Universal ethics : perspectives and proposals from Scandinavian scholars / edited by Göran Bexell and Dan-Erik Andersson.
2002
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Title
Universal ethics : perspectives and proposals from Scandinavian scholars / edited by Göran Bexell and Dan-Erik Andersson.
Published
The Hague ; New York : M. Nijhoff, [2002]
Distributed
Norwell, MA, U.S.A. : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Kluwer Law International
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
BJ1012 .U55 2002
ISBN
9041119337 (hd. alk. paper)
9041119345 (pbk. alk. paper)
9041119345 (pbk. alk. paper)
Description
xix, 234 pages : map ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)51022507
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction / Dan-Erik Andersson
Pt. 1
Philosophical and Ethical Perspectives
Universalism in Ethics and Cultural Diversity / Goran Bexell
3
Towards a Better Life: The Possibility of Universal Discourse Ethics / Vilhjalmur Arnason
15
Universal Ethics - a Futile Effort?: A Contractual Analysis of the Search for a Universal Ethics / Ulf Gorman
23
Which Nature, Whose Law - and What About Rights?: Reflections on Natural Law as a Tradition of Universalist Ethics / Henrik Syse
33
Pt. 2
Human Rights Perspectives
UNESCO and a Common Framework for Ethics: Human Rights Concerns / Gudmundur Alfredsson
47
Ethical Justification of Universal Rights across Normative Divides / Tore Lindholm
63
Liberal Principles and Minority Rights / Hans-Ingvar Roth
85
Nationalism and Universal Rights / Per Bauhn
99
Pt. 3
Universal Ethics and Religion
A Universal Ethic across the Religions? / Lars Ostnor
107
Religious Affiliation as a Problem for Universal Ethics / Jan Hjarpe
119
European Perspectives on Ethics and Religion / Werner G. Jeanrond
129
Pt. 4
Universal Ethics, Globalisation and Global Governance
Globalisation, Values and Global Governance / Georg Sorensen
143
Global Ethics beyond Westphalia / Bjorn Hettne
149
Features of Contemporary Globalisation and the Ethical Challenges They Pose to Universal Ethics: Globalisation with Many Faces / Elisabeth Gerle
161
Globalisation and the Dimension of Culture and Values: The Need for New Understanding and New Tools / Karl Eric Knutsson
179
Pt. 5
Universal Ethics and Nordic Values
Social Capital and Its Impact on Moral and Political Values: The Nordic Experience / Thorleif Pettersson Ole Riis
197
Political Culture and the Nordic Model: Ethics and Practice / Eva Osterberg
223
List of Contributors and Editors
233