Recent Articles
SEP 27, 2013 • Article
Ethical Challenges in Trans-Pacific Relations: Selected Essays, 2013 Contest
Carnegie Council presents the 12 best essays from our 2013 Trans-Pacific Contest, a pioneering exercise in student collaboration. These outstanding pieces touch on issues ranging from the ...
SEP 26, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
Theory Meets Reality: Reacting to WMD Use in Syria
Since the end of the cold war, debates over the ethical propriety of the possession and the willingness to use WMD were seen as largely ...
SEP 26, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: New Family Planning Technologies Expand Options for Women
New sexual and reproductive health innovations have the potential to revolutionize options for women by diversifying delivery forms, varying product duration, and targeting multiple health ...
SEP 25, 2013 • Article
Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War
The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...
SEP 24, 2013 • Article
Ethics Primer Part II: Concepts and Methodologies
The core of ethics and international affairs can be accessed through three normative concepts: pluralism; rights and responsibilities; and fairness. A standard method of inquiry ...
SEP 24, 2013 • Article
Ethics Primer Part I: Background and Theories
The discipline of ethics begins with Socrates’ question: How should one live? Ethics is about choice. What values guide us? What standards do we use? ...
SEP 24, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
Syria and the Just Use of Force Short of War
The Obama administration has spoken of punishing the Assad regime, of deterring future attacks, of reinforcing the norm against chemical weapons use, and of diminishing ...
SEP 23, 2013 • Article
Threats Beyond the Headlines
“The Fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” So begins Isaiah Berlin’s essay, “The Hedgehog and Fox.” One year after ...
SEP 19, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
What We're Reading: Ethics Around the Web
Here are a few links to interesting and relevant stories around the web on ethics, political theory, international affairs, and more.
SEP 17, 2013 • Article
Update from the Carnegie Global Oregon Learning Community
The Carnegie Global Oregon Freshman Interest Group and learning community (CGO) is a pioneering effort that partners the University of Oregon with Carnegie Council to ...