Responsibility and Commitment

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