Civil Liberties and Civic Virtues: Ethics Awareness Week Keynote

This is a keynote address of the 2021 Ethics Awareness Week sponsored by Utah Valley University's Center for the Study of Ethics. Entitled, "Civil Liberties and Civic Virtues," this session features Brittney Nystrom, Executive Director of American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. She is the recipient of this year's Excellence in Ethics Award. More information about the 28th annual Ethics Awareness Week and other events can be found at https://uvu.edu/ethics Chapters: 0:00 Welcome and introduction 7:06 Definitions 10:04 Personal freedom and rights during a pandemic 13:32 Policing practices and racial bias 21:39 Freedom of speech and unpopular ideas 30:01 Rights in a classroom 42:19 Question: how does the ACLU prioritize cases? 44:41 Question: unique challenges of the Utah chapter