Things You Can Do

Peter Owens (PetePlays)

English Philosophy Society & Culture

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Episodes 10

Avg. Duration 36m

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Since Nov 2025

Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks

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60%

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About This Podcast

Take a thoughtful yet slightly goofy dive into ethics with your professor, Peter Owens, to discover some... things you can do.

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Recent Episodes

S2E6 Don't Build That Storehouse, Hand Me the Ethics!

Mar 02, 2026 59m

Let's do some philosophy of our own! We'll work on some inductive arguments for why being a billionaire might be morally problematic, and what it says about us when we try to think about this stuff.…

S2E5 Mini Ethic-sode #3: Ethics and Ethical Reasoning

Feb 13, 2026 13m

Let's explore ethics and ethical reasoning through Hume, Alan Turing, and 16th century Japanese martial arts training!

S2E4 Billions of Ethics, or, Where to Spit

Feb 06, 2026 54m

Is it morally defensible to be a billionaire? What do philosophers across history think? And how many corrupt rich rulers can a yeongno eat?References:Elaine Schwartz, Degree in a Book: Economics,…

S2E3 Mini Ethic-sode #2: Ethics is Deeply Personal

Jan 30, 2026 18m

Today we talk about what I mean when I say, "Ethics is deeply personal." We'll also touch on formal logic, what "epistemology" means, and why Geordi is always ejecting perfectly good warp cores out…

S2E2 Mini Ethic-sode #1: Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief"

Jan 24, 2026 10m

It's a bite-sized nugget of tasty ethics! Chew on this ten minute romp through space, time, and ethics where we discuss WK Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief," an influential 1877 paper about moral and…

S2E1 SimEthics, or, How to Imagine a Chiliagon

Jan 16, 2026 49m

What is public health, and what does it have to do with philosophy?Paul Starr, "Seductions of Sim: Policy as a Simulation Game," The American Prospect no. 17 (Spring 1994): 19-29.Benjamin Svetkey,…

S1E4 Ethics Are Safe And Effective

Dec 31, 2025 45m

How do you navigate the dilemma of personal liberty and social responsibility? And who is Hippocrates?References:WHO: Vaccines are safeCDC: Vaccines are safe13:52 "On the Sacred Disease" from the…

S1E3 Things You Can Do Mailbag #1: Frankenstein, Time, Swears, Chickens

Dec 16, 2025 48m

A dive into the listener mailbag! THis episode deals with:- Is it wrong to bring the dead back to life?- Is it possible to go backwards, or only go the other way?- Why are swear words bad?- *muffled…

S1E2 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Creation Museum

Nov 28, 2025 34m

What do Ken Ham, Bill Nye, Charlie Kirk, and Alcibiades all have in common? I'm not quite sure but I think we'll figure out on this episode of Things You Can Do."The Debate Style that Propelled…

S1E1 If You Ethics in the Game You Ethics in Real Life

Nov 16, 2025 34m

How do we know which are the "okay" ways to break the rules, and which aren't? Does playing a game mean that you only follow the game's rules and don't have to act like a normal, "responsible" member…