The Ethical Frontier

Jason Chen

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Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics.

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#86 - Nazi Doctors | Hedy Wald, David Shuster, Ashley Fernandes

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Hedy S. Wald, PhD is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Faculty, Harvard Medical School Pediatrics Leadership Program, and Commissioner, Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust. https://vivo.brown.edu/display/hwald David Shuster is director of the Medicine and the Holocaust course and clinical assistant professor in orthopaedics and plastic surgery. https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2020/12/23/boonshofts-david-b-shuster-honored-for-improving-quality-of-life-for-people-with-disabilities/david-shuster/ Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/ashley-kr-fernandes Summary:This podcast was recorded right after the Medicine and the Holocaust conference hosted at Wright State University. We discuss how some doctors participated in the Holocaust, what caused them to participate, and what we need to do to prevent it from happening again.

1h 2m
FEB 1

#85 - The Moral Relevance of Consciousness | Neil Levy

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Neil Levy is a professor of philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Website: https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-neil-levy Summary:In this interview, we discuss the distinction between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness, as well as the moral relevance of consciousness in ethics. Many philosophers believe that phenomenal consciousness is necessary to have moral value. Levy criticizes this position.

44 min
JAN 27

#84 - Former FBI Talks About ICE, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti | Luke Hunt

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Luke Hunt is a former FBI agent and an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama. Website: https://philosophy.ua.edu/people/luke-hunt/ Summary:In this interview, Luke Hunt expresses concerns over ICE's tactics that have led to unnecessary deaths. He also discusses how ICE is relying on administrative warrants instead of judicial warrants to justify entering people's homes. In addition to broader related topics, we also discuss Renee Good's and Alex Pretti's killings.

56 min
JAN 21

#83 - The Psychology of Prejudice | Christine Reyna

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Christine Reyna is a professor of psychology at DePaul University. Website: https://csh.depaul.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/psychology/christine-reyna.aspx Summary: In this interview, we discuss the roots of prejudice and how it relates to different types of phobias. We talk extensively about the combination of in-group favoritism and prejudice and how they can lead to negative behavior. The potential legitimacy of making generalizations is also discussed.

1h 1m
12/22/2025

#82 - Why It's Okay to be a Moderate | Marcus Arvan

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Marcus Arvan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Tampa. Website: https://www.marcusarvan.net/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Its-OK-Be-Moderate-ebook/dp/B0DHV391V9 Summary:In this interview, Marcus Arvan shows how many of history’s worst evils have resulted from far-right and far-left radicalism, and how many widely hailed social and political achievements have been achieved by moderates and radicals working in constructive tension with each other.

52 min
12/09/2025

#81 - The Invention of Good and Evil | Hanno Sauer

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Hanno Sauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utrecht University. Website: https://www.hannosauer.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Good-Evil-History-Morality/dp/0197790259 Summary:In this interview, we discuss Sauer's book on the invention of good and evil. Essentially, the book offers a new history of humanity, told through the prism of our ever-changing moral norms and values. With philosophical expertise and empirical data, Sauer explains how processes of biological, cultural, social, and historical evolution shaped the moral grammar that defines our present.

1h 15m
11/23/2025

#80 - The Limits of Liberty | Sarah Conly

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Conly is Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Bowdoin College. Website: https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/sconly/ Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-limits-of-liberty-9780197812372?cc=cn&lang=en& Summary:In this interview, we discuss Conly's book, The Limits of Liberty, in which she argues that liberty is much less valuable than traditionally believed. Conly posits that liberty only has value for its consequences, so liberties that bring good things have value, but liberties that bring bad consequences have no value. This means that in many cases where liberty has been valued, we are mistaken. Restrictions on certain liberties are more acceptable than commonly thought. We specifically discuss free speech, medical ethics, and environmental ethics.

47 min
11/09/2025

#79 - The Refugee Crisis | Serena Parekh

You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Serena Parekh is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Northeastern University. Website: https://cssh.northeastern.edu/faculty/serena-parekh/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/No-Refuge-Ethics-Global-Refugee/dp/0197507999 Summary:Parekh argues that we need a moral response to these crises--one that assumes the humanity of refugees in addition to the challenges that states have when they accept refugees. Only once we grasp that the global refugee crisis has these two dimensions--the asylum crisis for Western states and the crisis for refugees who cannot find refuge--can we reckon with a response proportionate to the complexities we face. Countries and citizens have a moral obligation to address the structures that unjustly prevent refugees from accessing the minimum conditions of human dignity.

53 min

Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics.

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Jason Chen
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2023 - 2026
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