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COMPARATIVE ETHICS, IDEOLOGIES, AND CRITICAL THOUGHT 1
Author(s) -
Hindery Roderick
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2008.00344.x
Subject(s) - ideology , environmental ethics , field (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , sociology , epistemology , political science , law , politics , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , pure mathematics
After the publication of my book and various articles about comparative religious ethics, obstacles in the field's further development seemed to mount as swiftly as practical issues seemed to trumpet the need for global ethics more loudly. Driven by impatience, I wondered if I were fiddling in unending discussion while the planet burned. As others persevered and evolved productively in addressing developmental issues in the field directly, I began to work through the lens of a less direct, but complementary, perspective: ideologies and critical thought. The following essay seeks to connect my parallel approach to ongoing obstacles and solutions within the prolific development of comparative religious ethics, especially its urgent pursuit of common moral grounds sufficient to support peaceful coexistence and living.