Global Ethics in a Time of Crises

Göran Collste is Emeritus Professor of Applied Ethics at Linköping University, Sweden. He was 2011-2015 President of the European Society of Research in Ethics and is currently expert member of the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics.Torbjörn Lodén is Emeritus Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Stockholm University, Sweden. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. He is presently representing the Union Académique Internationale (UAI) at the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).

Global Ethics in a Time of Crises is a significant addition to the current global ethics literature. Wars, climate change, heightened international tensions and so on, require global solutions if a peaceful world is to be achieved. This book, with authors from a range of cultural, philosophical and religious backgrounds, is a major contribution.

• Introduction,Göran Collste (Linköping University, Sweden) and Torbjörn Lodén (Stockholm University, Sweden) 1. Global ethics as a contribution to peace and security and the strengths and weaknesses of our ethical traditionsNigel Dower (University of Aberdeen, UK) 2. World Literature, Cosmopolitanism, and Global EthicsZhang Longxi (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)3. Realistic Idealism in Political Theory: The Virtue of Creative ResolveNicole Hassoun (Binghamton University, USA) 4. Two Conceptions of Liberal Global TolerationKok Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 5. Motivating a Global Constitutional Convention for Future GenerationsStephen Gardiner (University of Washington, USA) 6. What can I do and why does it matter?Olle Torpman (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Jakob Koranyi (Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden) 7. Developing a geo-citizenship through the global ethics of geoethicsGiuseppe Di Capua and Silvia Peppoloni (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy) 8. Planetary ethics in a global technological societyHarold Sjursen (Beihang University, China) 9. “Where you live should not determine whether you live” Global justice and the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinesGöran Collste (Linköping University, Sweden) 10. Spiritual Confucianism for a Better WorldChun-chieh Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) 11. What can the Islamic ethical tradition contribute to the discourse on global justice and international solidarity?Rana Alsoufi (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) 12. Universality, Particularity and Peace in the Faith TraditionJacob Wirén (Lund University, Sweden)Index About the Contributors