Ethical issues and debates

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

'A provocative and important book that every pro-choice advocate should read.

'A provocative and important book that every pro-choice advocate should read.

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from?

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from?

Thirty-two years ago Mrs Li and Mr Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace.

Thirty-two years ago Mrs Li and Mr Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace.

The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in 2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of recent times.

The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in 2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of recent times.

Academic freedom is under siege, as our universities become the sites of increasingly fraught battles over freedom of speech.

Academic freedom is under siege, as our universities become the sites of increasingly fraught battles over freedom of speech.

When a journalist is sent a flash-drive containing critical evidence of illegal government activity, he is duty-bound to publish the story.

At a raucous party during their freshman year at Princeton, Tom and Amber connect in ways that seem innocent enough at first.

It's the moment of your death.

Bea meets Aaron.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses.

Sadness is now a design problem.

Sadness is now a design problem.

Our contemporary age is confronted by a profound contradiction: on the one hand, our lives as workers, consumers and citizens have become ever more monitored by new technologies.

Our contemporary age is confronted by a profound contradiction: on the one hand, our lives as workers, consumers and citizens have become ever more monitored by new technologies.

On July 27th, 2015, Colin Cremin overcame a lifetime of fear and repression and came to work dressed as a woman called Ciara.

On July 27th, 2015, Colin Cremin overcame a lifetime of fear and repression and came to work dressed as a woman called Ciara.

As criticism continues to mount over Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights and of international law, campaigns to silence and repress those who speak out against Israeli apartheid have grown alarmingly.

As criticism continues to mount over Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights and of international law, campaigns to silence and repress those who speak out against Israeli apartheid have grown alarmingly.

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal.

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal.

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

These are some of the urgent questions posed by this stimulating and wide-ranging new colloquy.

In 1945, French political prisoners returning from the concentration camps of Germany coined the phrase 'the concentrationary universe' to describe the camps as a terrible political experiment in the destruction of the human.

These are some of the urgent questions posed by this stimulating and wide-ranging new colloquy.

How corrupt is the West?

For every year since 1983 the Buddhist leader and thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has issued a peace proposal that presents solutions to a variety of global problems.

Almost without noticing it happen, we have found ourselves shopping, communicating, playing and even worshipping online.

Would you say your phone is safe, or your computer?

Future Sense offers an interweaving of global and personal themes, which are often kept apart: a far-reaching synthesis of ideas in tune with emerging global developments.

Zinnophobia offers an extended defense of the work of radical historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A Peoples History of the United States, against his many critics.

The Rise of the New British Anti-Sex Movement.

This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality.

Since World War II, abortion policies have remained remarkably varied across European nations, with struggles over abortion rights at the forefront of national politics.

The President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D.

On 7 July 2005, Paul Dadge boarded an underground train heading towards the offices of AOL in Hammersmith, London.

If you could do anything, who would you be?

This Eden is a smart modern-day adventure reminiscent of both the cyber noir novels of William Gibson and the golden age of espionage fiction.

Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged.

The media has told us for over twenty five years that the conflict in Northern Ireland is irrational and has 'no objective social basis'.

The media has told us for over twenty five years that the conflict in Northern Ireland is irrational and has 'no objective social basis'.

Western aid is in decline.