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Planetary responsibilities : an ethics of timing / Otto Kroesen ; edited by Frances Huessy ; foreword by Wayne Cristaudo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781630872397
  • 1630872393
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 170 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1451 .K76 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Title Page; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Four Types of Responsibility; Chapter 2: Four Directions in Ethics; Chapter 3: Rationality, Communication, and Technology; Chapter 4: Multiformity of Man; Chapter 5: The Rhythm of Time; Chapter 6: Fundamental Experiences, Human Qualities, and Cultures; Chapter 7: Western Qualities; Chapter 8: The Christian Way of Dealing with Time; Bibliography
Summary: An ethics of timing--each moment in time requires a responsible answer. New values emerge with new challenges, but we also draw from former learning experiences, values, and human qualities. How does social dialogue create a common support base for dealing with change? How can economics and politics be effectively organized by such interaction? How to answer questions of intercultural management and peace to prevent a clash of civilizations? Differences should not be erased; instead, they should be coordinated by timely alternation. By listening to the times we are in and to each other, we create a common standard of understanding of the way forward. The heritage of Western (and perhaps Christian) modernity can be coordinated with older layers of culture and management from the East and the South to make planetary biographies. For instance, once the planets in the sky were constantly on the move in always-surprising windings. Now, human individuals have to find their way by making creative use of the existing value repertoire of many traditions. Such a type of intercultural management contributes to the re-creation of the planet. In the process, people find their personal destination in a unique planetary biography.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)834347

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 3, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212).

Title Page; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Four Types of Responsibility; Chapter 2: Four Directions in Ethics; Chapter 3: Rationality, Communication, and Technology; Chapter 4: Multiformity of Man; Chapter 5: The Rhythm of Time; Chapter 6: Fundamental Experiences, Human Qualities, and Cultures; Chapter 7: Western Qualities; Chapter 8: The Christian Way of Dealing with Time; Bibliography

An ethics of timing--each moment in time requires a responsible answer. New values emerge with new challenges, but we also draw from former learning experiences, values, and human qualities. How does social dialogue create a common support base for dealing with change? How can economics and politics be effectively organized by such interaction? How to answer questions of intercultural management and peace to prevent a clash of civilizations? Differences should not be erased; instead, they should be coordinated by timely alternation. By listening to the times we are in and to each other, we create a common standard of understanding of the way forward. The heritage of Western (and perhaps Christian) modernity can be coordinated with older layers of culture and management from the East and the South to make planetary biographies. For instance, once the planets in the sky were constantly on the move in always-surprising windings. Now, human individuals have to find their way by making creative use of the existing value repertoire of many traditions. Such a type of intercultural management contributes to the re-creation of the planet. In the process, people find their personal destination in a unique planetary biography.