The Practices of Global Ethics: Historical Backgrounds, Current Issues and Future Prospects

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Practices of Global Ethics
PART I: Developing Common Grounds
1. Human Rights and Globalisation
2. The Earth Charter
3. Three Visionary Declarations
PART II: Addressing Global Ethical Issues
4. Practicing Global Environmental Ethics
5. Religion, Politics and Genocide
6. Elements of a Global Ethic with Respect to Armed Conflict
7. The Practices of Global Ethics with Respect to Poverty
8. The Globalisation of Business Ethics
PART III: Religions, Religious Issues and The Practices of Global Ethics
9. The Interfaith Movement: Global and Local Dimensions
10. The Ethics of Proselytising and Religious Freedom
11. Towards a Global Ethics for Education about Religions and Beliefs in Public Schools
Conclusion: The Practices of Global Ethics, History and Hope
Bibliography
Index.

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.

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 and a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions.

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.