Constructing Ethical Patterns in Times of Globalization

Hans Küng's Global Ethic Project and Beyond
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20568-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 492 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 942 g

Reihe: Studies in Systematic Theology

In the third millennium, people are increasingly being forced to decide how to lead an ethically acceptable life, both nationally and internationally, amidst the radical pluralism of world views. Surprisingly, while the West was a pioneer in the recognition of human rights, its stance towards both exclusivism and difference is distorted. Spurred on the Global Ethic Project of the Catholic theologian Hans Küng, this book searches for a plausible solution to the dilemma of global societal coexistence by carefully analysing the contemporary philosophical discussion. It uncovers the multifaceted ways, in which the standard Western interpretation promotes neutrality towards particular world views, shows why this interpretation is flawed, and presents an alternative with practical implications and an eye towards the global dialogue of cultures.

Zielgruppe

Theologians, philosophers, sociologists, and politicians interested in ethics, political philosophy, or the philosophy of religion. Readers interested in the history of ideas or the ideas of Hans Küng or prominent political philosophers today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuokkanen, Aleksi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments. ix

I Introduction. 1
1. Background. 1
1.1 Declaration of Global Ethic in Chicago. 1
1.2 Hans Küng. 2

2. About This Study. 4
2.1 The Main Task. 4
2.2 Structure and Methods. 6

PART ONE
THE LIBERAL POTENTIAL OF GLOBAL ETHICS

II Ethics and Religious Faith. 19
1. Küng’s Basic Argument. 19
2. The Rational Method: From Kant to Schleiermacher. 30
3. The Positive Method: From Hegel to Heidegger to Jaspers. 43
4. Exclusivism. 67

III The Nature of Global Ethics. 81
1. The Rational Method: Kant Against Consequentialism. 81
1.1 Consequentialism and Politics. 82
1.2 Kant Against Consequentialism. 90
2. The Positive Method: Hegel Against Consequentialism. 102
2.1 Consequentialism and Sociology. 103
2.2 Hegel Against Consequentialism. 113

IV The Content of Global Ethics. 134
1. The Rational Method: From Kant to Communitarian Liberalism. 138
1.1 From Kant to Rawls’s Theory of Justice. 138
1.2 From Pogge’s Cosmopolitanism to Rawls’s Political Liberalism. 157
1.3 From Habermas’s Discourse Ethics to Communitarian Liberalism. 185
2. The Positive Method: From Hegel to Postmodernism. 199
2.1 From Hegel to Dewey’s Pragmatism. 199
2.2 From Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach to Walzer’s Multiculturalism. 210
2.3 From Gray’s Value Pluralism to Postmodernism. 250

PART TWO
THE POSTLIBERAL POTENTIAL OF GLOBAL ETHICS

V The Rational Method: The Aristotelian Line. 303
1. Macintyre and Sandel as Postliberalists. 303
2. From Homer to Aquinas. 308
3. Tradition-Constitutive Rationality. 324

VI The Positive Method: The Augustinian Line. 348
1. Transcendental Thomism and Dialectical Theology. 348
2. Schelling. 359
3. Positive and/or Rational Method?. 379

VII The Postliberal Approach and Exclusivism. 390

VIII Encountering Exclusive Difference: A Starting Point for Dialogue. 403

IX Concluding Remarks. 423

References. 427
Index. 461

Über Autor(innen)

Aleksi Kuokkanen, Ph.D. (2010) in Theology, the University of Helsinki, is currently a lecturer at Karkku Evangelical College in Finland. He has also studied philosophy, sociology and pedagogics at the University of Helsinki. His earlier published articles concern human rights and Christianity.