Comparative ethics, a common morality, and human rights

Journal of Religious Ethics 33 (4):649-657 (2005)
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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

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10.1111/j.1467-9795.2005.00242.x

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Democracy and Tradition.Jeffrey Stout - 2003 - Princeton University Press.
Democracy and Tradition.Jeffrey Stout - 2004 - American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 25 (2):185-190.
History, Human Rights, and Globalization.Sumner B. Twiss - 2004 - Journal of Religious Ethics 32 (1):39-70.
Comparative Religious Ethics.David Little & Sumner B. Twiss - 1978 - HarperCollins Publishers.

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