{"id":2824,"date":"2025-11-29T19:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:14:48","slug":"episode-88-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine-situational-ethics-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/decision-making\/episode-88-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine-situational-ethics-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 88: It&#8217;s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine): Situational ethics in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome one and all to what surely must be one of the final episodes of this year 2025! Inasmuch as we&#8217;re sliding into the holiday times when revels are had it seems a fine time to speak to situational ethics this go-round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech Podcast 88: The End of the World as We Know It: Situational ethics in education\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ka0ZyeZWPys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the digital ends of the digital earth to you! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it is indeed the end of the world, you could do worse than to listen to this audio first! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2838\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251129_0001.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">IMG_20251129_0001<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Big Sea - End Of The World (Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-5oGnvfUEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tumblr_myp0gh3yaS1rdfgw4o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Situational ethics in education<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2835\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-11.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-11-300x93.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basic characteristic of the delinquent sub-culture, it is argued, is a system of values that represents an inversion of the values held by respectable, law-abiding society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These justifications are commonly described as rationalizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Denial of Responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Denial of Injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Denial of the Victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Condemnation of the Condemners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Appeal to Higher Loyalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sykes, G. M., &amp; Matza, D. (2017 &amp; 1957).<em> Techniques of neutralization: A theory of delinquency. In Delinquency and Drift Revisited, Volume 21<\/em> (pp. 33-41). Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2834\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10-300x108.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Situational ethics as one of three primary avenues for making moral decisions. The other two are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(a) the legalistic, which contends that moral rules are absolute laws that must always be obeyed; and&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(b) the antinomian, which contends that no guidelines exist, that each situation is unique and requires a new decision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fletcher, J. F. (1966). <em>Situation ethics: The new morality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2832\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9-300x104.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethical absolutists would hold that every real work situation can be judged in terms of a standard which is both universal and unchanging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McNichols, C. W., &amp; Zimmerer, T. W. (1985). Situational ethics: An empirical study of differentiators of student attitudes. <em>Journal of business ethics, 4(<\/em>3), 175-180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-850x638.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept of situational ethics may be particularly helpful in understanding student rationalizations for cheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2829\" style=\"width:528px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8.png 596w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCabe, D. L. (1992). The influence of situational ethics on cheating among college students. <em>Sociological inquiry, 62<\/em>(3), 365-374.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2828\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-6-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The application of situational ethics proves particularly illuminating in understanding how teachers experienced moral distress when forced to choose between competing ethical imperatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 teachers\u2019 experiences during and post-pandemic represent a fundamental encounter with what Fletcher (1966) would recognise as paradigmatic ethical situation: circumstances where conventional ethical frameworks prove inadequate and require contextual wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nakar, S. (2025). Navigating ethical landscapes: vocational educators\u2019 adaptations through and beyond COVID-19. <em>International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1-27<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5-850x850.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-5.jpeg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Word of the Podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Situational<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question of the Podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">How do people justify having situational ethics in educational contexts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Phrase of the Podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">The giant head behind the other giant head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Airports have their own time zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2825\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Thanks for joining us as we veer into the final weeks of 2025! We hope to see you again soon!<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Remastered 2006)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8OyBtMPqpNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 That&#8217;s great, it starts with an earthquake<br>Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes<br>And Lenny Bruce is not afraid #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4839\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2824-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3\">http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=2824-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EnT-88-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"EnT-88-audio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt&#8217;s Notes Welcome one and all to what surely must be one of the final episodes of this year 2025! 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