The Morals Project:  Models Of Rational And Legal Systems

You are invited to come to lunch in the Faculty Dining Room on Monday, December 6, to discuss a new project about morals and ethics in international relations.  The morals and ethics project will examine cases at the edge of experience in human institutions and human lives.  Through a focus on provocative case studies, the project will focus on and test the limits of organized social forces in dealing with problems of individuals.  These problems will emerge from the core of human moral and ethical beliefs and thus serve as the most severe test for the abilities of multilateral institutions.  These entities by nature are not set up to broach serious moral issues or necessarily issues that are often only understood on a case-by-case basis.  

We plan to have workshops, conferences, and manuscripts emanate from the Morals Project.  We also plan to use the newest technologies in this effort and hope to include participants from a variety of disciplines.  Here are some sample cases we want to discuss.  They are part of the Trade Environment Database (TED) on the Web.  These cases fall into six areas but many more may fit into this mosaic.


1.	Human Rights

Kidney Trade Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/kidney.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/kidney.htm
Body Parts Trade Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/body.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/body.htm

2.	Labor Rights

Chinese Prison Trade
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/prison.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/prison.htm
Apple Picker Rights
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/picker.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/picker.htm

3.	Children and Women's Rights

Nepal Sex Trade Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/nepalsex.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/nepalsex.htm
Russia Sex Trade Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/russsex.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/russsex.htm

4.	Animal Rights

Tuna-Dolphin Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/tuna3.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/tuna3.htm
European Fur Ban Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/ecfurban.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/ecfurban.htm

5.	Genes

EU-US Bovine Supplement Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/bst.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/bst.htm
EU-US Maize Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/maize.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/maize.htm

6.	Intellectual Property

Merck and Costa Rica Agreement Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/merck.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/merck.htm
Basmati  Case
 HYPERLINK "http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/basmati.htm" 
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/basmati.htm



Invitees:

Jim Lee:

Chris Simpson, SOC
Randall Blair, SOC
John Doolitttle, SOC

Craig VanGrasstek, SIS
Caroline Fawcett, SIS
Robin Broad, SIS
Lou Goodman, SIS
John Richardson, SIS
Tom Johnson, SIS

Colin Bradford, Economics, CAS
David Crosby, Math Stat, CAS

Bill Delone, Kogod



Manny Thorne