Future Global Ethical Issues (Excerpt from the State of the Future report)



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912

Is the worldwide ethical movement right?

























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913

A world organization of religions?

























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917

Should humanity invest heavily in trying to guide and/or control what may be an uncontrollable long-term future?

























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940

Will society loose its interest in values in the future?

























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954

Do present religions have any a priori moral rights?

























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577

Do Governments have the right to wage war?




























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607

Is it ethical to allow some developed countries to dump arms in developing countries thus encouraging war?




























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614

How can technological divides such as the digital divide, genomics divide, and nano-divide between industrialized and developing nations be closed?




























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624

Is the legal inequality between sexes a reason enough to block a country (trade, tourism, sport) internationally?




























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644

Would it be ethical to cede control of weapons of mass destruction to a world central body like the UN?




























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650

What would be the ethical method of solving conflicts that involve religion, beliefs, and communities without harming them, respecting the principle of noninterference and sovereignty?




























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658

Under what conditions if any can it be considered ethical for one state to intervene in another's affairs when that country has natural resources (water, petroleum) and doesn't want to sell or share them with others?




























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664

Is correct to generate policies for the majorities, based on the theory of benefiting a few?




























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721

Should natural assets be put under the protection, regulation, and control of world institutions, beyond national sovereignty?




























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723

Is it ethical to change democracy into a meritocracy?




























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736

Do countries have the right to adopt preventive actions in case of environment risks (ex: acceleration of Amazon Forest destruction)?




























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738

Do we need to create and enforce global laws for poverty relief?




























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851

What are the ethical considerations involved in influencing to limit countries that, because of their arms and economies have a negative impact on the development of small nations?




























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858

Should developed countries continue to be allowed to produce and distribute arms of mass destruction?




























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864

How can ethics help us take advantage of the connection between ideas, people, and resources regarding a solution to global problems? And in the case of local and regional problems?




























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888

Should special efforts be made to maintain moral standards based democratic culture and oppose the judgments of special interest groups and elites'?




























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895

Is it right that dissemination of ‘hazardous technologies’ that can be easily used by crooks and insane people is not limited by law and restrictions on information?




























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909

Is space warfare ethical?




























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946

Should individuals or governments be allowed to use MEMS (microelectromechanical) nanotechnology systems for military applications?




























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956

Is increased public spending on science versus spending on poverty / underdevelopment justified?




























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578

Is it ethical for society to create (completely) new species?






























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