Declaration Toward a Global Ethic

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1、1DeclarationTowardaGlobalEthicParliament4Septemberofthe1993World’sReligionsChicago,U.S.A.2ParliamentoftheWorld’sReligionsIntroductionThetextentitled‘Introduction’wasproducedbyanEditorialCommitteeofthe‘Council’oftheParliamentoftheWorld’sReligionsinChicagoontheb

2、asisoftheDeclarationitselfcomposedinTübingen(hereheaded‘Principles’).ItwasmeanttoserveasabriefsummaryoftheDeclarationforpublicitypurposes.Theworldisinagony.Theagonyissoper-Wearewomenandmenwhohaveem-vasiveandurgentthatwearecompelledtobracedthepreceptsandpractic

3、esofthenameitsmanifestationssothatthedepthworld’sreligions:ofthispainmaybemadeclear.Weaffirmthatacommonsetofcoreval-Peaceeludesus–theplanetisbeinguesisfoundintheteachingsofthereli-destroyed–neighborsliveinfear–womengions,andthattheseformthebasisofaandmenareest

4、rangedfromeachother–globalethic.childrendie!WeaffirmthatthistruthisalreadyThisisabhorrent.known,butyettobelivedinheartandWecondemntheabusesofEarth’seco-action.systems.Weaffirmthatthereisanirrevocable,Wecondemnthepovertythatstiflesunconditionalnormforallareasof

5、life,forlife’spotential;thehungerthatweakensfamiliesandcommunities,forraces,na-thehumanbody,theeconomicdisparitiestions,andreligions.Therealreadyexistan-thatthreatensomanyfamilieswithruin.cientguidelinesforhumanbehaviorwhichWecondemnthesocialdisarrayofthearefo

6、undintheteachingsofthereligionsnations;thedisregardforjusticewhichoftheworldandwhicharetheconditionpushescitizenstothemargin;theanarchyforasustainableworldorder.overtakingourcommunities;andthein-Wedeclare:sanedeathofchildrenfromviolence.InWeareinterdependent.E

7、achofusde-particularwecondemnaggressionandpendsonthewell-beingofthewhole,andhatredinthenameofreligion.sowehaverespectforthecommunityofButthisagonyneednotbe.livingbeings,forpeople,animals,andItneednotbebecausethebasisforanplants,andforthepreservationofEarth,eth

8、icalreadyexists.Thisethicoffersthetheair,waterandsoil.possibilityofabetterindividualandglobalWetakeindividualresponsibilityforallorder,andleadsindividualsawayfromde-wedo.Allourdeci