Hans Kung - Towards a Global EthicsGlobal Ethics: Non-Violence (Ahimsa) Tolerance (Hans Kung)The theologian and Catholic priest Hans Küng was born in 1928 in Switzerland. Underlying the project of a global ethic is the fundamental conviction that: “There will be no Peace among nations without peace among religions. The first important result of this research was the “Declaration Toward a Global Ethic,” which was endorsed by the Parliament of Religions of the World in Chicago in 1993, where hundred years earlier had participated, Swami Vivekananda, the spiritual heir of Sri Ramakrishna.
Hans Kung - Global Ethics
The Subject “Hans Kung's proposal on principles of a global ethic” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:
Doctorate: Ethics, Religions & Business.
“Only if they reflect on the elements of an ethic that already have in common: a fundamental consensus on binding values, irrevocable standards, and personal attitudes.” Hans Kung With this Declaration, for first time representatives of all religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Zoroastrianism) reached an agreement on principles for a global ethic and committed four irrevocable directives: commitment to a culture of
The project on “Ethics, Religion, and Business” directed by Pedro Nonell has a different approach based on two principles (Harmony of Religions and Ahimsa - Non-Violence), but the goals are the same: The search for a Model of Global Ethics.
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