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OCT 23, 2015 • Podcast
Secular Ethics: Old/New Shakyamuni, Dalai Lama
In this lively, learned, and funny talk, leading U.S. expert on Tibetan Buddhism Robert Thurman riffs off the Dalai Lama's secular ethics project, laying ...
OCT 22, 2015 • Article
Back to the Drawing Board: What the Recent Peace Agreement Means for South Sudan
Will South Sudan's President Kiir really remain committed to the August 2015 peace agreement that ended the civil war? Claire Metalits has studied South Sudan and ...
OCT 20, 2015 • Podcast
Global Ethics Day: Feeding the Planet
There are roughly 2 billion people who are under-nourished and another 2 billion who are overweight or obese. In other words, about half the world's population is ...
OCT 19, 2015 • Podcast
Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama
Today, America's ties to Israel are so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this ...
OCT 15, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Fighting Obesity Requires a Choice: Profit or Public Health?
Unless governments take steps to promote healthy diets and discourage consumption of ultra-processed products, chances to stop and reverse the obesity epidemic remain quite slim.