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SEP 9, 2015 Journal

International Judges: Is There a Global Ethic?

RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE Thousands of judges from across the globe now sit on international courts. It is time to systematically consider professional ethical standards.

SEP 9, 2015 Journal

Rescuing Democracy in the Age of the Internet

DAVID RUNCIMAN There is a growing awareness that the greatest threat to democracy may no longer derive from human agency, but from new forms of ...

SEP 9, 2015 Journal

The Paradox of Liberation by Michael Walzer

REVIEW BY GEORGE RUPP This book provides a masterly refutation of a remarkably resilient array of stereotypes about religion and secularism.

SEP 9, 2015 Journal

Rough Justice by David Bosco

This is the best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.

CREDIT: <a href="http://bit.ly/1Md3jxI" target="_blank">Alex Wong</a>.

SEP 8, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Wealth and Resource Consumption of Megacities

How can megacities address global environmental challenges? A new study shows how ultra-dense city planning can be part of the solution.

SEP 1, 2015 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Schindler's List"

It's almost impossible to grasp the enormity of the Holocaust, and there's also the danger of regarding it as a one-time occurrence in the distant ...

AUG 21, 2015 Article

Compromise and Rotten Compromises: A Reflection on the Iran Deal

Let’s give President Obama the benefit of the doubt. As the president has repeatedly asserted, the agreement insures that every pathway to a nuclear ...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack <br>Obama. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2175936409/">Steve Jurvetson</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 20, 2015 Article

Compromise and Rotten Compromises: A Reflection on the Iran Deal

Ultimately, will the Iran nuclear deal be a good compromise or a rotten one? For an ethicist, one question lingers. Why did the American-led negotiators ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-185288330/stock-vector-magnifying-glass-over-map-of-europe-part-of-asia-and-africa-focusing-ukraine-and-crimea-peninsula.html" target="_blank">Shutterstock</a>

AUG 19, 2015 Article

Bringing Ukraine Back Into Focus: How to End the New Cold War and Provide Effective Political Assistance to Ukraine

Peacemaking efforts in Ukraine have failed because two crises must be addressed simultaneously. The first is the crisis within Ukraine over whether it should be ...

AUG 17, 2015 Article

Possible Future Worlds: Essays by Carnegie Council's Ethics Fellows for the Future

This booklet is the result of a six-month online course taken by the Ethics Fellows for the Future, based on Carnegie Council Fellow Thong Nguyen's ...