WORLD POLITICS IN THE CONTEXT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD

Abstract

By those who subject global politics to ethical judgement and proclaim the loss of sensitivity for moral issues, Professor Hans Küng is considered a thinker of fundamental coherency, whose activities mark the convergence of intellectual and moral demands. Many argue that “A Global Ethic for Global Politics” satisfies the spiritual need to elucidate the political condition of today’s world; to anticipate world processes; to demand intellectual and moral attentiveness in the face of a modern lack of vision and the lack of an ethically determined notion of the world; to invite others to political activity out of a sense of responsibility for the common good; and to move towards justice and activities which ensure the development of a world culture of peace and cooperation.