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AUG 17, 2015 • Article
Solidarity or Self-interest? European Integration and the German Question
"Germany today is earnest in its desire to be a good European neighbor, but it does not believe that it can or should pay any ...
AUG 12, 2015 • Journal Online Exclusive
What Should You Do if You Are Not an "Effective Altruist"?
Peter Singer argues that a significant portion of one’s income should go toward alleviating global poverty. But this is just a start.
AUG 6, 2015 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Gandhi"
This film is a textbook on Gandhi's political philosophy and the Indian quest for statehood. And for many, Ben Kingsley's performance in the title role, ...
JUL 30, 2015 • Article
"Soft Power": The Values that Shape Russian Foreign Policy
In the increasingly frigid environment of U.S.-Russia relations, much attention is given to what may be seen as Russia's strategic "interests." Of at ...
JUL 29, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Creating Standards for Multi-Stakeholder Governance
Many people in civil society and in governmental circles feel ambivalent about this new global governance approach. Should multi-stakeholders be in charge of "solving" global ...
JUL 28, 2015 • Article
To Sow the Wind: An Argument Against the War on Terror
The just war tradition--a tradition that once thought war tragically endemic and sometimes justified, but never simply, unambiguously just--has lost its profound Augustinian political skepticism ...
JUL 24, 2015 • Article
The Ethics of Nuclear Power: Reflections on Carnegie Council Site Visit to Fukushima, Japan
As part of Carnegie Council's Global Ethical Dialogues site visits to eight countries around the world, in June 2015 the Council led a team of researchers, ...
JUL 24, 2015 • Article
Namie Township, Fukushima, Japan, Case Study
This case study of ethical decisions, developed by Learning Initiative Inc., is based on archival data at Namie Township, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, from the March 2011 ...
JUL 21, 2015 • Journal Online Exclusive
A Conversation on Climate Change with Conservation International's M. Sanjayan
M. SANJAYAN AND ZACH DORFMAN In this interview, M. Sanjayan, senior scientist at Conservation International, discusses our climate-changed world, and why—on some days at ...
JUL 16, 2015 • Journal Online Exclusive
How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations' "Trolley Problem"
HUSSEIN BANAI The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps ...