Frederick Bird, Sumner B Twiss, Kusumita Pedersen, Clark A Miller, Bruce Grelle

Broschiertes Buch

The Practices of Global Ethics

Historical Backgrounds, Current Issues, and Future Prospects

Beschreibung

'The culmination of extensive thought, teaching experience and primary research, this perfectly structured work of immense ambition is almost a ready-made course in global ethics.' Liam Gearson, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford Examines diverse expressions of global ethics as social practices developed in response to global crises The Practices of Global Ethics is written for those who seek to understand and make a difference with respect to global ethical issues. This book uniquely looks at global ethics, not as mere written statements but as a set of practices undertaken by thousands of organisations and hundreds of thousands of people to shape the normative trajectory of human affairs. Offering innovative critical analyses, this book examines, among other worldwide endeavours, efforts to end genocide; foster ecological responsibility; reduce global poverty; encourage responsible and sustainable international business practices; and cultivate understanding and collaboration among the world's religions. Key Features - Focuses on a broad range of global issues since World War II including the protection of human rights, environmental concerns and armed conflict - Provides a unique and critical assessment of a number of visionary global ethical declarations, including The Earth Charter, the Parliament of the World's Religions' Toward a Global Ethic, and UNESCO's Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities - Structured thematically for ease of use Frederick Bird is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, where he held a research chair in comparative ethics. Sumner B. Twiss is Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics, and Religion at Florida State University and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Brown University. Kusumita P. Pedersen is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at St Francis College, a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions and Co-Chair of the Interfaith Center of New York. Clark A. Miller is Associate Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Chair of the PhD Program in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University. Bruce Grelle is Professor in the Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities and Director of the Religion and Public Education Project at California State University, Chico. Cover image: shutterstock.com Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com ISBN (cover): 978-1-4744-0705-2 ISBN (PPC): 978-1-4744-0704-5 Barcode

Autor

Frederick Bird is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, Montreal, where he was a Professor of Religion and A Concordia Research Chair in Comparative Ethics. His previous publications include International Business and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World (Palgrave, 2004). Sumner B. Twiss is Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics and Religion at Florida State University and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Brown University. He is former co-editor of the Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (Now Journal of Christian Ethics) and the Journal of Religious Ethics, and previous book publications include Explorations in Global Ethics: Comparative Religious Ethics and Interreligious Dialogues (Perseus, 2000). Kusumita P. Pedersen is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at St Francis College and a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. She is the author of several dozen articles and book chapters and edited a special issue of CrossCurrents (2008) on 'Asceticism Today'. Dr Clark Miller is Associate Director of Consortium Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University Bruce Grelle is Professor and Director of the Religion and Public Education Project in the Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities at California State University, Chico. He is co-editor of Explorations in Global Ethics: Comparative Religious Ethics and Interreligious Dialogue (Perseus, 2000).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781474407052
• ISBN-10: 1474407056
• Artikelnr.: 43502169