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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 ...

CREDIT: Minnesota Historical Society, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_Jr_St_Paul_Campus_U_MN.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>

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.

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 ...