The Ethical Frontier

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Kevin Yuill is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sunderland. Website: https://twitter.com/historykev Book: https://www.amazon.com/Assisted-Suicide-Liberal-Humanist-Legalization/dp/1137286296 Summary: In this interview, we discuss Yuill's argument against the legalization of assisted suicide. First, he believes w...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Dr. Stubbs is a philosopher and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston & The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET). Website: https://www.alecstubbs.info/ Article: https://psyche.co/ideas/the-achievement-society-is-burning-us-out-we-need-more-play Summar...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Alex Guerrero is a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Website: http://www.alexguerrero.org/ Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lottocracy-Democracy-Elections-Alexander-Guerrero/dp/0198938985 Summary: In this interview, we discuss Guerrero's proposal for a lottocracy, which is a political system where the policymakers...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Chris Freiman is a professor in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. Website: https://cafreiman.people.wm.edu/Site/Home.html Summary: In this interview, Freiman addresses three common criticisms against libertarianism. (1) Libertarianism doesn’t allow for redistribution/do enough to al...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Eric Mathison is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Website: https://www.ericmathison.ca/ Summary: In this interview, Mathison proposes a non-medical model of assisted dying. The current, dominant model requires patients to get approval from healthcare providers before getting access to assisted su...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy David Boonin is a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Professor Boonin’s interests lie in the areas of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history of ethics. Website: https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/david-boonin Book: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Wrong-Ethics-Posthumous-Harm/dp/01988...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Jonathan Judaken is Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis. Website: https://history.wustl.edu/people/jonathan-judaken Book: https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Theories-Anti-Semitism-Directions-Theory-ebook/dp/B0CQRWFGVM Summary: In this interview, we discuss a number of topics surrounding anti-semitism includin...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Website: https://hollylawford-smith.org/ Summary: In this interview, we discuss Lawford-Smith's views on the Olympic boxing controversy. She finds herself disagreeing wit...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Joanna Harper, PhD is a post-doc at Oregon Health & Sciences University. Summary: In this interview, we discuss the Olympic boxing controversy. According to Harper, differences in sex development (DSD) may give an unfair advantage to a boxer, but without knowing what kind of DSD, we cannot say for certain. If Harper were in...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Dr. Daryl Davis is an international recording artist who has performed and toured all 50 States and around the world. As a race relations expert Dr. Daryl Davis has received numerous awards and high acclaim for his book Klan-Destine Relationships and his award-winning film documentary Accidental Courtesy. He is the first Black a...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy David Magnus, PhD is Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine. Website: https://profiles.stanford.edu/david-magnus Summary: In this interview, we discuss the ethics of normothermic regional perfusion. NRP involves using a machine to pass blood through organs in a perso...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Jason Brennan is Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Website: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXIUAA4/jason-brennan Book: https://www.amazon.com/Against-Democracy-Jason-Brennan/dp...

Dr. Smith is a professor of philosophy at the University of New England. He earned his M.A. from Antioch University and his Ph. D. in philosophy from the University of London, Kings College. Website: https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/ Summary: In this video, we discuss Smith's analysis of the attempted assassination of Trump. We also discuss if the left has used dehumanizing language again...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Dr. Smith is a professor of philosophy at the University of New England. He earned his M.A. from Antioch University and his Ph. D. in philosophy from the University of London, Kings College. Website: https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Monsters-Uncanny-Power-Dehumanization/dp/0674545567 Sum...

You can support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Professor Thaddeus Mason Pope is a foremost expert on medical law and clinical ethics. He maintains a special focus on patient rights, healthcare decision making, and end-of-life options. Website: https://www.thaddeuspope.com/home.html Summary: In this interview, we discuss the ethics of voluntarily stopping eating and drin...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Prof. Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Website: https://hollylawford-smith.org/ Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sex-matters-9780192896131?q=sex%20matters&lang=en&cc=au Summary: In this...

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Professor Savulescu is the Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics at the National University of Singapore, where he directs the Centre for Biomedical Ethics. An award-winning ethicist and moral philosopher, he trained in neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, going on to hold the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at...

This interview was recorded on May 6th, 2024. David Enoch is a professor of philosophy of law at Oxford. Website: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/david-enoch Summary: This interview provides an introduction to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Dr. Caplan is currently the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health in New York City. Website: https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/arthur-l-caplan Summary: In this interview, we discuss the ethics of vaccine mandates and the issue of holding people responsible...

Sophie Grace Chappell has been Professor of Philosophy at The Open University since 2006. Her main interests in philosophy are ethics, the philosophy of literature, the philosophy of sex and gender, ancient and mediaeval philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. Website: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tc2973 Book: https://www.amazon.com/Trans-Figured-Transgender-Person-Cisgender/dp/1509...

Arden Koehler has a PhD in philosophy from New York University. Koehler manages the 80,000 Hours website, which gives advice about how to use our careers to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. Website: https://www.ardenkoehler.com/ Summary: Longtermism is the belief that improving the prospects of all future generations is among the most morally important things we can do. Longtermism empha...

Annalisa Enrile, PhD is professor of social work at USC. She frequently speaks out against sex trafficking, anti-militarization and exploitative migrant labor. Website: https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/academics/faculty-directory/annalisa-enrile Book: https://www.amazon.com/Ending-Human-Trafficking-Modern-Day-Slavery/dp/1506316735 Summary: This discussion revolves around the definitions, causes, and com...

Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, PhD is professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts. Website: https://people.umass.edu/janbul/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Moralities-Conservatives-Liberals-Political/dp/0300244088 Summary: In this interview, Professor Ronnie Janoff-Bulman discusses her book "The Two Moralities," which explores the moral foundations of political ideologies. She distingu...

Joseph Tsang is an immigration attorney based in Los Angeles. Website: https://tsangslaw.com/Summary:In this interview, we discuss the causes of, and the potential solutions to, the migrant crisis. The causes include the influx of migrants crossing the border and the lack of resources to quickly (a) issue work permits and (b) adjudicate all the asylum cases. In response, Tsang believes the best so...

Joanna Harper has been informally studying transgender athletes for several years, is the first author on four peer-reviewed papers on the subject and has earned previous undergraduate and master’s degrees in physics and medical physics respectively. Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise-health-sciences/postgraduate-research/doctoral-researchers/joanna-harper Summary: In this int...