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APR 16, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: The Irony of Nuclear Weapons?
This short video on ethics asks: Are nuclear weapons a necessary evil? Is it better to live in a world with nuclear deterrence or one ...
APR 15, 2010 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Angolan Activist Rafael Marques
With examples ranging from mobile phones to diamonds, Marques tells of his brave fight to expose the rampant corruption that afflicts Angolan society from top ...
APR 13, 2010 • Podcast
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
Diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries, says Charles Kupchan, and diplomacy, not economic interdependence, creates the path ...
APR 12, 2010 • Podcast
The Education of an American Dreamer
Peter G. Peterson tells his remarkable life story, from growing up in Nebraska, to advertising, to secretary of commerce under Nixon, to Lehman Brothers, and ...
APR 9, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Sports, NCAA Basketball, and Money
Is the role of the NCAA to help students succeed through sports, or to garner money for educational institutions? With the high drop-out rate of ...
APR 9, 2010 • Podcast
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
Everything hinges on water; it is essential to life and to civilization. Will there be enough fresh water for 9 billion of us by 2050? In this ...
APR 1, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Do Good Guys Really Finish Last?
Benefits from altruism include approval, enhanced image, and neural stimulation--feeling good. Yet if you act selfishly you will have more resources, and your individual behavior ...
MAR 29, 2010 • Podcast
Recent Advances in the Prevention of Mass Violence
How can we prevent mass violence? Drawing on insights from leaders in the field, David Hamburg identifies the clear warnings that always appear long before ...
MAR 26, 2010 • Podcast
Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East
1.9 million Sunni Muslims have been forced into exile following the Iraq War, says Deborah Amos. What impact is this having on these people's lives, on ...
MAR 26, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Markets: The Invisible Hand or Fairness?
What do you think maximizes individual benefits in the marketplace? Is it cut throat competition or altruistic norms of fairness and trust? Can you have ...