Table of Contents
Introduction (Tze-wan Kwan)
ETHICS AND PERSONHOOD
Georges Enderle: Rediscovering the Golden Rule for a Globalizing World
Jing-bao Nie: Exploring the Core of Humanity. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Concept of Personhood
Elizabeth Telfer: Responsibility and Humor
Maureen Sie: Intrapersonal Ascriptions of Responsibility
THEOLOGY AND RELIGION
Robert Gascoigne: Human Dignity within Secularity, in the Light of a Theology of Church and Kingdom
Reiner Wimmer: Categorial Analysis of Religions. A Step on the Way toward Interreligious Peace*
Michael Sievernich: The Globalization of Responsibility. Marginal Notes on Ethics and Religion*
Peter Neuner: Ecumenical Commitment. Reflections on the State of the Ecumenical Movement*
Peter Fumiaki Momose: The Responsibility of the Christian Faith in Today’s Religious Pluralism.
The Theology of Karl Rahner in an Asian Context*
PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOLOGY
Chan-fai Cheung: Boredom and the Beginning of Philosophy
Kajornpat Tangyin: Reading Levinas on Ethical Responsibility
Kwok-ying Lau: Non-Familiarity and Otherness. Derrida’s Hermeneutics of Friedship and its Political Implications
Rudolf Post: Verantwortung (Responsibility) and Verbindlichkeit (Commitment) in German.
A Study of Lexical History and Semantic Change*
Tze-wan Kwan: Kant’s Possible Contribution to Natural Law Debates
EAST MEETS WEST
Daryl Koehn: Dignity in Western vs. Chinese Culture. Theoretical Overview and Practical Illustrations
Ole Döring: The Possible Role of Religion in Secular Bioethics. Reflections on the Case of China
Eva Kit-wah Man: Some Reflections on Cultural Policy Addresses and Women’s Rights in Hong Kong
Stephan Rothlin: Training Students in Responsibility and Social Commitment.
Fragments of a Concept for an “Oriental University”
Index of Names
The Contributors
Gerhold K. Becker: A Bio-bibliography
Tze-wan Kwan
Professor für Philosophie Emeritus, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Categorial Analysis of Religions Derrida’s Hermeneutics of Friedship and its Political Implications Dignity in Western vs. Chinese Culture Ethics and Personhood Human Dignity within Secularity Intrapersonal Ascriptions of Responsibility Kant’s Possible Contribution to Natural Law Debates Reading Levinas on Ethical Responsibility Rediscovering the Golden Rule for a Globalizing World The Globalization of Responsibility The Possible Role of Religion in Secular Bioethics Verantwortung und Verbindlichkeit