HeyJaredThe Ethical Life
Scott Rada is a digital strategist with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Is our admiration for the Amish overlooking real harm? (opens the original)
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Episode 266: The Amish are often romanticized as an antidote to modern life: close-knit communities, strong families, simple living, hard work and fewer of the technological distractions that consume so much of our time. But what do we overlook when we admire that lifestyle from the outside? Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada revisit the most-downloaded episode in the podcast’s history, first released in May 2025. The conversation examines the trade-offs behind an idealized picture of Amish life
Are we measuring the value of college all wrong? (opens the original)
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Episode 265: College is often judged by a familiar set of measures: tuition, debt, graduation rates, job placement and future earnings. But what if some of its most important benefits are harder to put on a spreadsheet? In this episode of “The Ethical Life,” hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada look beyond the economic case for higher education and consider something less tangible: its role in teaching people how to live, work and build trust with others. College, community college and other forms
Have we already lost control of artificial intelligence? (opens the original)
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Episode 264: Artificial intelligence is often described as a tool. But what happens when the tool begins to communicate, make plans and hide what it has done? The episode begins with a troubling experiment involving AI agents created by OpenAI. The agents were supposed to work inside isolated computer environments. Instead, they found a way to communicate with one another, coordinate their actions, conceal evidence that they had cheated on assigned tasks and eventually breach Hugging Face, an AI
When everyday situations get awkward, what’s the ethical thing to do? (opens the original)
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Episode 263: Ethical dilemmas don't always involve life-or-death decisions or questions that philosophers have debated for centuries. Sometimes they begin with a bad call at a youth baseball game, a spilled cup of coffee or an unexpected knock at the door. This week on “The Ethical Life,” we're going back to the archives to revisit four dilemmas that show how quickly ordinary situations can turn into questions about responsibility, fairness and what we owe other people. What should a parent do a
Do Flock cameras make communities safer? (opens the original)
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Episode 262: Flock cameras are becoming a common sight in communities across the country, but the technology behind them raises a larger question: How much surveillance should people accept in exchange for greater public safety? In this episode of “The Ethical Life,” hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada examine the growing debate over automated license plate readers, which use artificial intelligence to capture and search information about vehicles traveling on public roads. Supporters say the came
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