ethics

Episode 240: David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water”

October 2, 2026 HBS Hosts Deep Dives, Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Technology 0 Comments

On the power of a liberal arts education.

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Episode 239: Boredom

September 25, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture 0 Comments

Three philosophers try to be interesting about boredom.

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Episode 238: Sikh Ethics (with Keshav Singh)

September 18, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Professional Philosophy / Higher Ed, Race and Racism 0 Comments

On the many ways Sikh ethics both correct and expand Western ethical theory.

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Episode 236: Fashion

September 4, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture 0 Comments

Your closet feels like self-expression, but it may function like a subscription service.

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Episode 235: Betrayal

August 28, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics 0 Comments

Et tu? The wound that outlives the wounding.

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Episode 234: The Q Word

August 21, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Gender/Sex/LGBTQI Concerns, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture 0 Comments

“Normal” was never all that normal to begin with.

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Episode 233: Failure

August 14, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16) 0 Comments

Can you fail at life, or only in it?

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Episode 232: Multi/Race/Less/Ness (with Jon Ivan Gill)

August 7, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, Guest Episodes, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Pop Culture, Race and Racism 0 Comments

How do we process the trauma of racial identification?

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Episode 231: Trust

July 31, 2026 HBS Hosts Ethics, HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16), Politics, Technology 0 Comments

What does it mean to earn, lose, and re-gain trust?

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Episode 230: The Right to Die

July 24, 2026 HBS Hosts HOTEL BAR SESSIONS, Hotel Bar Sessions (Season 16) 0 Comments

The right to life gets a constitution. The right to die gets a euphemism.

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