Ethics in Culture Cargile Williams | 28 Jul 2023 'Barbie'’s Stereotypical Feminism The struggle against patriarchy comes in far more shapes, sizes, and hues.
TV and Film Richard Gibson | 26 Jun 2023 Frank Reynolds as Diogenes the Cynic Embrace your inner beast.
Ethics Laid Bare 'The Last of Us' reminds its viewers that ethics happens in the blink of an eye. 10 Feb 2023 | Eli G. Schantz
Privilege and Credibility: On the Muddled Message of 'Barbarian' What deeper truth lies at the heart of this feminist horror? 6 Dec 2022 | Nicholas Kreuder
Justice versus Care in 'Tales of the Jedi' These two approaches to moral action are worlds apart. 2 Nov 2022 | James M. Okapal
'Dahmer' and the Dramatization of Crime By what standard should we judge true crime beyond mere entertainment value? 17 Oct 2022 | Matthew S.W. Silk
What 'The Rings of Power' Criticism Really Shows "Not the book I read"? What should a fantasy world looks like? 21 Sep 2022 | Jake Wojtowicz
'The Rehearsal' and Its Murky Ethics In on the joke? Can we defend the use shows like this make of others? 29 Aug 2022 | Dustin Crummett
She-Hulk: Superhero? If responsibility tracks capability, then what makes a superhero so super? 26 Aug 2022 | James M. Okapal
'The Rehearsal', Manipulation and Spontaneity Practice makes perfect? Or simply betrays our compulsion to control? 3 Aug 2022 | Nicholas Kreuder
Gorr the God-Butcher and the Problem of Evil Is there any reconciling needless suffering with the existence of a god? 19 Jul 2022 | A.G. Holdier
'Don’t Look Up' and “Trust the Science” The film is much more than a pro-science, anti-skeptic morality play masquerading as entertainment. 18 Jan 2022 | Giles Howdle
'Don't Look Up': Willful Ignorance of a Democracy in Crisis This cautionary tale refuses to play political football with skeptics and simply fast-forwards to the end. 4 Jan 2022 | Tucker Sechrest
Lessons from 'Queen and Slim' Melina Matsoukas’s film offers a nuanced exploration of issues like police brutality and tries to communicate the realities of the black experience to a wider audience. 9 Mar 2020 | Byron Mason II
Artist, Art, and Appreciation: Where Is There Space for Morality? Honoring the works of controversial artists like Roman Polanski sends a political message that transcends the confines of art. 5 Mar 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Ethical Messages at the Academy Awards It has become common for those being honored to use their time on stage to comment on social justice issues. Should they? 17 Feb 2020 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Resurrecting James Dean: The Ethics of CGI Casting From Carrie Fisher in Star Wars to James Dean in Finding Jack, the use of CGI is expanding. What could be the harm in bringing back beloved icons to the screen? 2 Jan 2020 | Rachel Robison-Greene
The Killing Joke: The Ethics of 'Joker' Reception to 'Joker' has tended to extremes. How do time and place define Joker's message? What responsibility do the creators and publishers share in the public's interpretation? 30 Oct 2019 | Byron Mason II
Game of Thrones, Avengers: Endgame, and the Ethics of Spoilers Where does the wrong we feel in spoiled book and movie twists come from? What is spoiler etiquette based on? 23 May 2019 | A.G. Holdier
Military Propaganda and Empowerment in Captain Marvel Marvel's newest hit Captain Marvel was marketed with female empowerment in mind, but what about the heavy military message? 18 Mar 2019 | Beatrice Harvey
Making a Murderer, Brain Fingerprinting, and the Ownership of Thoughts Netflix's Making a Murderer sometimes uses questionable practices to tell true crime stories. Among these methods is "brain fingerprinting." 13 Dec 2018 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Nature, Nurture, and Unknown Harms Three identical strangers realized they were more than just triplets: they were the subjects of a scientific study on nature versus nurture. 30 Aug 2018 | Meredith McFadden
