Global Ethics – Scenarios for the Future 35- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and follow up
conventions for economic, cultural and social rights, African
charter, Islamic charter etc.
b) UNESCO: A common Framework for the Ethics of 21st Centu-
ry - ‘Unesco Universal Ethics Project“ 1996-1999
- Mainly convergence approach in philosophical and humanist per-
spective, with four principles based on ‘Universality in Diversi-
ty“. - ‘A Common Framework for the Ethics of the 21st Century“
(1999)^10 - Hans Küng: Global Ethic (Weltethos)
- Five common basic values across cultures and religions build the
foundation of a global ethic (not ethics) and is to be promoted - Mainly essentialist approach, top-down, interreligious approach
- ‘Declaration toward a Global Ethic“ (1993, Parliament of
World‘s Religions)^11
c) UN Sustainable Development Goals SDGs 2015 - 17 goals as agenda for humanity until 2015- 203012
- Core global values as basis for the action plan: human dignity,
the “fair, just and inclusive society”, freedom, equality, empow-
erment, peace/security, resilience, (common but differentiated)
responsibility and global citizenship.
d) Globethics.net: Global and Contextual Values - Strengthen global values while respecting contextual diversity
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.https://parliamentofreligions.org/content/toward-global-ethic-initial-
declaration 12.
United Nations, Transforming the World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, A/Res/70/1, New York 2015. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.un.org.