Is flying ethical?

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Should I give up flying for the environment’s sake? Is it ethical to stay on Twitter and Facebook if I don’t like the owners’ politics? If a DNA test shows that my dad isn't my biological dad, should I tell him? There are no bad questions. But there are some that are really hard to answer. Those are the ones Vox senior reporter Sigal Samuel likes to tackle. This week on Explain It to Me, she tells host Jonquilyn Hill how she goes about answering your ethical and philosophical questions in her column, Your Mileage May Vary. Have questions you can’t answer? Call Explain It to Me at 1-800-618-8545, or submit them here. Read more: Sigal’s column, Your Mileage May Vary You can’t optimize your way to being a good person The Future Perfect newsletter Share your quandaries with Sigal here Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Cristian Ayala, engineer Caitlin PenzeyMoog, fact checker Carla Javier, supervising producer Jorge Just, editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.0	balance caring for others versus caring for myself.
1:13.4	Hey, y'all. It's John Flynn.
1:15.7	You're listening to explain it to me.
1:18.6	If you're a regular listener, you know the drill.
1:22.3	You call in with questions and we try to find you the answers.
1:27.0	But not all questions have capital A answers.
1:28.3	Sometimes they're more squishy.
1:32.3	Is it unethical to stay on Twitter or Facebook,
1:37.3	given the dangerous positions that are expressed by their owners?
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