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Author Kuokkanen, Aleksi.

Title Constructing ethical patterns in times of globalization : Hans Küng's global ethic project and beyond / by Aleksi Kuokkanen
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (495 pages)
Series Studies in systematic theology, 1876-1518 ; v. 9
Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 9.
Contents Constructing Ethical Patterns in Times of Globalization; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; I Introduction; Part One The Liberal Potential of Global Ethics; II Ethics and Religious Faith; III The Nature of Global Ethics; IV The Content of Global Ethics; Part Two The Postliberal Potential of Global Ethics; V The Rational Method: The Aristotelian Line; VI The Positive Method: The Augustinian Line; VII The Postliberal Approach and Exclusivism; VIII Encountering Exclusive Difference: A Starting Point for Dialogue; IX Concluding Remarks; References; Index
Summary Inspired by the Catholic theologian Hans Küng, this book searches for a model for global ethics by analysing the contemporary philosophical discussion. It demonstrates that the Western model is unable to reckon with exclusivism and difference and presents an alternative model
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Küng, Hans, 1928-2021
SUBJECT Küng, Hans, 1928-2021 fast
Subject Ethics.
Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects
Religion and ethics.
Philosophy.
Ethics
Philosophy
ethics (philosophy)
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
Ethics
Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects
Philosophy
Religion and ethics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004224339
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9789004205680
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