Media Mentions
NOV 8, 2017 • News
TV and Terror: How the Medium Plays Into Terrorist Strategy
This Stratfor article, exploring the links between media coverage and terrorist attacks, draws from a May 2016 Carnegie Council paper by journalist Javier Delgado Rivera titled "...
OCT 21, 2017 • News
The Ordinary Virtues combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling
Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff's book of essays explores "moral globalisation," writes David Herman.
OCT 19, 2017 • News
The fourth annual Global Ethics Day
To celebrate the fourth annual Global Ethics Day on October 18, the "Financial Times" printed a letter from executives from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ...
OCT 14, 2017 • News
Looking for a Decent Society
A modest thought, a gentle faith, a quiet cultivation: There is a line of modern thought that seems to slip from view every other generation, ...
OCT 11, 2017 • News
Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart?
In "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World," Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff grapples with whether people are only capable of living side ...
SEP 28, 2017 • News
The rise and fall of moral globalisation
The search for the "ordinary virtues" underpinning politics around the world offers little comfort for liberals, writes Mark Mazower in his Financial Times review of ...
SEP 28, 2017 • News
Review: The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World, by Michael Ignatieff
This study of how ordinary people view human rights is depressingly honest, writes Jane O'Grady in her review of Carnegie-Uehiro Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff's new ...
SEP 22, 2017 • News
Military Command as Moral Prudence
Officers need not be saints, but they must be people who are willing to confront the unavoidable ethical questions that are running through the decisions ...
AUG 30, 2017 • News
Why presidents let some terrorists walk
For The Washington Post, Senior Fellow Zach Dorfman explains that American presidents have a questionable history of pardoning terrorists for political purposes.
AUG 1, 2017 • News
How to save liberal democracy
In this TedX Talk, Senior Fellow Alexander Görlach discusses strategies to "save liberal democracy."
Press Releases
MAY 21, 2014 • News
Essay on Singapore and the U.S. Wins 2014 Trans-Pacific Student Contest
The winning entry from Salina Lee (USA) and Nelson Chew (Singapore) is written as a seemingly light-hearted conversation between two good friends on a sightseeing ...
APR 28, 2014 • News
New Carnegie Council Podcast Series - Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
Hosted by Julia Taylor Kennedy, this series examines the evolution of global business and the related ethical questions, allowing listeners from all sectors to make ...
APR 24, 2014 • News
The Awakening of Muslim Democracy: New Book by Global Ethics Fellow Jocelyne Cesari
Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in ...
MAR 21, 2014 • News
Carnegie Council Presents "Ethics & International Affairs" Spring 2014 Issue
This issue features a policy brief by Michael W. Doyle and Joseph E. Stiglitz on eliminating extreme inequality worldwide; essays by Amartya Sen on Buddha ...
MAR 19, 2014 • News
New Carnegie Council Interview Series - THE LIVING WAR: World War I in the 21st Century
Featuring scholars, journalists, and other experts, this monthly online interview series will connect the social fractures, political debates, and policy choices of World War I ...
MAR 12, 2014 • News
Free Online Syllabi from Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellows
Carnegie Council presents syllabi on ethics, armed conflict, global civics, global governance, climate change, and Islam in politics. Although these materials are designed for students, ...
FEB 26, 2014 • News
Carnegie Council Debuts Thought Leaders Forum: Leading Minds on the Ethical Challenges of the 21st Century
We invited world-changing visionaries and role models from diverse professions, backgrounds, and regions to identify the greatest ethical questions facing the planet and offer creative ...
FEB 25, 2014 • News
New Interview Series, "Ethics in Security Bulletin," with an Initial Focus on Ukraine
This podcast interview series explores the ethical dimensions of issues around the world, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, and discusses the role played ...
FEB 7, 2014 • News
As it Turns 100, Carnegie Council Continues to Work for a More Ethical World
In the spirit of Andrew Carnegie, the Council serves as a nonpartisan, educational resource for international affairs professionals, journalists, educators and students, business people, and ...
JAN 31, 2014 • News
Winners of the 2013 International Student/Teacher "Moral Leadership" Essay Contest
The essay topic was "What does moral leadership mean to you?" In total we received 168 entries from 31 countries. Read the winning essays here!