Ethics as an Antidote
This year, 2023, reinforced the critical importance of empowering ethics in our daily lives.
Ethics, being an active process that each of us can engage in, can be a practical tool for us to improve our lives, empower our communities, and build a better, more livable world.
Explore key resources from 2023 below, curated by Carnegie Council. This Year In Review showcases notable podcasts, events, announcements, and articles from 2023
Achieving an International Framework for the Governance of AI
Drawing on ideas and concepts discussed in two multi-disciplinary workshops organized by Carnegie Council’s AI & Equality Initiative (AIEI) and IEEE SA and hosted by UNESCO in Paris and ITU in Geneva, a formal Framework for the International Governance of AI was developed.
Emerging Tech Ethics
Is it ethical for someone to create content using generative AI without disclosing that generative AI was used?
Unlocking Cooperation: Tenth Annual Global Ethics Day Special Event
Global Ethics Day 2023 marked another recording-setting moment with thousands of schools, businesses, institutions, nonprofits, and individuals participating. The day was highlighted by our keynote event, “Unlocking Cooperation," where Joel Rosenthal spoke with MIT’s Erez Yoeli and Tufts’ Abiodun Williams about the virtue of cooperation.
President’s Desk: Translating Ethics for an Interconnected World
MAY 22, 2023 • Article
Sitting on the Sidelines: The Global Divide on Ukraine
FEB 6, 2023 • Article
Ethics, Escalation, and Engagement in Ukraine and Beyond
Now that HIMAR and Patriot missiles as well as Leopard and Abrams tanks are on the way to Ukraine, NATO unity is at a high point. But amid this historic and heroic resolve, something is missing, writes Joel Rosenthal—a concurrent offensive of diplomacy.
MAR 2, 2023 • Article
Gandhian Trusteeship: Empathy, Mutuality, and a New Realism
On February 23, 2023, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal spoke on empathy, mutuality, realism, and in the influence of Mahatma Gandhi at an event organized by Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in partnership with the University for Peace.
Model International Mobility Convention 3.0
“The Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC) proposes a better system for migration and mobility by addressing gaps in existing international law. It offers a comprehensive set of rules, outlining actions, rights, and duties that benefit both migrants and refugees as well as their states of origin, transit, and destination.”
The Doorstep: How Global News Impacts Your Daily Life
OCT 12, 2023 • Podcast
Redefining U.S. Foreign Policy for the Next Generation
NOV 15, 2023 • Podcast
Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, with Bethany Allen
As Xi and Biden meet in San Francisco, "Axios" reporter Bethany Allen joined "The Doorstep" to discuss the rise of authoritarian capitalism in China.
SEP 8, 2023 • Podcast
India's G20 Power Play, with Dr. Happymon Jacob
As the G20 summit gets underway in New Delhi, Dr. Happymon Jacob joins "The Doorstep" to assess what to expect as India takes center stage.
Nuclear Ethics for this Moment
On August 9—78 years to the day after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki — Carnegie Council and its Ethics & International Affairs journal hosted a virtual panel to explore emerging ethical questions surrounding nuclear weapons.
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Ethics & International Affairs journal – A New Era
MAY 26, 2023 • Journal Online Exclusive
An Internationalist’s Manifesto: Principles for Statecraft in a Dangerous World
MAY 4, 2023 • Journal Online Exclusive
A New Era for Ethics & International Affairs
JAN 23, 2023 • Journal Online Exclusive
Making Global Ethics More Global
What does it mean to speak of and write about “global ethics” when the field of international ethics, like academia more broadly, disproportionately reflects the work of scholars and practitioners from the Global North?
Climate Ethics
Ethics on Film
AUG 1, 2023 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Oppenheimer"
JUL 12, 2023 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "RRR"
This review discusses the themes of this wildly successful Indian film and looks at ethical issues related to politics, colonialism, religion, and class.
FEB 1, 2023 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Read a synopsis of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" with a discussion of ethical issues in the film related to colonialism, cultural appropriation or "blueface," and more.