How should we be thinking about ethical questions in education? Conversations and features with philosophers and education researchers. From classroom dilemmas to policy decisions, K-12 through higher ed.
We also make teaching guides to use in sociology, education, and philosophy classes. Available on our website.
Produced by the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Funding from the Spencer Foundation.
What makes a good friend? Should you be afraid of slides? Would you offer someone broccoli if they liked it?
Today, we’re talking about what it’s like to do philosophy with–and for–children. We'll hear from experts in the field, from people who facilitate philosophical discussions with kids, and from a specialist in child development. And we’ll think about questions like:
What do we owe kids, when it comes to philosophical thinking?
What about us grownups? Have we gotten worse at wondering? Do we owe ourselves more philosophy?
And, are kids naturally philosophical?
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This is the last episode of the Ethics and Education podcast, at least for now. After ten years, we are winding down the Center for Ethics and Education, and we are so grateful for your engagement with our work. We hope you’ll continue to listen to the podcast and use the teaching guides. Thanks for doing this with us.
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We recommend:
You Can’t Say You Can’t Play (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674965904) by Vivian Paley
Writeup in The Auntie Bulletin (https://theauntie.substack.com/p/you-cant-say-you-cant-play) by Lisa Sibbett (CEE fellowship alum) (2025)
This American Life: Human Nature, The View from Kindergarten (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/27/the-cruelty-of-children/act-three-3) (1996)
The Philosophical Baby (https://www.alisongopnik.com/ThePhilosophicalBaby.htm), by Alison Gopnik
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/children/)
Practitioners we admire:
Aaron Yarmel (https://cehv.osu.edu/people/yarmel.2) (Ohio State Center for Ethics and Human Values)
Maughn Gregory (https://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=gregorym) (Montclair State)
Thinking in Stories (https://www.montclair.edu/iapc/thinking-in-stories/)
Megan Laverty (https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ml2524/) (Columbia Teacher’s College)
Dustin Webster (https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/people/dustin-webster-ph-d/) (Notre Dame Institute for Social Concerns)
Jana Mohr Lone (https://phil.washington.edu/people/jana-mohr-lone) (University of Washington)
Cynthia Burnson (https://www.chapinhall.org/person/cynthia-burnson/) (Chapin Hall)
PLATO (https://www.plato-philosophy.org/)
IAPC (https://www.philosophy4children.org/landing) (Montclair State)
Prindle Institute for Ethics (https://www.prindleinstitute.org/) (DePauw University)
P4C Resources (https://p4c.com/)
Philosophy Foundation (https://www.philosophy-foundation.org/)
Amy Reed Sandoval (https://amyreedsandoval.com/)(University of Nevada Las Vegas)
P4C Hawaii (https://www.p4chawaii.org/)
This episode was produced, written, and edited by Jennifer McCord (https://www.audiojen.com/) and Carrie Welsh. Additional production help from Aaron Yarmel and Ann Trinh.
Episode created with funds from the Spencer Foundation.
29 Jul 2025
Political Disclosure in the Classroom | Harry Brighouse and Tony Laden (Higher Ed)
Should professors share their political views with their students? What happens to students when they do? Today's show is about how decisions around disclosure affect teaching, learning, and trust.
Featuring Harry Brighouse and Tony Laden with Daisy Jagoditsh, Max Patterson, and Avra Reddy.
Produced by Jennifer McCord and Carrie Welsh. Written by Jennifer McCord.
28 Jan 2025
Building Trust in Higher Education | Tony Laden (Higher Ed)
In this special collaborative episode with the L&S Exchange Podcast (https://idc.ls.wisc.edu/ls-exchange-podcast/), we explore how college changes what we trust and what higher ed can do to become more trustworthy.
With special guest philosopher Tony Laden, author of Networks of Trust: The Social Costs of Higher Education and What We Can Do About Them (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo238131432.html) (2024).
Aftershow featuring the L&S Instructional Design Collaborative and UW–Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse.
Notes:
"20 Things Teachers Do" (https://ethicsandeducation.substack.com/p/conceptual-optometry)by Tim Brighouse
Produced by Carrie Welsh and Jennifer McCord. Thanks to Avrie Marsolek, James Dempsey, and Tony Laden. And a special thanks to the L&S Exchange for collaborating with us on this episode. We are grateful to Merit library at UW–Madison for the use of their recording space.
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