| Title : | A global ethic for global politics and economics | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Hans Küng, Author | | Publisher: | New York : Oxford University Press | | Publication Date: | 1998 | | Pagination: | xvii, 315 p | | Size: | 24 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-512228-2 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-303) and index. | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : German (deu) | | Descriptors: | Globalization
Moral and ethical aspects
| | Class number: | 170.21 | | Abstract: | "A global ethic for global politics and economics" - As the twentieth century draws to a close and the rush to globalization gathers momentum, political and economic considerations are crowding out vital ethical questions about the shape of our future. Now, Hans Kung, one of the world's preeminent Christian theologians, explores these issues in a visionary and cautionary look at the coming global society. How can the new world order of the twenty first century avoid the horrors of the twentieth? Will nations form a real community or continue to aggressively pursue their own interests? Will the Machiavellian approaches of the past prevail over idealism and a more humanitarian politics? What role can religion play in a world increasingly dominated by transnational corporations? Kung tackles these and many other questions with the insight and moral authority that comes from a lifetime's devotion to the search for justice and human dignity. Arguing against both an amoral realpolitik and an immoral resurgence of laissez faire economics, Kung defines a comprehensive ethicfounded on the bedrock of mutual respect and humane treatment of all beingsthat would encompass the ecological, legal, technological, and social patterns that are reshaping civilization. If we are going to have a global economy, a global technology, a global media, Kung argues, we must also have a global ethic to which all nations, and peoples of the most varied backgrounds and beliefs, can commit themselves. "The world," he says, "is not going to be held together by the Internet." For anyone concerned about the world we are creating, A Global Ethic for Global Politics and Economics offers equal measures of informed analysis, compassionate foresight, and wise counsel. | | Contents note: | The old real politics again; Global politics in the old style : Kissinger; Severeign disregard of political motality : Richelieu; The embodiment of real politics : Bismarck; No moralizing ideal politics; An attempt at a neq politics science:Wilson; a dispute over political science : Morgenthau; The conflict between power and morality; Responsible politics; Outlines of a new paradigm of politics; Ethics-a challenge for politicians; Ideals and realities; A global ethic as a foundation for global society; Challenges and responses; Not only rights but also responsibilities; A first formulation of a global ethic; World peace a challenge for a world religions; A clash between the civilizations or peace; What holds society together; Confident building measures between the religions; The global economy between the welfare state and neocapitalism; Globalization a structural revolution in the world economy; The welfare state in crisis; Neocapitalism not the solution either; What global plan for economic policy; Pure market economy; Social market economy; A global market economy require a global ethic; Responsible economic; An ethically motivated policy for world order; Outline of a new paradigm of an ethic for the economy; Sustainable development and a global ethic; Ethic, business and managers; Principles of a business ethic; Ethics a challenge for managers; Has ethics a chance in business; Conclusion; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13459 |
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