Global Ethics Corner

Series produced by Carnegie Council

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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.


211 Pieces

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The presidential candidates assert that America must renew its global moral authority, but they dance, offering no solutions. Let’s take a closer l...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Should the opinion of the world be important in American elections? This is a crucial question in applied ethics as we choose a President.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Is fast food an ethical as well as a dietary issue? Yes, says the slow-food movement whose motto is: good, clean, fair food. Let's look at this cla...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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How will President Obama deal with the hopes and fears of people abroad? Will his priority be the interests of the United States or will the welfar...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:28
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Are ethics primary questions that precede and surround practical leadership? Are these daily questions that inform each political decision?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
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Will people associate U.S. power with "global misery" or with the opportunity and pluralism that Obama's victory represents?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
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Will our responses to the financial crisis be constructive, or will panic cloud our judgments?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
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Can intelligent robot soldiers be designed to be more ethical in battle than human soldiers? Would you prefer a robot or a human deciding about the...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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What does the financial crisis imply? Should we liberalize trade on agriculture and services? Or should we protect domestic producers?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Should we observe Morgenthau's principles--avoid the crusading spirit and heed others' perspectives--or is promoting democracy and taking a forcefu...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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What criteria do you emphasize when deciding "How is my country doing?" Are you proud of how your country compares with the world?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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How can we resolve the financial melt-down and prevent another? Solutions focus on free markets, regulation, or rewards. Perhaps we should balance ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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What is true for the individual may not be true for the group, the state, or the international system, and vice versa. Does this suggest that ethic...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and ed...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
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While saving jobs is an urgent task in today's economy, promoting "Buy American" policies may hurt our chances of recovering from the recession. Ho...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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A Colombian immigrant was recently denied her investor's visa, forcing her to shut down her U.S. company and fire her six employees. Does immigrati...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Banning headscarves may violate an individual's right of religious expression and choice. Allowing headscarves may violate a state's commitment to ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Do we respect the wishes of anti-Castro Americans, to restrict trade, or the wishes of agriculture and medical sales interests, to open Cuban marke...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30