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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Benefits from altruism include approval, enhanced image, and neural stimulation--feeling good. Yet if you act selfishly you will have more resource...
- Added: May 19, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Is the role of the NCAA to help students succeed through sports, or to garner money for educational institutions? With the high drop-out rate of NC...
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- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:00
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Are nuclear weapons a necessary evil? Is it better to live in a world with nuclear deterrence or one that is free of nuclear threats? What do you t...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power? What do you think?
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Should election results accurately reflect public opinion or should elections promote effective governance?
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Should the U.S. shed some global ambitions and responsibilities? Or, is America's global role simply too important, both to the U.S. and the world?...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:15
Are babies born with the morality they need or do they learn it from society? Is morality a biological trait that builds communities through enligh...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:15
How do we meet the massive global issue of fertility without being mired in the abortion debate?
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Will the next dominant international conflict be between state capitalism and free market capitalism? Will it supplant the war on terror? What do y...
- Added: Jun 01, 2010
- Length: 02:15
Should the U.S. be helping developing countries when it has its own dramatic domestic problems?
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Governments have a moral responsibility to protect their citizens. How far does that extend? Is a "kill list" justified?
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
In Rwanda, 92 percent of citizens have government-mandated health insurance, collectively owned by the policy-holders themselves. Does organizing h...
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
When China loosens the peg of its currency to the dollar, the U.S. will benefit--but it may hurt labor in China. While the looser Chinese currency ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
When balancing life's complex tensions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Inequality in America has been accelerating rapidly since the 1980s. But capping income levels could put liberty and competitiveness at risk. Regar...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Can you hold to ethical standards and serve a government that makes mistakes? Does becoming a diplomat mean, "my country right or wrong"?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Does the state capitalism model present a challenge to free market political systems? Is Google's confrontation with China a taste of the future? W...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Must governments meet violence with an authoritarian response? In the recent Mexican election, citizens could demand a crackdown on druglords at th...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
How do you choose missions to fight a war effectively, while minimizing civilian deaths and meeting the obligation to your soldiers?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
The growth in national security measures since 9/11 is striking. Is this level of government investment worthwhile? Can there ever be too much secu...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
