Why Be Moral?
January 18, 2015
Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right…
Ethics Tagged Episodes
The Moral Costs of Climate Change
November 23, 2014
Global climate change confronts us not only with well-known pragmatic challenges, but also with less…
Wisdom
December 1, 2013
Philosophy is the love of wisdom – or is it? Is this traditional definition outmoded?…
The Dark Side of Science
October 27, 2013
Science aims tell us something about nearly everything, from the atoms in our cells to…
The Ethics of Torture
March 18, 2012
According to former Vice President Cheney, practices widely regarded as torture prevented further attack on…
Is It Wrong to Wreck the Earth?
December 18, 2011
There are too many people, doing too much damage to the ecosystem, essentially guaranteeing that…
Philosophy and Everyday Life
July 31, 2011
Philosophy isn’t just about cosmic issues. Every day is full of events that raise philosophical…
Money and Morality
March 13, 2011
Does our system of credit and money make upward social mobility possible for anyone willing…
Bargaining with the Devil
October 24, 2010
Compromise is the condition of peace and progress. But there are times when we should…
Faith, Reason, and Science
August 2, 2009
Does faith obscure reason? Does reason obscure faith? Or perhaps their subject matters are different.…
Science, Ethics, and Censorship
March 22, 2009
Science is, on the one hand, a huge enterprise funded to a great extent by…
Legal Ethics
November 30, 2008
Lawyers are often thought to be hardly better than hired guns, who, in the words…
Giving and Keeping
October 26, 2008
How should people allocate their assets – however modest or grand – ethically and effectively? …
The Future of Philosophy
March 23, 2008
Ken and John discuss the future of philosophy with three rising stars in American philosophy:…
Ethics in Journalism
April 29, 2007
Freedom of speech tells us the government shouldn’t restrict the journalist. But should anything restrict…
What is a Child?
November 19, 2006
Back in the middle ages, people thought of children simply as little adults. Modern psychology…
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