Description:
The Practices of Global Ethics looks at statements of global ethical principles including The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Earth Charter and the Rio Documents and positions them as the outcomes and expression of ongoing practices.
Brief description: Frederick Bird is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University, Montreal, where he was a Professor of Religion and A Concordia Research Chair in Comparative Ethics. His previous publications include International Business and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World (Palgrave, 2004).
Review Quotes: The culmination of extensive thought, teaching experience and primary research, this perfectly structured work of immense ambition is almost a ready-made course in global ethics.--Liam Gearson, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford