FEB 25, 2013 • Podcast
Behind the Headlines--After the Israeli Elections: A New Chapter or More of the Same?
Why were the recent Israeli elections results so different from expectations? Why were the main issues domestic ones, with little attention paid to Iran or ...
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
"Learning to Cooperate When We're Poles Apart" by Jacob Karlsson Lagerros
Climate change is not the world's greatest challenge. Neither is relentless fanaticism, global terrorism, or the international machine of capitalism grinding to a halt. Today's ...
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 ...