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Amartya Sen & FXB International, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sd0hqhQhQg
Time 8:16
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and is currently a Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. Sen won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to the study of welfare economics. Known as "the Mother Teresa of Economics," Sen focuses his work on human development theory, welfare economics, and the underlying mechanisms of poverty, gender inequality, and political liberalism. In this video, Sen outlines his philosophy of "Development as Freedom."
“Are freedom, peace, and justice incompatible agendas?” Inaugural Berger Lecture, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpMPwiqn3I
Time 1:03:17
The Inaugural Berger Lecture in Human Rights and Human Dignity was given by Mme Justice Louise Arbour. President and CEO of the International Crisis Group (Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia.) The event was hosted at the T.S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford on Monday, 17 February 2014. The lecture is held in honour of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants who support five Weidenfeld Scholars to study at the University of Oxford each year.
Civil and Political Rights, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaUR7PajAM
Time 13:07
Civil and political rights have a long tradition, but we are still on our way to realizing them for all members of society. This video talks a little bit about civil and political rights and why they are so important.
Ethics in International Development, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcjxMV1RN0
Time 37:28
Paula Claycomb discusses how to make international development participatory and empowering.
Global Ethics Forum: The UN's Efforts in International Development: Relevant or Not? 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqgkG2IHlBc
Time 27:09
Which development initiatives really work? Drawing on his personal and professional experience, the UN's David Malone notes that experts' projects often fail and there are many paths to growth--take India and China, for example. The trend now is to move away from grand schemes. What's important are each group's social preferences.
Human Security, Gary Lewis, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWdg35jvNLA
Time 17:19
We should focus on Human Security. In this powerful talk, Gary Lewis shares how the essential point about human security is that it shifts focus away from the traditional preoccupation of “national security”—which is the state—and places it on people—on individuals. Gary Lewis, a native of Barbados, has served with the United Nations for over 27 years in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean. He is currently the UN Resident Coordinator in Iran. In this capacity he is responsible for the UN’s work in the priority areas of poverty, health, environment, disaster mitigation, drug control and refugees.
Introduction to Natural Law Ethics, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx8RIwMCjI
Time 10:20
Why and how did natural law ethics arise in the Middle Ages? In this video, the Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias, pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church in Austin, Texas, begins to explore the ethical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the man whose ideas would shape the Catholic Church in the West for some 700 years.
Louise Arbour: Mixing Security Development Human Rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7Pq9-k29I
Time 52:04
Louise Arbour, the former High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations, lays out a strategy for integrating security, development and human rights around the world in this talk to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.
Utilitarian Ethics, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgz6qzu2Zic
Time 9:57
Utilitarian/Consequentialist Ethics, Description, Hedonic Calculus, Pros and Cons, Personal Conclusion
Why Ethics Matter in International Affairs, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J6lOUsqrN4
Time 1:01:30
The Elliott School's Dean Reuben Brigety and Professors Janne Nolan and Christopher Kojm discuss ethics, leadership, and practice in international relations with Joel Rosenthal, president of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.