Universal ethics : : perspectives and proposals from Scandinavian scholars /

Universal ethics : : perspectives and proposals from Scandinavian scholars / / edited by Göran Bexell and Dan-Erik Andersson.

Questions on universal ethics are of utmost importance for peaceful relations between nations, cultures and religions. Are there common values or are all morals just expressions for various political, economic or religious interests? In this book scholars from different academic fields and with vari...

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Superior document:The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; Volume 11
TeilnehmendeR:
Andersson, Dan-Erik,
Bexell, Göran,
Place / Publishing House:The Hague ;, London ;, New York : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; Volume 11.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface.
  • Introduction
  • D.-E. Andersson.
  • Part 1: Philosophical and Ethical Perspectives. Universalism in Ethics and Cultural Diversity
  • G. Bexell. Towards a Better Life
  • V. Árnason. Universal Ethics - A Futile Effort? A contractual analysis of the search for a universal ethics
  • U. Görman. Which Nature, Whose Law - and What About Rights? Reflections on natural law as a tradition of universalist ethics
  • H. Syse.
  • Part 2: Human Rights Perspectives. UNESCO and a Common Framework for Ethics. Human rights concerns
  • G. Alfredsson. Ethical Justification of Universal Rights across Normative Divides
  • T. Lindholm. Liberal Principles and Minority Rights
  • H.-I. Roth. Nationalism and Universal Rights
  • P. Bauhn.
  • Part 3: Universal Ethics and Religion. A Universal Ethic across the Religions? L. Østnor. Religious Affiliation as a Problem for Universal Ethics
  • J. Hjärpe. European Perspectives on Ethics and Religion
  • W.G. Jeanrond.
  • Part 4: Universal Ethics, Globalisation and Global Governance. Globalisation, Values and Global Governance
  • G. Sørensen. Global Ethics beyond Westphalia
  • B. Hettne. Features of Contemporary Globalisation and the Ethical Challenges They Pose to Universal Ethics. Globalisation with many faces
  • E. Gerle. Globalisation and the Dimension of Culture and Values. The need for new understanding and new tools
  • K.E. Knutsson.
  • Part 5: Universal Ethics and Nordic Values. Social Capital and Its Impact on Moral and Political Values. The Nordic experience
  • T. Petterson, O. Riis. Political Culture and the Nordic Model. Ethics and practice
  • E. Österberg.
  • List of Contributors and Editors.

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