Framing ethical perspectives
Applied ethics refers to the practical applications of the moral principles that govern behavior. Carnegie Council focuses on this field, mostly through the realm of international affairs, by identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow. Our initiatives, content, and experts analyze the way that governments, institutions, and individuals interact and make choices on global issues, such as climate change, emerging technology, and governance.
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Practical conversations, decision analysis, and more
MAY 10, 2022 • Podcast
Making Decisions When Values Conflict or Are Prioritized Differently, with Paul Root Wolpe
JUL 5, 2023 • Article
A Framework for the International Governance of AI
Carnegie Council, in collaboration with IEEE, proposes a five-part AI governance framework to enable the constructive use of AI.
APR 12, 2022 • Podcast
Surveillance Tech's Infinite Loop of Harms, with Chris Gilliard
In this discussion with Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel, Chris Gilliard explains why the arc of surveillance technology and novel AI bends toward failures that ...
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Carnegie Ethics Accelerator
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Ethics & International Affairs Journal
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Carnegie Ethics Fellows
The Carnegie Ethics Fellows program (CEF) seeks to cultivate the next generation of ethical global leaders across business, policy, technology, NGOs, and academia.
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JAN 26, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Linking Ethics and Self-Interest in Human Mobility
The ethical and self-interested choice in migration policy is to seek liberalized and rationalized migration that combines positive incentives with clear and fair entry criteria ...
JAN 25, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Ethics of Undocumented Migration
Using fieldwork data through participant observation and interviews, this paper explains the causes of undocumented migration out of Fujian and explores the ethical frameworks within ...
JAN 22, 2010 • Podcast
God and Obama
For President Obama, what is the relation between religion and politics?
JAN 22, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Right to Move
A collection of essays from our joint Sophia University-Carnegie Council conference exploring the ethics of an international right to migration.
JAN 21, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Cosmopolitanism as Virtue
Without high levels of migration, and a related ethical commitment to cosmopolitanism, nation-states will fail to develop the individual and collective virtues suitable to "living ...
JAN 21, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Capabilities Approach and Collective Ownership of the Earth
If people of a particular country are using more than their proportionate share of the collectively owned planet, they should allow for immigration.
JAN 21, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Precarious Lives
If existing refugee protection and international humanitarian regimes are already under serious strain, how can global cooperation be extended for the protection of vulnerable persons ...
JAN 20, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Reconciling an Ethical Immigration Policy with the Nation-state Myth
Don't we, as collective owners and stewards of the Earth, have a basic right to move? Indeed, the right to move is necessary to realize ...
JAN 20, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Ethics of Language Choice in Immigration
Should language rights be understood as collective rights or individual rights? Do language rights entail active endorsement of immigrant languages on the part of the ...
JAN 20, 2010 • Podcast
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2010
What's next? Using Eurasia Group's Top Risks as a starting point for identifying the major global challenges in 2010, the panelists identify what they see on ...