Prindle Institute for Ethics Podcasts

Special guest host Jen Everett joins us as we learn how to challenge our thinking about the environment with the indigenous philosopher Kyle Whyte.

Is it ever acceptable to criticize a protester’s methods? We discuss the ethics of protest by exploring the story of the Freeman Field Mutiny.

What are achievements and how should we talk about them? Philosopher Gwen Bradford discusses the ethics of achievement on this episode of Examining Ethics.

What are the ethics of skepticism? We turn skepticism inside out and upside down with philosopher Barry Lam and geologist Jeane Pope.

We're discussing the ethics of voting in this special election day 2016 episode of Examining Ethics. Listen to experts and everyday people's thoughts on voting.

We're exploring the ethics of incarceration by uncovering the gripping story of the first women's prison in the United States.

On today’s episode, we have one major question for philosopher Seth Lazar: is it ever acceptable to kill civilians in war? As with all good questions in philosophy, it turned out to be a lot more complicated than we initially thought.

We're exploring ethics and immigration by looking at the story of a group of Hoosiers who helped Japanese American students escape internment camps.

Poet Tarfia Faizullah joins us to discuss the ethics of poetry and her new book, Seam. Friend of the podcast and poet Joe Heithaus interviews Tarfia.

This is a story of a failed transportation project that bankrupted the state of Indiana 200 years ago. We uncover the human suffering this canal system causes and the moral questions it raises with the help of Lee Hamilton and Jim Madison.