Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration

June 6, 2016

At the 1993 Parliament, an assembly of religious and spiritual leaders gave its assent to a groundbreaking document, Towards a Global Ethic: an Initial Declaration. The declaration is a powerful statement of the ethical common ground shared by the world’s religious and spiritual traditions.

The following version was published in 1993 and expanded in 2018.

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