COMPARATIVE ETHICS, A COMMON MORALITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS

This essay is a brief attempt to summarize and evaluate the contributions that Democracy and Tradition makes to the field of comparative ethics. It is argued that the potential impact of these contributions would be strengthened by engagement with the common morality already imbedded in internationa...

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Published in:Journal of religious ethics
Main Author: Twiss, Sumner B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2005
In: Journal of religious ethics
Further subjects:B common morality
B Human Rights
B Justification
B moral epistemology
B comparative ethics
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Summary:This essay is a brief attempt to summarize and evaluate the contributions that Democracy and Tradition makes to the field of comparative ethics. It is argued that the potential impact of these contributions would be strengthened by engagement with the common morality already imbedded in international human rights norms.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2005.00242.x