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- Helpless Bosnia and Its Women, 20 Years After Ethnic War
08/07/2014
Carnegie Council Trustee Barbara Crossette looks at courageous women who have gone from victims of the Bosnian War (1992-1995) to heroines. Yet many foresee a potential worsening of Bosnia's political situation, a bleak prospect all Bosnians, especially Bosnia's women.
08/07/14 - Toward Understanding Our World's Moral Landscape: Carnegie Council's Centennial Projects on a "Global Ethic"
08/04/2014
As part of its Centennial activities, Carnegie Council launched several projects, including the Global Ethical Dialogues and Thought Leaders Forum, to explore the concept of a "global ethic." Senior Fellow Devin Stewart writes on the highlights from these two projects, including what leading thinkers believe to be the greatest ethical challenges.
08/04/14 - Modern Europe's Roma: Still Denied Social Justice
08/02/2014
Despite sustained EU efforts to develop a vigorous Roma inclusion policy, the vast majority of the 10–12 million strong European Roma remain severely marginalized, frequent targets of violence, and mired in entrenched poverty. How can we ensure that the EU does indeed become a fierce defender of human rights for all those who live within its borders?
08/02/14 - It's Time for the United States to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child
07/07/2014
America is one of only two countries that has not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The other is Somalia. As the 25th anniversary of the CRC approaches this November, isn't it time the United States finally ratified it?
07/07/14 - The Participation Gap
06/25/2014
"Inequality doesn't result only from differences in income or wealth (the focus of French economist Thomas Piketty). It also has a political dimension, fueled by unequal access to power and the norm that all citizens deserve an equal voice."
06/25/14 - "The Past is Another Country:" The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
05/21/2014
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a triumph of one vision--one history--of one America over another. Clay Risen's "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act" tells the story of the unsung heroes, and the shortcomings, of the Act.
05/21/14 - Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Dirty Wars"
12/19/2013
"Dirty Wars" chronicles the undeclared shadow wars fought across the globe in the name of American national security--as well as the highly secretive agencies who fight them. How many of our values can we afford to sacrifice in the name of national security? Will the "war on terror" ever end?
12/19/13 - "Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times," by Seyla Benhabib
02/13/2013
In this book, Benhabib makes a compelling case for a "cosmopolitanism without illusions" that may help show the way through an uncertain world transformed and scarred by globalization.
02/13/13 - "Saving Amina": Global Justice for Women and Intercultural Dialogue [Abstract]
11/11/2005
Western moral and political theorists have devoted much attention to the victimization of women by non-western cultures, wrote Alison Jaggar in 2005. But, conceiving injustice to poor women in poor countries as a matter of their oppression by illiberal cultures yields an incomplete understanding of their situation. Free online till December 31, 2014.
11/11/05 - Andrew Carnegie's New Year Greeting, 1914
01/01/1970
"We send this New Year Greeting, January 1, 1914, strong in the faith that International Peace is soon to prevail, thru several of the great powers agreeing to settle their disputes by arbitration under International Law, the pen thus proving mightier than the sword."
01/01/70