Debates on Issues of Our Common Future

[Eight symposia of the Volkswagen Foundation]. Edited by Wilhelm Krull. Translations by Uwe Opolka & Helen Schoop.

18 contributions and documantation of debates of eight Symposia: I. Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Right. - II. At the Crossroads -The Future Role of Work inour Lives and Societies. - III: Ecology and Economy - How can we achieve Sustainable Development? - IV. Climate Change and its Consequences. - V. Biotechnology and Bioethics. - VI. Information and Knowledge in the Age of Elecronic Communication. - VII. Political Philosophy Today - Rethinking the Enlightenment. - VIII. Science and Technology on the Threshold of the 21st Century. - From the Contents: Neville Alexander: Human Rights in the African Context: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. - Asbjørn Eide: Universalizing Human Rights: The Process and Challenges in the Age of Globalization. - Yasuaki Onuma: Towards an Intercivilizational Approach to Human Rights. For Universalization of Human Rights Through Overcoming West-centric Notions of Human Rights. -- Suzanne Berger: Globalization and the Future of Work. - Alain Touraine: An Untimely Idea: The End of Work. -- Dennis L. Meadows: It is too Late to Achieve Sustainable Development. Now Let us Strive for Survivable Development. - Partha S. Dasgupta: Food Production, Population Growth, and Environmental Security. -- William D. Nordhaus: Global Public Goods. - Michael Grubb: Governing the Global Commons: An Assessment of Kyoto. -- Hiroo Imura: Human Dignity and Bioethics. Some Recent Issues in Bioethics. - Onora O'Neill: Genetic Information and Ignorance. -- Luis Encarnação: Knowledge Management in Learning Organizations. - Subbiah Arunachalam: Information and Knowledge in the Age of Electronic Communication: A Developing Country Perspective. -- Kwame Anthony Appiah: Enlightenment and Cultural Dialogue: Lessons From the Novel. - Yehuda Elkana: Rethinking - Not Unthinking - the Enlightenment. -- Khotso Mokhele: Africa, Science and Technology on the Threshold of the 21st Century. - Catherine Bréchignac: The Role of Science and Technology for the 21st Century. - Richard Brook: The Scientist and Engineer on the Threshold of the New Century. - 358 Seiten mit einigen Abb., broschiert (Velbrück Wissenschaft 2000)