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Hosted by WMU Ethics Center · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 37 episodes
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At the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, we believe that life is better with ethics. Join us as we engage in public reflection about a variety of ethical issues through our lecture series or through interviews with ethical thought leaders.
WMU Ethics Center hosts Life is Better with Ethics, a education show with 37 episodes published.
Dr. Leah M. Omilion-Hodges , Professor and Graduate Program Director in the School of Communication, and Dr. Anna Popkova , Associate Professor at Western Michigan University School of Communication and an allied faculty
David Paul, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Jennifer Townsend, Executive Assistant for the Lee Honors College, joined host Sandra Borden , Director of the Ethics Center, to talk about why we should try to talk
Dr. Karen Korematsu , the executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, joined host Kathy Purnell , an Ethics Center affiliate and the director of the Human/Civil Rights Law Center, on October 10, 2025. They tal
Host Jayla Bryan , the Ethics Center's intern, talks to the team behind the Center's National Science Foundation grant (Award #2316197): Dr . Sandra Borden , the Ethics Center’s director and a professor in the School of
Ryan Scrivens , assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, joined host Sandra Borden , the Ethics Center’s director, on April 3, 2025. They talked about his research on terrorism
The Ethics Center’s founding director, Michael Pritchard , and longtime Center Advisory Board member Ronald Kramer joined host Sandra Borden, the Ethics Center’s current director, on March 13, 2025, to talk about the Eth
Award-winning photographer Jeri Love and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members Kris Locke and Jim Bennink joined host Sandra Borden , the Ethics Center’s director, on March 10, 2025, to talk about an exhibit created
Angie Moe , a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University, joined host Olivia Munoz , the WMU Ethics Center's intern, on December 2, 2024. They talked about the role of therapy dogs, how to ensure access to the
Sharon Carlson , president of the Ladies Library Association in Kalamazoo, joined host Ashley Atkins , Ethics Center affiliate and associate professor in the Western Michigan University Department of Philosophy, on Novem
Dr. Mark Hoipkemier , assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, joined host Sandra Borden , director of the WMU Ethics Center, on June 14, 2024. He delivered the keynote address f
Today we are joined by Professor Tommie Shelby--Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African American Studies and Philosophy--to discuss his book The Idea of Prison Abolition.
This episode is a recording of the 2023 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture. Dr. Edgar Franco-Vivanco presents his talk, “Between Violence and Resistance: The Challenges of Latin America in the 21st Century,”, where he examine
Today we are joined by Dr. Sandra Borden and Dr. Fritz Allhoff to discuss the benefits of studying ethics abroad. Dr. Borden spearheads a media ethics study abroad program, which takes place in London, England. Dr. Fritz
In this episode, PhD student Luke Golemon is interviewed about his project: "Redifining the Scientific Analaogy for Ethics." Broadly, Luke explores how understanding ethics as something that is influenced by the world--a
Jon Milgrim, faculty specialist in the Department of Philosophy, and Alec Koppers, a second-year master's student in the same department, joined Madelyn Wallace, the intern for Western Michigan University's Center for th
Thomas Stelzl joins us again to discuss conspiracy theories. What constitutes a conspiracy theory? How do they happen? How do we talk about them? And what can an international analysis offer to our understanding of them?
In the Fall of 2022, Western Michigan University had designed a course around the Ethics Bowl. Students read moral philosophy revolving around public affairs and the ethics bowl. This is a conversation with these student
Dr. Sandra Borden is joined by Dr. Elissa Allen, assistant professor in the Bronson School of Nursing here at Western, and Nayeli Guandique-Benitez, a third-year student in the Bronson School of Nursing. They discuss nur
Victoria Vuletich, CEO of Ethics^2 in Grand Rapids, spoke with Sandra L. Borden, director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, on March 14, 2022, as part of the Center's Spring
This program was recorded on March 25, 2022. Our guests are Jeanine DeLay, president of A2Ethics, which coordinates the Michigan High School Ethics Bowl; Anna Kietzerow, a former member and coach of WMU's APPE Intercolle
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