EthicsNOW: Conversations About Ethics

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes and attorney Paul Biderman to discuss ethics in everyday life. How do we take ethics from a theoretical concept and make ethics applicable for everyday life and situations? How and why should ethics be brought into the mainstream?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes to discuss medical ethics. Do we have an ethical responsibility to care for others as well as ourselves? Where do I end and you begin and how can medicine address this social dilemma? With a rise in individuals choosing not to use vaccines, what are the ethical implications of large groups of people choosing not to become vaccinated? Of requiring vaccinations? Does society have an ethical responsibility to provide access to medical care in an equitable manner?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes and attorney Paul Biderman to discuss ethics. Is capitalism ethical? As more and more wealth is concentrated in the bank accounts of a few billionaires, do the mega rich have an ethical obligation to distribute their wealth? Is poverty ethical? With the means to reprioritize funding and to seemingly infinitely fund programs and services, is it ethical for anyone to remain in poverty? This episode will also explore a universal basic income (UBI) and if we as a society need it, or work, from an ethical standpoint.

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes to discuss ethics. How can ethics help to shape sound and workable immigration policy and processes? Is it ethical to criminalize persons who immigrate to the USA illegally?  Is it ethical to prioritize certain immigrants over others? What could ethical immigration practices and policies look like?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes and attorney Paul Biderman to discuss ethics. How can ethics help to shape sound and workable immigration policy and processes? Is it ethical to criminalize persons who immigrate to the USA illegally? Is it ethical to prioritize certain immigrants over others? What could ethical immigration practices and policies look like?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Host Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes to discuss ethics. Are we paying enough attention to the ethics of technology use and availability? Do tech companies and tech users have an obligation to design, provide and employ technology ethically?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes and attorney Paul Biderman to discuss ethics. What does an ethical political system and government look like? What are the ethical responsibilities of our government to diffuse political divisions and unite us, when it is the leaders themselves that may sow discord? When we examine the role and reach of government, what ethical considerations arise?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Kathleen Sabo is joined by Dr. Will Barnes  to discuss ethics. How do the arts & humanities both shape and respond to ethics in everyday life? Do artists have an ethical obligation to tell the truth? To help us reach beyond our limitations? To soothe or arouse us? To do anything other than follow their muse?

EthicsNOW is made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the generous support of KUNM public radio, 89.9 FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the nonpartisan, non-profit New Mexico Ethics Watch and by Davis Law New Mexico, an Albuquerque New Mexico law firm. Protecting your right to equality and fairness for over 40 years.

Recorded live at NMEW's annual event "Ethics In New Mexico: Election 2020". Kathleen Sabo discussed ethical issues surrounding the 2020 election with panelists New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver; Executive Director of OLÉ NM Andrea Serrano; and Washington, D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center President Trevor Potter.

Kathleen Sabo speaks with journalist Jeff Proctor on transparent and ethical policing. Jeff is the Contributing Editor for the Santa Fe Reporter and an investigative reporter for New Mexico in Depth.  In 2013, he was a finalist for the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for reporting on systemic civil rights abuses by the Albuquerque Police Department. Jeff has covered policing issues throughout his career.