Ethics & International Affairs, the journal of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, seeks original articles analyzing current developments and dilemmas in international affairs in terms of choices, decisions, and values. The goal of the journal is to create an interdisciplinary forum in which a broad range of public policy issues can be addressed from ethical perspectives that may originate in philosophy, religion, or the social sciences. Recent issues have contained articles on international conflict, social and economic justice, the environment, and human rights.

The journal is open to diverse views, yet committed to the basic idea that the promotion of peace and human dignity is a universal good.