FEB 25, 2013 • Article
Scotland, Independence, and Internationalism
The debate over Scotland's future is one that not only has ramifications for Scotland and Britain, but for the rest of the world as well.
FEB 25, 2013 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Is Multilateralism Dead?
For years, large global organizations, like the G-20 or the UN, have failed to cooperate on major international challenges, like climate change. Is "mini-lateralism," in ...
FEB 22, 2013 • News
Winners of the 2012 International Student/Teacher Essay Contest, "Ethics for a Connected World"
Carnegie Council announces the results of its annual International Student/Teacher Essay Contest. Winners are from Finland, India, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Sweden, and the ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"The Greatest Ethical Challenge: To Speak" by Joshua Thomas
"...What have I learned? That silence is the greatest ethical challenge; that it is so much easier to stay silent, to say nothing, to fly ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Traffic Lights" by By Jae Woo Jang
At the age of 14, Sarina was tricked into becoming a sex slave--and there are hundreds of thousands of teenage girls just like her. What can ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Consumerism" by Anjana Aravind
"I live in a small town in India. People have a notion that consumerism is a "first-world" problem but it is not. Wherever you come ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"Population" by Juinn-Ren "Andrew" Wang
Our governments don't like to talk about population control because it is unpleasant; it is unethical to tell others how many or how few children ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
"The Responsibility of the Individual" by Xinle Su
"We urgently need a paradigm shift in how we view ourselves vis-à-vis global issues. There are innumerable issues and ethical challenges in each issue ...