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OCT 17, 2008 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: U.S. Elections and World Opinion
Should the opinions of the world be important in American elections? This is a crucial question in applied ethics as we choose a president.
OCT 16, 2008 • Podcast
Green Jobs
A panel including Peter Poschen, International Labour Organization and Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute, discuss the new report "Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, ...
OCT 14, 2008 • Podcast
The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not the Way George Bush Did)
According to James Traub, although Bush bungled his famous Freedom Agenda—that American liberty is dependent on liberty in other lands—the concept still holds ...
OCT 13, 2008 • Podcast
The Powers to Lead
What qualities make a leader succeed in business or in politics? Joseph Nye contends that modern leadership requires "smart power," which is a judicious situational ...
OCT 7, 2008 • Podcast
Public Ethics Radio: Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse
There is a powerful case that corporations and countries that buy natural resources from bad actors in developing countries are violating the property rights of ...
OCT 1, 2008 • Podcast
Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict
Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? Does the United States ...
SEP 26, 2008 • Podcast
Terror and Consent: The Wars for The 21st Century
The world is in the midst of a great transition from nation states to "market states," says Philip Bobbitt, and consequently almost every widely-held idea ...
SEP 18, 2008 • Podcast
Public Ethics Radio: Jessica Wolfendale on Torture Lite
We now know that the U.S. officially sanctions and regularly employs interrogation tactics that push legal and moral boundaries. In this episode, Jessica Wolfendale ...
SEP 16, 2008 • Podcast
The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
There has been a fundamental disconnect between the Bush Administration and the reality in Iraq, says Bing West. But nevertheless, the strongest tribe in Iraq--the ...
SEP 2, 2008 • Podcast
Public Ethics Radio: Thomas Pogge on Pharmaceutical Innovation
Philosopher Thomas Pogge explains his proposal for dealing with the thorny intersection of public health, property rights, and poverty. As he sees it, the patent ...