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Ethics on Overthinking It
Episode 442: Success Has Many Darth Vaders; Failure is an Orphan
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Episode 403: I Will Block And Unfriend
On the Overthinking It Podcast we tackle the social implications of the Hulk Hogan Sex Tape verdict against Gawker and Nick Denton.
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Five Thought Experiments on Editorial Ethics
Publishing can be a morally ambiguous business. In these scenarios, what would you do?
Daredevil and the Moral Value of Pain
Blind lawyer Matt Murdock beats up bad guys and they beat him right back. Is that pain worth anything in and of itself? Or is it just a means to an end?
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Wing Commander III: The Ethics of Genocide
In the classic sci-fi game “Wing Commander III,” the hero blows up an entire planet to win the war. Was this act of genocide justified?
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Episode 298: A Requirement For Jerk
The Overthinkers tackle lost-key points, who can and can’t judge whom, video game adaptations, and the trouble of jerk-shaming.
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P-Zombies, Zero-Sum Videogames, and the Problem of Free Will
How does “The Walking Dead” solve the conundrum of narrative vs. freedom in games?
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Modern-Day Saints: Trigun and The Brothers Karamazov
In its focus on the essence of moral behavior, Trigun has startling parallels to Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brothers Karamazov.
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A Few Good Starfleet Officers
“You want me on that wall. You NEED me on that wall.” Must a civilized society use uncivilized means to protect itself?