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Global Ethics

Articles on cross-cultural ethics, immigration, and other international topics

What We’ve Lost by Abandoning International Aid
William O'Neill S.J., Ph.D., director, immigration ethics, published by America Magazine.
Policing Thought at the Border: Civil Rights Ethics and the Weaponization of Immigration Law
From an ethical standpoint, immigration law should be applied consistently and fairly, not selectively based on ideology.
Our Current Immigration and Deportation Crisis Begs the Classic Ethical Question: “Who are we and how do we want to be in the world?”
While reasonable people may disagree about the best practical strategies to manage immigration and deportation, certainly a complicated issue, core ethical principles should be considered and followed at all times.
Can't our Leaders Craft Laws Allowing us to Realize Immigration as a Net Benefit?
The current state of immigration in America reflects a systemic failure and only attention to addressing these long-term failures will set it on its correct path.
When Social Contracts Shatter: ICE and the Ethics of Belonging
When agencies such as ICE target identity rather than conduct, they violate fundamental principles of governmental ethics: that law enforcement must serve all persons equally and that government power must be exercised impartially under law.
Third Country Removal
The Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. raises the question whether the United States is violating both international law and fundamental ethical norms.
The Unlikely Alliance Between Culture War Catholics and Tech Bro Billionaires
These men have put their immense wealth behind the populist nationalism of Donald Trump, and culture-war Catholicism in the United States has gone alone for the ride.
Welcoming William “Bill” O’Neill, S.J., Ph.D. to the Ethics Center Team
William “Bill” O’Neill, S.J., Ph.D. joins the Ethics Center as Director of Immigration Ethics.