The Virtue Field
The Virtue Field
Episode 3: “Ethics in the Field”
In this episode, we start to see that Harriet Tubman lived her life by moving from one heroic act to another. In the process, we see her ethics are emerging. We’re beginning to understand that ethics can only truly be understood in the context of a life story. Her philosophy, her religion, is being worked out ‘in the field’. Philosophers write about what we ought to do, but that is done from the comfort of their desk. What Harriet did gives us a much clearer version of ethics that is relevant to real people in real situations.
Eric Bowman, M.A.R., is the founder and teacher for the Revolution Ethics Project, a non-profit ethics seminar for all ages. He has been a public high school teacher at ConVal High School in Peterborough, NH for over 25 years.
Website: revolutionethics.org
Email: revolutionethicsproject@gmail.com
Instagram: @revolutionethics
Produced, mixed, and scored by Echo Finch
A complete bibliography for season 1 of “The Virtue Field” is available at https://revolutionethics.org/bibliography-season-1
Special thanks to Adam Arnone at Echo Finch for his endless patience. Thank you to Jason Dustin for a great microphone and for three beautiful portraits of Harriet Tubman. Thank you to Olivia Bregani, Ethan McBrien, and Anne Staley for help with final edits. Virtue Field photo by Ben Conant and lastly thank you to Isaac Perreault for graphic design.