Karta etyki globalnej w słowach uniwersalnych
A Charter of Global Ethics, in Universal Words

Summary/Abstract: The “Declaration Toward a Global Ethic” adopted by the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1993 and the “Earth Charter” (UNESCO, 2000) both hinge on the notion that in the era of increasing globalization the world needs a “charter of global ethics”. Wierzbicka develops this idea, engaging with the Dalai Lama’s suggestion that the “charter of global ethics” should be translated into all the languages of the world. Wierzbicka argues that this goal can be achieved if the norms of global ethics are formulated in a Minimal Language based on the universal “alphabet of human thought,” which emerges from several years of empirical study on many of the world’s languages. She presents two version of her “charter of global ethics” – a Polish version and an English one – suggesting they could act as a platform for global dialogue on ethical norms for all of humanity.

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