Ethics

The Man Who Tried to Stop the Space Shuttle Challenger’s Launch

tlwagner — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:16:45 +0000

The Man Who Tried to Stop the Space Shuttle Challenger’s Launch

Executives overruled the advice of engineer Roger Boisjoly. Seventy-three seconds later, the shuttle with seven astronauts on board, blew up. Read more

Failure Was Always an Option for Elizabeth Holmes | Wall Street Journal

tlwagner — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:31:27 +0000

Failure Was Always an Option for Elizabeth Holmes | Wall Street Journal

If somebody had told Elizabeth Holmes that failure was an option, she would have avoided a world of trouble. Read more

Beyond Shallow Pond | David Schmidtz | Advanced

tlwagner — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:29:06 +0000

Beyond Shallow Pond | David Schmidtz | Advanced

David Schmidtz's reply to Peter Singer from the forthcoming "Reinventing the Moral Sciences" Read more

Introduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World | Advanced

tlwagner — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:56:50 +0000

Introduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World | Advanced

The basic outline of world economic history is surprisingly simple. Indeed it can be summarized in one diagram: figure I.I Read more

Getting Out Of Prison Sooner | Planet Money

tlwagner — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:47:43 +0000

Getting Out Of Prison Sooner | Planet Money

Today on the show, we go to Oklahoma, to watch a state change its mind about prison sentences. Read more

Walk Away From Money | Dave Chappelle

tlwagner — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:20:05 +0000

Walk Away From Money | Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle is renowned for his ability to point out the underlying truths in society and bring humor to serious issues. Read more

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

tlwagner — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:03:40 +0000

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

Simon Webley, Research Director at the Institute of Business Ethics, explores the question: What are the ethical issues facing business today? Read more

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

tlwagner — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:35:47 +0000

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

There has been a lot of attention paid to ethics in business lately. Of course, most of that focus has been on the lack of ethics in business. Read more

The Test - John Green

tlwagner — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 01:11:45 +0000

The Test - John Green

John Green discusses The Test of your life. Read more

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: CNN's Live Broadcast

tlwagner — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 01:04:28 +0000

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: CNN's Live Broadcast

A look at CNN's live broadcast of the Challenger shuttle launch on January 28, 1986. Seven crew members died in the explosion, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. Read more

Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

tlwagner — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:52:05 +0000

Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

Getting paid for your blood—do you have any concerns? Many people are opposed to donors receiving compensation for ethical reasons. Should people only donate blood for altruistic reasons? Should we worry about exploitation? Read more

Milgram Obedience Studies

tlwagner — Tue, 14 May 2019 12:26:21 +0000

Milgram Obedience Studies

This is a video about on of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology that was carried out by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University. Read more

10 Ethical Questions

tlwagner — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:54:54 +0000

10 Ethical Questions

Stealing is a no-no; cheating is bad. When it comes to moral quandaries, the thou shalt-nots are no-brainers. Read more

Space Shuttle Challenger CNN Retrospective

tlwagner — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:49:11 +0000

Space Shuttle Challenger CNN Retrospective

CNN Retrospective on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. Read more

Old School: Hard Knock Life

tlwagner — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:45:08 +0000

Old School: Hard Knock Life

This magazine article summarizes the point-shaving scandal involving Arizona State University's basketball team. Read more