Ethics Today

Social Connection and the Common Good

A conversation with Beau Weston, Professor of Sociology at Centre College, on April 23, 2020. We discuss the challenge of maintaining social connections during a pandemic, uses and misuses of social media, the importance of meaningful activity, and suggestions for raising happy children. This is Episode 3 of Ethics Today hosted by Richard Kyte, Director of the DB Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University.

Lives vs Livelihoods

A conversation with TJ Brooks, Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, on April 21, 2020. We discuss the ethics of stay-at-home orders, how economists weigh incommensurable values, and what TJ thinks of the economic stimulus plan. This is Episode 2 of Ethics Today hosted by Richard Kyte, Director of the DB Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University.

Ethics of Ventilator Allocation

An interview with Dr. Jeff Thompson, pediatrician and former CEO of Gundersen Health System, on April 17, 2020. This is Episode 1 of Ethics Today hosted by Richard Kyte, Director of the DB Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University.