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This article critically examines and develops an important approach in the international human rights community to the moral justification of an absolute proscription of torture, or, alternatively put, to the cogency of a non-derogative right not to be tortured. This approach involves elements of moral intuitionism, a minimal natural law position, and consequentialist arguments that ought—taken together or independently—to be convincing to all people of good will, regardless of their cultural location. The essay deploys sources from international human rights, comparative and philosophical ethics, and empirical and NGO studies about the intrinsic nature and pervasive deleterious effects of torture practices.

On numinous experience as Mysterium tremendum et fascinans / Rudolf Otto -- Basic character of the divine / Max Scheler -- Phenomenology of mysticism / William Earle -- Samadhi / Katsuki Sekida -- Nothingness, awakening, insight, new naming / Carol P. Christ -- Philosophy of religion and revelation : autonomous reflection vs. theophany / Louis Dupr(c)♭ -- Phenomenology of religion and the art of story-telling : the relevance of William Golding's The inheritors to religious studies / C.J. Arthur -- Prayer / W. Brede Kristensen -- Three types of pilgrimage in Japan / J.M. Kitagawa -- The world, the city, the house / Mircea Eliade -- The cult of the dead among North American Indians / (c)ke Hultkrantz -- Guilt, ethics and religion / Paul Ricoeur -- The experience of the holy and the idea of God / John E. Smith -- The existential meaning of guilt / Merold Westphal -- The complexity of symbols / Caroline Walker Bynum -- Phenomenology and dynamics of hoping / Paul W. Pruyser

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Practices of Global Ethics -- PART I: Developing Common Grounds -- 1. Human Rights and Globalization -- 2. The Earth Charter -- 3. Three Visionary Declarations -- PART II: Addressing Global Ethical Issues -- 4. Practising Global Environmental Ethics -- 5. Religion, Politics, and Genocide -- 6. Elements of a Global Ethic with Respect to Armed Conflict -- 7. The Practices of Global Ethics with Respect to Poverty -- 8. The Globalization of Business Ethics -- PART III: Religions, Religious Issues, and the Practices of Global Ethics -- 9. The Interfaith Movement: Local and Global Dimensions -- 10. The Ethics of Proselytizing and Religious Freedom -- 11. Towards a Global Ethic for Education about Religions and Beliefs in State/Public Schools -- Conclusion: The Practices of Global Ethics, History, and Hope -- Bibliography -- Index

"This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of war and peace. Through cross-cultural comparison and dialogue between East and West, this work charts a new trajectory in the development of applied ethics. A sequel to the volume Chinese Just War Ethics, it expands the range of the earlier work and includes attention to Japan and other Eastern and Western traditions for contrastive reflection and engages with the full range of Chinese intellectual traditions for comparative analysis. The book scrutinizes pioneering works such as the Mengzi, the Han Feizi, and the Seven Military Classics, investigating their influence in subsequent times. It also engages with new texts and thinkers such as the Four Books of the Yellow Emperor, Zeng Guofan, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong, along with examining recent writings of the scholars of the People's Liberation Army. The final section of the book identifies and discusses some emerging issues in the comparative study of military ethics, just war and peace that derive from the preceding sections. The volume editors then offer some concluding remarks at the end of the book. This book will be of much interest to students of the ethics of war and peace, just war theory, military ethics, Asian studies and International Relations in general"--