Recent Articles
MAR 10, 2013 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "In My Lifetime"
This deeply moving documentary tells the history of atomic weapons and the anti-nuclear movement. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to nuclear tests in Nevada to the ...
MAR 8, 2013 • Article
Book Review: "China and Africa: A Century of Engagement"
Now more than ever, the world is influenced and affected by all things Chinese, especially its relationships with developing countries. And there is much to ...
MAR 5, 2013 • Article
Drones: Legal, Ethical, and Wise?
The white paper released in February 2013 detailing the Obama administration’s policy on the use of drones for targeted killings has stirred plenty of controversy. ...
FEB 25, 2013 • Article
Scotland, Independence, and Internationalism
The debate over Scotland's future is one that not only has ramifications for Scotland and Britain, but for the rest of the world as well.
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"The Greatest Ethical Challenge: To Speak" by Joshua Thomas
"...What have I learned? That silence is the greatest ethical challenge; that it is so much easier to stay silent, to say nothing, to fly ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Learning to Cooperate When We're Poles Apart" by Jacob Karlsson Lagerros
Climate change is not the world's greatest challenge. Neither is relentless fanaticism, global terrorism, or the international machine of capitalism grinding to a halt. Today's ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Traffic Lights" by By Jae Woo Jang
At the age of 14, Sarina was tricked into becoming a sex slave--and there are hundreds of thousands of teenage girls just like her. What can ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Consumerism" by Anjana Aravind
"I live in a small town in India. People have a notion that consumerism is a "first-world" problem but it is not. Wherever you come ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Population" by Juinn-Ren "Andrew" Wang
Our governments don't like to talk about population control because it is unpleasant; it is unethical to tell others how many or how few children ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"The Responsibility of the Individual" by Xinle Su
"We urgently need a paradigm shift in how we view ourselves vis-Ă -vis global issues. There are innumerable issues and ethical challenges in each issue ...