Ethics Matter: Zainab Salbi on Women, War, and Self-Empowerment (Transcript) | 04/09/13 In this fascinating conversation, Zainab Salbi discusses her personal journey from growing up in Saddam Hussein's Iraq to becoming a global champion of women's rights. She also focuses on the realities of women's lives across the Middle East and proposes constructive ways to change negatives to positives.
Ethics Matter: A Conversation on Bioethics with NASA's Paul Root Wolpe (Transcript) | 03/08/13 In this eye-opening conversation, renowned bioethicist Dr. Wolpe grapples with the ethical issues raised by advances in biotechnology and neuroscience, including "brain fingerprinting" and eventual mind-reading.
Ethics Matter: Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2013 with Ian Bremmer (Transcript) | 01/18/13 "There are three big things happening right now in the world: China rising, Middle East exploding, Europe muddling through. Those are the things that truly matter, in the sense that they have potentially very different kinds of trajectories and outcomes depending on where they go."
Ethics Matter: Srdja Popovic on Creating Successful Nonviolent Movements (Transcript) | 12/11/12 Successful nonviolent movements need three things: the cool factor, memorable branding, and humor, says Popovic. He cofounded the Serbian youth movement Otpor!, which played a major role in toppling Milosevic, and his work training activists in Egypt and Tunisia is widely credited for inspiring Arab Spring protesters.
Ethics Matter: Dan Ariely on the Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions (Transcript) | 11/20/12 Why do smart people cheat? Why do we eat more than we should or text while driving? In this funny and insightful talk, behavioral economist Dan Ariely explores the hidden factors that shape our most puzzling decisions and shows how emotions, peer pressure, and sheer irrationalism dictate our behavior.
Ethics Matter: Environmentalist Bill McKibben on Climate Change (Transcript) | 10/15/12 It's wrong to say Americans are addicted to fossil fuel. The addicts are oil and gas company executives, who won't give up their profits. Until we put a price on carbon that reflects the damage it does in the atmosphere, we’ll continue to have this catastrophic market failure and moral failure.
Ethics Matter: Dambisa Moyo on How Aid to Africa is Harmful (Transcript) | 09/24/12 Aid has failed to create economic growth, says Moyo, and allows governments to evade their responsibilities. So when people say that aid provides essential services, they're missing the point. Except when disaster strikes, governments should be responsible for their citizens, not the international community.
Ethics Matter: Dov Seidman, a Moral Philosopher in a Suit (Transcript) | 05/08/12 Leadership is going from being command-and-control to connect-and-collaborate; from inspecting for trust to giving it away; and from discussing success towards significance: "If we make a difference for our consumers, our people, and the world, success will find us."
Ethics Matter: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women's World Banking (Transcript) | 03/21/12 CEO of Women's World Banking Iskenderian explains why investing in women makes so much sense. She also tackles the recent critiques of microfinance and discusses how it is evolving.
Ethics Matter: Policymaker and Scholar Anne-Marie Slaughter (Video Clip) | 03/02/12 Anne-Marie Slaughter on the responsibility to protect: "I believe in a values-based foreign policy and looking to cooperate as often as I can. I also think that's basic self-interest. We don't do well when we go in without the support of other nations."
Ethics Matter: Policymaker and Scholar Anne-Marie Slaughter (Audio) | 02/24/12 Anne-Marie Slaughter on the responsibility to protect: "I believe in a values-based foreign policy and looking to cooperate as often as I can. I also think that's basic self-interest. We don't do well when we go in without the support of other nations."
Ethics Matter: Policymaker and Scholar Anne-Marie Slaughter (Transcript) | 02/22/12 Anne-Marie Slaughter on the responsibility to protect: "I believe in a values-based foreign policy and looking to cooperate as often as I can. I also think that's basic self-interest. We don't do well when we go in without the support of other nations."
Ethics Matter: Philosopher Thomas Pogge, Crusader for Global Justice (Video Clip) | 02/07/12 In this fascinating conversation, Thomas Pogge explains how growing up in post-war Germany awakened him to injustice. He lays out his plan for reforming the pharmaceutical industry, and much more.
Ethics Matter: Philosopher Thomas Pogge, Crusader for Global Justice (Audio) | 01/31/12 In this fascinating conversation, Thomas Pogge explains how growing up in post-war Germany awakened him to injustice. He lays out his plan for reforming the pharmaceutical industry, and much more.
Ethics Matter: Philosopher Thomas Pogge, Crusader for Global Justice (Transcript) | 01/31/12 In this fascinating conversation, Thomas Pogge explains how growing up in post-war Germany awakened him to injustice. He lays out his plan for reforming the pharmaceutical industry, and much more.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012 with Ian Bremmer (Video Clip) | 01/25/12 What are the biggest political risks in 2012, and the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer discusses his annual list, and his conclusions may surprise you.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012 with Ian Bremmer (Audio) | 01/17/12 What are the biggest political risks in 2012, and the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer discusses his annual list, and his conclusions may surprise you.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012 with Ian Bremmer (Transcript) | 01/17/12 What are the biggest political risks in 2012, and the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer discusses his annual list, and his conclusions may surprise you.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs (Video Clip) | 12/09/11 Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs (Audio) | 12/06/11 Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
Ethics Matter: Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis (Video Clip) | 12/06/11 Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served--over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (Video) | 12/06/11 Joseph Nye discusses the sources of his ideas, his major concepts such as soft power, the impact of these concepts, and his thoughts on the information revolution.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs (Transcript) | 12/05/11 Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
Ethics Matter: Conversation with Moral Philosopher Peter Singer (Video Clip) | 10/25/11 Utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer lives up to his beliefs, giving away 25-30 percent of his income to alleviate absolute poverty, and defending animal rights--or as he puts it, "extending equality beyond the species boundary." Here are his thoughts on these topics and more.
Ethics Matter: Conversation with Moral Philosopher Peter Singer (Audio) | 10/13/11 Utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer lives up to his beliefs, giving away 25-30 percent of his income to alleviate absolute poverty, and defending animal rights--or as he puts it, "extending equality beyond the species boundary." Here are his thoughts on these topics and more.
Ethics Matter: Conversation with Moral Philosopher Peter Singer (Transcript) | 10/13/11 Utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer lives up to his beliefs, giving away 25-30 percent of his income to alleviate absolute poverty, and defending animal rights--or as he puts it, "extending equality beyond the species boundary." Here are his thoughts on these topics and more.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Foreign Aid Specialist William Easterly (Video Clip) | 10/03/11 The best system for discovering new approaches is not to have one planner at the top trying to decide what are going to be the successful innovations, says Bill Easterly. It's to have lots and lots of people at the bottom experimenting and finding their own innovations.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Foreign Aid Specialist William Easterly (Audio) | 10/03/11 The best system for discovering new approaches is not to have one planner at the top trying to decide what are going to be the successful innovations, says Bill Easterly. It's to have lots and lots of people at the bottom experimenting and finding their own innovations.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Foreign Aid Specialist William Easterly (Transcript) | 10/03/11 The best system for discovering new approaches is not to have one planner at the top trying to decide what are going to be the successful innovations, says Bill Easterly. It's to have lots and lots of people at the bottom experimenting and finding their own innovations.
Ethics Matter: Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis (Audio) | 06/29/11 Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served--over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
Ethics Matter: Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis (Transcript) | 06/29/11 Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served--over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist and Economist Francis Fukuyama (Video) | 05/13/11 How does Francis Fukuyama view state formation, normative issues, and human behavior? Does he believe (as Andrew Carnegie did) that history moves in an upward direction and we can eventually put an end to war? This fascinating interview explores these questions and more.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist and Economist Francis Fukuyama (Transcript) | 05/13/11 How does Francis Fukuyama view state formation, normative issues, and human behavior? Does he believe (as Andrew Carnegie did) that history moves in an upward direction and we can eventually put an end to war? This fascinating interview explores these questions and more.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist and Economist Francis Fukuyama (Audio) | 05/06/11 How does Francis Fukuyama view state formation, normative issues, and human behavior? Does he believe (as Andrew Carnegie did) that history moves in an upward direction and we can eventually put an end to war? This fascinating interview explores these questions and more.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (Transcript) | 03/08/11 Joseph Nye discusses the sources of his ideas, his major concepts such as soft power, the impact of these concepts, and his thoughts on the information revolution.
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (Audio) | 03/02/11 Joseph Nye discusses the sources of his ideas, his major concepts such as soft power, the impact of these concepts, and his thoughts on the information revolution.
Ethics Matter: Chris Brown, LSE Professor of International Relations (Audio) | 01/19/11 Chris Brown reveals the roots of his current thinking, and discusses his views on Marxism, human rights, humanitarian intervention, direct versus representational democracy, and cosmopolitanism versus communitarianism.
Ethics Matter: Chris Brown, LSE Professor of International Relations (Transcript) | 01/18/11 Chris Brown reveals the roots of his current thinking, and discusses his views on Marxism, human rights, humanitarian intervention, direct versus representational democracy, and cosmopolitanism versus communitarianism.
