Tag: Iran

How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations’ “Trolley Problem”

How Obama Solved U.S.-Iran Relations’ “Trolley Problem”

| July 16, 2015

HUSSEIN BANAI

The announcement of a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program is a significant achievement of international diplomacy. The predicament faced—and perhaps just resolved—by Obama is akin to a famous thought exercise in moral philosophy called the “trolley problem.”

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Ethics and the Iran Talks

Ethics and the Iran Talks

| April 14, 2015

Have the participants negotiated in good faith, with an intent to execute faithfully any and all obligations undertaken?

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