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.
Featured Applied Ethics Resources
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
The Carnegie Ethics Accelerator is a new kind of incubator designed to empower ethics in the face of swiftly evolving challenges in technology and public policies.
Ethics & International Affairs Journal
Ethics & International Affairs is the quarterly journal of Carnegie Council. It aims to close the gap between the theory and practice of ethics.
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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APR 27, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Blight on the Nation: Slavery in Today's America
Certain things we know to be true. We know that the South kept slaves, and the North fought a righteous war of liberation. We know ...
APR 24, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The G-20's Global Hit-and-Run
The economic crisis has been compared to familiar catastrophes such as the sinking Titanic and a tsunami. But the car crash analogy works much better ...
APR 24, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: For Torture, Who Should We Prosecute?
Torture is wrong. So who is culpable? The point people? The memo writers? The overseers? No one? Everyone?
APR 22, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Spring 2009 Poetry Contest Winners
Policy Innovations is pleased to announce the winners of its Spring 2009 Poetry Contest. The following five submissions, each from a different city, represent the inspiration ...
APR 22, 2009 • Podcast
Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System
This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global ...
APR 15, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Homo sociens and the New Ecological Growth Economy
What does it mean to build an economy on sound ecological principles? It means that all forms of business and other human activity will be ...
APR 10, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Competition, Culture, and Cheating
Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced with a ...
APR 8, 2009 • Article
Fallout, Denials, and Trials: Recognizing the Health Legacy of Nuclear Test Veterans
David Willcox writes on a U.K. court case brought by participants in the U.K.'s nuclear testing program which raises a moral dilemma ...
APR 3, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Ethics and Experts
How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?
MAR 27, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Obama and Ethics
Can public discussion of issues acknowledge gray areas despite being polarized by the media and single issue groups?