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  • S2E2: Ethics for the Rest of Your Life with Dr. R. Edward Freeman

    S2E2: Ethics for the Rest of Your Life with Dr. R. Edward Freeman
    Nov 17 2025

    This episode features a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. R. Edward Freeman, the originator of stakeholder theory and one of the world’s leading voices in business ethics. Dr. Freeman joins Dr. Roxanne Ross, Professor in the JMU College of Business and Ethical Reasoning in Action’s Director, Dr. Christian Early, to explore the ethical challenges that continue to prevail and shape our lives in our current context.

    Guests:
    • R. Edward Freeman, University Professor of Business Ethics - Darden School of Business – UVA
    • Roxanne Ross, Assistant Professor – JMU College of Business
    • Christian Early, Director – Ethical Reasoning in Action

    Host: Kacey Damaty

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    30 min
  • S2E1: Meet Dr. Dan Holt - Ethical Reasoning Faculty Research Fellow

    S2E1: Meet Dr. Dan Holt - Ethical Reasoning Faculty Research Fellow
    Oct 17 2025

    In this episode, you'll meet Dr. Dan Holt, professor of psychology and the first Ethical Reasoning in Action Faculty Research Fellow here at James Madison University. With over 20 years of experience in behavioral psychology, Dan will talk about his passion for understanding the factors that contribute to the decisions we make and how ethical reasoning provides an exciting new landscape for his research.
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    20 min
  • S1E3: Plant Ethics and the More-than-Human World with Dr. Katherine Brelje

    S1E3: Plant Ethics and the More-than-Human World with Dr. Katherine Brelje
    Jan 31 2025

    Today we’re talking with Dr. Kate Brelje, an environmental philosopher and professor at James Madison University. Kate's current research is rooted in feminist philosophy and environmental ethics with a focus on care ethics and plant life.

    For some of us plants aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when we’re asked about ethical decision-making or our own moral perception. Dr. Brelje’s research offers us all a chance to reconsider our relationship with the more-than-human world by considering our experiences with the plants we encounter.

    If you have ever enjoyed a plant, consumed a vegetable, or walked through a forest just for fun, this episode is for you.

    Read Dr. Brelje

    https://www.pdcnet.org/eip/content/eip_2023_0999_5_24_16

    https://www.jmu.edu/philrel/people/brelje-katherine.shtml
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    35 min
  • S1E2: Ethics and the More-Than-Human World with Steven David Johnson

    S1E2: Ethics and the More-Than-Human World with Steven David Johnson
    Nov 1 2024
    Steven David Johnson is an award winning conservation photographer and Professor of Visual and Communication Arts at EMU in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His photography of the natural world has appeared in Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Nature Conservancy Magazine, Ranger Rick, Virginia Wildlife, Biographic, Orion, National Science Teachers Association Press books, and numerous conservation publications and journals. Resources: Martin Buber “I and Thou” https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buber/ Mammal biomass stats: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/17788/how-much-of-earths-biomass-is-affected-by-humans/ On phones, social media and evolution: Why is My Phone So Addictive? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-neurochemical-self/201709/why-is-my-phone-so-addictive Laura Marris - The Age of Loneliness https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/age-loneliness Ed Yong - An Immense World https://edyong.me/an-immense-world Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Language of Animacy https://orionmagazine.org/article/robin-wall-kimmerer-language-animacy/ Thomas Nagel - What Is It Like to Be a Bat https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf Photos: Photo of hatching spotted salamander https://www.stevendavidjohnson.com/portfolio/vernalpools?itemId=9w5tm5s1x99vvarfklmgz6n764v30c Photos of encounters with river otters https://www.stevendavidjohnson.com/riverine/otter Project ceti https://www.projectceti.org NYU MOTH project https://mothrights.org/ More than Human Rights: An Ecology of Law, Thought and Narrative for Earthly Flourishing https://mothrights.org/more-than-human-rights-an-ecology-of-law-thought-and-narrative-for-earthly-flourishing/ Roger Payne whale song story found in Tom Mustill’s book - How to Speak Whale https://www.tommustill.com/how-to-speak-whale David Abram - The Spell of the Sensuous https://www.davidabram.org/books Mike Hayslett, Virginia Vernal Pools expert https://www.virginiavernalpools.com/about-us Steven David Johnson Conservation Photography stevendavidjohnson.com Conservation Photography at EMU https://emu.edu/vaca/conservation-photography Shenandoah Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society https://vnps.org/shenandoah/ Homegrown National Park https://homegrownnationalpark.org Virginia Wilderness Committee and Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area https://www.vawilderness.org/shenandoah-mountain.html
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    44 min
  • S1E1: Meet the Ethical Reasoning Educators

    S1E1: Meet the Ethical Reasoning Educators
    Sep 30 2024

    In this episode, you’ll meet the Ethical Reasoning Educators: A group of student volunteers with experience using JMU’s original ethical reasoning strategy, the Eight Key Questions.
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    26 min