In this interview with Jonathan Glover, which first appeared in the Summer 2001 issue, the British ethics professor addresses the human proclivity for cruelty.
Conspicuous consumption is often used to describe spending on goods and services by individuals or households that wish to display their wealth or income.
International agencies calculate that nearly a billion people go hungry every day. What will it take to solve the perennial problem of inadequate food and freshwater in vast regions of the world?
In a world that yearns for peace, warfare has become a globalized problem. What’s the likelihood of a shift from arms production to disarmament and universal harmony?
In addressing the problem of access and excess, it is timely to consider the wisdom found in Judeo-Christian literature and in the works of a few alternative thinkers.