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DEC 21, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Are Women Second Class Citizens in the U.S. Military?

Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat roles. Is this ...

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DEC 17, 2012 Podcast

Japan's Corporate Culture: Sleepwalking to Oblivion?

Japan's corporate culture is in serious trouble, declare our two speakers. It's "sleepwalking to oblivion," says Michael Woodford, former Olympus CEO turned whistleblower. And according ...

DEC 17, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Justice For Some, But Not For All?

Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting the UN court's impartiality. What ...

The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics

DEC 14, 2012 Podcast

The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics

In the Cold War, the path to nuclear war always led through Moscow and Washington. In the second nuclear age the triggers to nuclear war ...

Why Tolerate Religion?

DEC 13, 2012 Podcast

Why Tolerate Religion?

Why do Western democracies single out religion for preferential treatment? For example, why can a Sikh boy carry a dagger to school while other children ...

DEC 12, 2012 Podcast

Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion

"Talibanistan" is the nickname for the embattled territory from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Two experts explode ...

Srdja Popovic

DEC 11, 2012 Podcast

Ethics Matter: Srdja Popovic on Creating Successful Nonviolent Movements

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 ...

DEC 10, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Which Separatist Movements Will Succeed?

From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all ...

DEC 3, 2012 Podcast

Corey Brettschneider on Hate Speech

How should states deal with hate speech? In the U.S., the prevailing attitude is that hate speech should be protected. In other liberal democracies, ...

DEC 3, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: FARC Comes to the Table

After decades of violence, rebel group FARC is negotiating with the Colombian government. The group has unsuccessfully petitioned the American government, though, to release a ...