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The
Organization
of the Foundation
Global Ethic Foundation, Tübingen
Founder:
Count K. K. von der Groeben
Governing
Body:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Küng
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl-Josef Kuschel
Dr. Hans-Henning Pistor
Managing
Director:
Dipl.-Theol. Stephan Schlensog
Address:
Waldhäuser Strasse 23
D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
Tel:
00 49 70 71 6 26 46
Fax: 00 49 70 71 61 01 40
Email:
office@global-ethic.org
Internet:
www.global-ethic.org
Bank:
Deutsche Bank Tübingen
BLZ 640 700 85
Account 12 12 620
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Global Ethic Foundation
History
The question
of a ‘global ethic’ goes back to the programmatic book
Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic,
which Professor Hans Küng wrote in 1990.
The ‘Global
Ethic Project’ is based on the conviction that there can
be:
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No peace among the nations without peace among the religions.
• No peace among the religions
without dialogue between the religions.
• No dialogue between the religions
without research into the foundations of the religions.
The first
major result of this research into the fundamental ethical standards
of the religions was the Declaration Toward a Global Ethic, approved
by the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in
1993. The declaration was drafted by Hans Küng in the Institute
for Ecumenical Research of the University of Tübingen.
In this declaration, for the first time representatives of all
religions came to
an agreement on the principles of a global ethic and committed
themselves to four irrevocable directives.
These are:
• Commitment to a culture of
non-violence and respect for life.
• Commitment to a culture of
solidarity and a just economic order.
• Commitment to a culture of
tolerance and a life of truthfulness.
• Commitment to a culture of
equal rights and a partnership between men and women.
The ‘Global
Ethic Foundation’ owes its origin to Count K. K. von der
Groeben, who in 1995 read Global Responsibility and was so impressed
that he donated a substantial sum towards the dissemination of
the idea of a global ethic.
Aims
of the Foundation
The implementation
and encouragement of intercultural and interreligious research.
This aim
is being achieved by research into the foundations of religions
in theology and religious studies, especially by the production
and encouragement of scholarly publications (books, articles)
in the interest of intercultural, interreligious and interdenominational
understanding.
The stimulation
and implementation of intercultural and interreligious education.
This aim
is being achieved especially by:
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Teaching and lectures to disseminate the results of scholarship,
in particular the ideas of a fundamental ethic common to all human
beings, a global ethic, in communities, schools, academies, colleges,
associations and interest groups of all kinds, national and international;
• The education of those who
are interested, by conferences, lectures, seminars or workshops,
to deepen the theme of a global ethic;
• Public activity in the service
of a global ethic with the help of the media
(newspaper articles, interviews, radio and television).
The sponsoring
and support of intercultural and interreligious encounter necessary
for research and education.
This aim
is being realized especially by:
• Encouragement and sponsoring
of initiatives in the sphere of society, politics and culture
in the interest of an understanding between people (e. g. ‘confidence-building
measures’ between the religions);
• The encouragement of encounter
between people of different cultures and religions (colloquia,
study trips, congresses);
• The development of the existing
network of intercultural and interreligious relations to encourage
a global ethic.
• The creation of access to
key documents and literature with the help of modern communication
technologies.
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