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U.S. Military Academy at West Point. CREDIT: <a href="/people/data/eddie_mandhry.html">Eddie Mandhry<a>

SEP 13, 2013 Article

Field Trip to West Point Military Academy

After touring the academy, Carnegie New Leaders were priveleged to have a lengthy discussion with Major Fishback over dinner. This conversation provided an invaluable opportunity ...

SEP 12, 2013 Journal

Nonproliferation: A Global Issue for a Global Ethic

This essay, focused on the continuing moral challenge of nuclear weapons, recalls the intellectual and moral lessons of the last century and identifies three leading ...

Fire in the Blood

SEP 7, 2013 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Fire in the Blood"

With the tagline "Medicine, Monopoly, Malice," this powerful documentary tells how Western drug companies fought to keep discounted AIDS medications from reaching HIV-positive citizens of ...

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SEP 6, 2013 Article

Living With Injustice: Lessons from 1963

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the writing of three seminal texts in 20th century philosophy. An examination of these texts--by King, Arendt, and ...

CREDIT: US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BattleOfVirginiaCapes.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>

SEP 6, 2013 Article

Finding Our National Moral Compass on Syria

The U.S. received aid from other nations during its own Revolutionary War, and so despite all, "as America debates the pros and cons of ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127311117/">Mike Baird</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 6, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Right Social Policies Can Promote Intergenerational Ethics

A new study by Bertelsmann Foundation analyzes fairness between the young and the old, and provides policy solutions for governments in aging societies.

SEP 5, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

Living With Injustice: Lessons from 1963

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the writing of three seminal texts in twentieth century philosophy. An examination of these texts—by King, Arendt, ...

SEP 5, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

Syria: The Case for Punitive Intervention

If the focus in Syria is on reinforcing the norms banning the use of chemical weapons, a punitive air strike should be seen as the ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-120387823/stock-photo-the-syria-flag-painted-on-bomb-icon.html">Syrian flag painted on a bomb</a> via Shutterstock

SEP 5, 2013 Article

On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing Syria

The question of whether the U.S. should use its military against Assad is separate from the questions of legal interpretation. The legal question does ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-76422415/stock-vector-vector-illustration-map-of-syria.html">Map of Syria</a> via Shutterstock

SEP 4, 2013 Article

Seven Scenarios for the Future of Syria

"Now that the country has imploded, there is no easy way out." Seth Kaplan outlines possible futures for Syria, followed by a list of recommended ...