Research On Hans Kung’s Global Ethics

Contemporary world is in the globalization era, needing world politics, world technology, the world economy and world civilization more than before. Likewise, after seeing the world wars and world crises, no one will doubt that world needs global ethics. We require a fundamental consensus concerning binding values, irrevocable standards, and a basic agreement. Without a basic agreement over ethics, any society may be threatened by chaos or dictatorship. Without global ethics, there are can be no better global order and world peace. Therefore, the necessity of global ethics is no doubt.This thesis deeply analyzes Hans Kung’s research on the basic and contents of global ethics and how he achieves global ethics. The thesis is divided into four parts. Part1introduces the research background, research meaning, research situation, and research approaches. Part2discusses that Hans Kung makes religion as the basis for the global ethics. Global ethics needs a base of validity and absoluteness and Hans Kung thinks that religion can be the base and provide the insurance of validity and absoluteness. Part3analyzes that Hans Kung makes humanity as the basic for the global ethics and concludes the contents from humanity. The relationship between humanity and religion is dialectic. Based on this, we can get two fundamental rules and four subsequent rules. Part4focuses on Hans Kung’s way to achieve global ethics. Hans Kung thinks that religious dialect is the way leading to achieve global ethics.According to the research, in Hans Kung’s theory, religion can bring about a kind of absoluteness and basic for global ethics. On this basic, the core contents of global ethics are two fundamental rules----"everyone should be treated humanly" and "golden rule". Hans Kung hopes achieving global ethics by religious dialogue.