The 8 Best Ethics Podcasts
From science to technology, medicine, and business, the contemporary world is riddled with important ethical questions. The reality is that telling right from wrong is rarely black and white, and these best ethics podcasts can give you the tools you need to think through ethical dilemmas in work and everyday life. Listening to the best philosophy podcasts will help you start to understand the teachings of some of the most important moral philosophers and ethicists, from the ancient Greeks to modern day. Accessible and easy to understand, many of these ethics podcasts are hosted by philosophers and are great for both beginners and people already interested in moral philosophy. So dive into this list of the best ethics podcasts, curated with recommendations from the Podyssey community, and get ready to solve the trolley problem, or any other ethical dilemma that comes your way.
Last Updated: Feb 3rd, 2022
1. Examining Ethics
Everybody wrestles with questions about ethics. Some of those questions are easy to figure out. Should I murder someone? No! But other questions are more difficult to answer. Examining Ethics doesn’t provide answers to these ethical dilemmas, but ins...Show More
2. Very Bad Wizards
Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podca...Show More
3. Philosophy Voiced
A philosophy podcast from the Centre for Ethics at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.
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4. The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You ...Show More
Most Recommended Episode
Episode 6: Leibniz’s Monadology: What Is There?
1:39:06 | Jul 31st, 2009
1 RECOMMENDATION
Discussing Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz's Monadology (1714). Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.
5. Hi-Phi Nation
Hi-Phi Nation is philosophy in story-form, integrating narrative journalism with big ideas. We look at stories from everyday life, law, science, popular culture, and strange corners of human experiences that raise thought-provoking questions about th...Show More
Most Recommended Episode
54:04 | Apr 13th, 2019
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Preschool kids get their first taste of democratic participation when they vote on their class name, and democratic private schools try to display the value of democracy by making kids vote on everyth...Show More
6. Everyday Ethics
Provocative weekly debate on moral, religious and ethical issues. From BBC Radio Ulster
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The Sermon That Shook Trump - Bishop Budde
25:21 | Aug 29th
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde recalls her sermon before Trump—a plea for mercy in Washington National Cathedral that sparked his outrage the morning after his inauguration.
7. Philosophize This!
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world...Show More
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Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Consent
24:53 | Dec 14th, 2020
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Today we discuss the 1988 work of Chomsky and Herman entitled Manufacturing Consent.
8. Open Questions
A podcast about ethics from the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.
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