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



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127

Should the UN have an ethics committee that would advise the Security Council in cases of decisions of intervention?










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128

In the international order, which should prevail, the ethics or the rights?










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129

Can international interventions be ethically justified when the cost is in human lives?










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130

What breech of ethical values justify a unilateral or collective intervention that restrains the legitimate national authority?










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148

Should there be an international, enforceable code of behavior protecting the rights of children? (e.g. to protect children from slave labor; being used as soldiers; child pornography; sexual abuse, etc.)










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151

Are there issues (e.g. pre-emptive strikes on another country; legislation curtailing individual freedoms announced as a measure to counter terrorism) that leaders of democratic governments should not take without first going to a referendum of all the electorate?










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154

Is it ethical for public agencies or individuals to be held responsible for harm when the harm comes about as result of a person's own negligence or lack of self-reliance?










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157

What responsibility does government have to limit the gap between "the haves" and "the have-nots" in society?










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158

What should be the consequences when politicians systematically lie to their constituents - or distort the truth?










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163

Should governments be obliged to apply to their own behavior the standards they apply to others?










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164

Can we devise international rules that require national restraints on inciting racial hatred?










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172

Is compulsory voting ethically defensible?










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179

As half of the world's population will live in cities by 2007, should governments implement rural development and policies to slow the urbanization trend or accept that cities provide greater opportunities and risks for human development?










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194

What is the ethical manner to intervene into a country that is jeopardizing the world population?










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208

Is it ethical to support scientific research that can facilitate the production of dangerous weapons (chemical and biological) that can be produced with low resources?










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233

Is inefficiency in government unethical?










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282

Is it ethical for the western Euro-American world to export democracy to countries with different political traditions and institutions?










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284

Is it ethical for democratic governments to ban extremist political parties or groups (religious fundamentalist, communist, rightist), if they are endangering the legitimacy of democratic society and its institutions?










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285

Ethically, how far ought a government to go in cutting off civil liberties in the name of security.










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293

Is it ethical to install a complete global surveillance system and exchange of personal data to prevent terrorism? To what degree do we allow this to limit personal freedom and individual rights?










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298

To what extend are security means by governments or organizations justifiable, when they confine the freedom of individuals?










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302

Are there ethical ways to control, avoid, or limit military or police actions of nations?










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318

Do nation states have a right of sovereignty in a global world?










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320

Is a popular vote of 50% +1 an ethical basis for the determination of the future alternatives?










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322

Is it ethical for organizations making forecasts by scientific methods to get more important roles in decision making?










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