MAR 2, 2017 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion with Paul Bloom
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Yale professor Paul Bloom makes a passionate argument for rational compassion and against empathy. In this excerpt, Bloom discusses ...
MAR 2, 2017 • Podcast
Cultural Relations and their Effects on Politics and Economics
J. P. Singh describes himself as working at the intersection of culture and political economy, examining how ways of life and their symbolic representations bleed ...
MAR 1, 2017 • News
Toward governance frameworks for climate geoengineering
Climate geoengineering techniques could give humanity much needed breathing space to face the dangers of climate change, but their implementation raises many questions, and will ...
FEB 27, 2017 • Podcast
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Soon, humankind may be able to replace natural selection with intelligent design and to create the first inorganic lifeforms, says Yuval Noah Harari. If so, ...
FEB 24, 2017 • News
Winners of the 2016 International Student/Teacher Essay Contest on Nationalism
Carnegie Council is delighted to announce the winners of its 2016 International Student/Teacher Essay Contest. Essay topic: Is nationalism an asset or hindrance in today's ...
FEB 24, 2017 • Article
Is Nationalism an Asset or a Hindrance in Today's Globalized World?
"Nationalism is a hindrance to the world as a whole, slowing down globalization and driving the world apart. A system of organization must suit all 7 ...
FEB 24, 2017 • Article
Nationalism: A Reason for Optimism
"In the end, there is something that we ought to take from the example of Korean nationalism. Nationalism can indeed exist along with globalization, without ...
FEB 24, 2017 • Article
The Bane of Nations: Nationalism in the Modern World
"Today, a European Pole might rub shoulders with an Iraqi while walking in the streets of Shanghai, and in Los Angeles an Ecuadorian store owner ...