clouds” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0
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We’ve created a new bonus series called “Ethics On My Mind” for quick discussions of timely ethics issues. On this episode, our resident ethics expert Andy explains why we should care about recent changes to net neutrality laws.Do you have an issue you’d like to hear us discuss? Send us an email or voice memo: examiningethics@gmail.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@examiningethics), Facebook and Instagram (examiningethicspodcast).
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Featured image: “Series of Tubes” by Ty Nigh (via Flickr, CC BY 2.0). Image has been modified from the original. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
- “Master” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 2. “Tuck and Point” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 3. “Lemon and Melon” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0
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Are protests productive? Should they be? And if they should be productive, what does that productivity look like? In part two of our ethics of protest series, we interview Tabitha St. Bernard, the youth and family coordinator for the Women’s March. We also hear from Derek Ford, a DePauw professor and long-time protest organizer.
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Show Notes:
- Episode 18: Ethics of Protest, Part One
- Black Lives Matter
- Tabitha St. Bernard
- Tabii Just
- Youth and Family Coordinator for the Women’s March
- Derek Ford, assistant professor of education at DePauw University
- “Protesters Call on Fox News to Fire Bill O’Reilly“
- “Why Act When It Doesn’t Make a Difference?” by Bob Fischer
- Occupy Wall Street
- Arrested Development
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Featured image: “A Senior Citizens’ March to Protest Inflation…” by John White, October 1972 (public domain). Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
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- “Badlands” by Cory Gray
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 2. “Hickory Interlude” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 3. “Tuck and Point” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 4. “Lemon and Melon” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 5. “Dill Pickles” by Heftone Banjo Orchestra
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Happy Earth Month! Many people think of climate change as something that will affect the world equally sometime in the distant future. But that’s not true. Some communities are already experiencing the effects. Join special guest host Jen Everett and producers Christiane Wisehart and Sandra Bertin as we learn how to challenge our thinking about the environment with scholar Kyle Whyte.
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Show Notes:
- Kyle Whyte, Timnick Chair in the Humanities and Associate Professor of Philosophy & Community Sustainability at Michigan State University
- “Food Sovereignty, Justice and Indigenous Peoples: An Essay on Settler Colonialism and Collective Continuance” by Kyle Whyte
- “Ethics of Caring in Environmental Ethics: Indigenous and Feminist Philosophies” by Kyle Whyte and Chris Cuomo
- Citizen Potawatami Nation
- Jennifer Everett, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Environmental Fellows Program at DePauw University
- Criticism of Disney’s Pocahontas
- Jainism
- Feminist Perspectives on Power
- Aristotle
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Photo is by Larry Liggett. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
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- “Badlands” by Cory Gray
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 2. “A Certain Lightness” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 3. “Heather” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 4. “Planting Flags” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 5. “One Quiet Conversation” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 6. “Big Because (Instrumental)” by Minden
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0
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On this episode, producer Sandra Bertin tells the story of the Freeman Field Mutiny, a protest that led to the desegregation of the United States military. Even though the men who participated in the protest were peaceful and nonviolent, they were still criticized for their methods of protest. This got us thinking, is it ever okay to criticize a protester’s methods? Or should we be focusing on something else?
What do you think? Send us a comment or a voice memo to: examiningethics@gmail.com. We’re doing another show on the ethics of protest at the end of May, so your comments might make it into that episode!
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Show Notes:
- More information about the photograph we’ve used for this episode
- Tuskegee Airmen
- J. Todd Moye, professor of history at University of North Texas
- Alan Gropman, author of Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964
- Coleman Alexander Young, the lieutenant colonel who organized the protest
- Wendell Freeland, one of the Freeman Field protesters
- Roger “Bill” Terry, the Freeman Field protester who was charged with “jostling”
- Larry Bothe
- Freeman Army Airfield Museum
- Derek Ford, assistant professor of education at DePauw University
Special thanks to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh, who allowed us to use parts of their interview with Wendell Freeland.
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
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- “Badlands” by Cory Gray
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 2. “Galoshes” by Podington Bear
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 3. “A Catalog of Seasons” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 4. “Tweedlebugs” by Podington Bear
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 5. “Dixie Outlandish” (Public Domain)
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