| Description |
xvii, 315 pages ; 24 cm |
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Wanted - A Vision -- The Old Real Politics Again? 1. Global politics in the old style: Kissinger. 2. Sovereign disregard of political morality: Richelieu. 3. The embodiment of real politics: Bismarck -- No Moralizing Ideal Politics. 1. An attempt at a new politics: Wilson. 2. A dispute over political science: Morgenthau. 3. The conflict between power and morality -- Responsible Politics. 1. Outlines of a new paradigm of politics. 2. Ethics - a challenge for politicians. 3. Ideals and realities -- A Global Ethic as a Foundation for Global Society. 1. Challenges and responses. 2. Not only rights but also responsibilities. 3. A first formulation of a global ethic -- World Peace - A Challenge for the World Religions. 1. A clash between the civilizations - or peace? 2. What holds modern society together? 3. Confidence-building measures between the religions -- Questions about Globalization. 1. Globalization - a structural revolution in the world economy |
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2. The welfare state in crisis. 3. Neocapitalism - not the solution either -- What Global Plan for Economic Policy? 1. Pure market economy? 2. Social market economy. 3. A global market economy requires a global ethic -- Responsible Economics. 1. An ethically motivated policy for world order. 2. Outlines of a new paradigm of an ethic for the economy. 3. Sustainable development and a global ethic -- Ethic, Business and Managers. 1. Principles of a business ethic. 2. Ethics - a challenge for managers. 3. Has ethics a chance in business? |
| Summary |
"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 life-time'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 ethic - founded on the bedrock of mutual respect and humane treatment of all beings - that 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.""--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Translated by John Bowden from the German |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-303) and index |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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International economic relations -- Religious aspects.
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International economic relations.
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Religion and international relations.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
97030562 |
| ISBN |
0195122283 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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