Global Ethics Corner
Series produced by Carnegie Council
Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2-minute interstitial examination of newsworthy ethical issues, hosted and produced by Carnegie Council Senior Fellow William Vocke.
The Global Ethics Corner is a weekly multimedia production that examines an intriguing ethical puzzle presented in international affairs. Host William Vocke presents alternative views and asks the listener to consider various implications. Available since October 2008, Global Ethics Corner can be featured both on-air as a radio module and on Web sites as a multi-media offering.
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What are the ethics of global sports development? Now that America's favorite pastime has gone global, is baseball watched and played for the love ...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Can public discussion of issues acknowledge gray areas despite being polarized by the media and single issue groups?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advic...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Torture is wrong. So who is culpable? The point people? The memo writers? The overseers? No one? Everyone?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
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Senator Specter is now a Democrat. Was his decision to switch parties principled, pragmatic, or just expedient?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Participants in Britain's nuclear weapons testing program argued recently that health was damaged by radiation. Who is responsible? Should compensa...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
New York is no longer viewed as the financial capital of the world, or even of the United States. Given the recent government intervention in state...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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To become ethical, must behavior be grounded in a religious faith or other system of belief? How do we judge the behavior of states and people?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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How do we celebrate differences without falling into the trap of cultural relativism?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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Balancing rights and responsibilities is one of the pillars supporting ethical choice. How far do our rights extend? Do responsibilities diminish o...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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Fairness is a universal concept, but its application depends on time and place. The three pillars of ethical choice—pluralism, rights and responsib...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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When are elections legitimate? What about Iran? Elections assume that losers accept results. Because many disagree, can they overturn an election? ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently declared that burqas are not welcome in France. To some, the burqa represents the suppression of women. Y...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Why can't the U.S. negotiate a domestic solution to health care? Individuals are certainly responsible for their health. A wealthy society can also...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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Is it ever ethical to violate a democratic constitution? If the rationale for military intervention is to save democracy, does that make it legitim...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
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Modern self-determination and the concept of nationality are closely linked, and have frequently led to instances of ethnic cleansing. Can national...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usua...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Should government supplement markets to increase the public good? Should it regulate markets to protect the public good? How much is too much regul...
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 01:30
