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Inter-religious Document on a Global Ethic proposed at Chicago in 1993
Mato Zovkić
; Catholic Faculty of Theology of Vrhbosna in Sarajevo
Abstract
In preparing The World's Parliament of Religions the Trustees entrusted Hans Küng with the draft of a Declaration on global ethic. So, he shaped the final version. Since the Assemblev was not a deliberative body, the document did not undergo any redrafting, but its title was changed to "Towards a Global Ethic, an Initial Declaration." The Document is rooted in two basic values available in ali religions: irrevocable and unconditional dignitv of eveiy person and the "golden rule" of a Humane activitv: What you wish done to vourself, do to others! In the first part the participants depict the moral situation of today's world.
In the second part four basic principles are brought out and enligh-
tened: 1) No new global order without a new global ethic; 2) Every human being must be treated humanely; 3) Irrevocable directives regarding nonviolence, solidarity within a just economic order, tolerance within truth-fulness, equal rights within partnership of men and women; 4) Trans-formation of consciousness.
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52558
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Publication date:
21.9.1994.
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