Last year we introduced you to Z., an extraordinary student in Pax Populi’s Underground School for Women and Girls in Afghanistan. Here is what we said… “Z” isn’t her name or even her initial. Z., however, lives in Afghanistan, and she needs to hide her identity because she is a student Read more…
For over a dozen years, Applied Ethics, Inc. (AE) has been active in Afghanistan through our Pax Populi people-to-people peacebuilding program. Never have we seen anything so dire as what has unfolded since the Taliban takeover in August. Fearing that our work in Afghanistan could put our partners, friends, and Read more…
Businesses are complex social networks of people brought together for individual and collective purposes. The role of business in contributing to social advancement has been mixed. At their weakest and most pitiable, businesses are organizations corrupted by greed and ignorance, and, when so corrupted, businesses have been willing abettors of Read more…
Applied Ethics, Inc. was created as an organization dedicated to respond to the significant problems of contemporary society in ways that were ethically sound and practically applicable. Among the many major social issues, none struck us as more important than the dangers posed by conflict and war, and the need Read more…
Afghanistan is about to enter a new chapter in its recent turbulent history. The country has been in a state of conflict since the communist coup in 1978 and now after twelve years of NATO military engagement, the United States and its allies are planning a major drawdown of troops Read more…