Principles Of A Global Ethic

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Language: English
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1993 Parliament of the World's Religions A Global Etnia anew on the consequences of this ancieni circctire: No one has the right to degrade others to mere sex objects, to lead them into or hold ihem in sexual dependency c) Young people'inust learn at liome and in school to think, speak, and act truthfully. They have a right to information and education to be able to make the decisions that will form their lives. Without an ethical formation they will hardly be able to distinguish the important from the unimportant. In the daily flood or informalion, ethical standards will help them discern when opinions are portrayed as facts, interests veiled, tendencics exaggerated, and facts twisted. b) We condemn sexual exploitation and sexual discrimination as one of the worst forms of human clegradation. We have the duty to resist wherever the clomination of one sex over the other is preached ove! in the name of religious conviction; wherever sexlial exploitation is tolerated, wherever prostitution is fostered or children are misused. Let no one be cleceived: There is no authentic humaneness without a living together in partnership! d) To be authentically human in the spirit of our great religious and ethical traditions means the following: We must not confuse freedom with arbitrariness or pluralism with indifference to truth. i * We must cultivate truthfulness in all our relationships instead of dishonesty, dissembling, and opportunism. c) Young people must learn at home and in school that sexuality is not a negative, destructive, or exploitative force, but creative and affirmative. Sexuality as a life-affirming shaper of community can only be effective when partners accept the responsibilities of caring for one another's happiness. * We must constantly seek truth and incorruptible sincerity instead of spreading ideological or partisan hall-truths. d) The relationship between women and men should be characterized not by patronizing behavior or exploitation, but by love, partnership, and * tristworthiness. Hunan Tulfillment is not idential with sexual pleasure. Sexuality should express and reinforce a loving relationship lived by oual partners. : . We must courageously serve the truth and we must remain constant and trustworthy, instead of yielding to opportunistic accommodation to lise. Some religious traditions know the ideal of a voluntary rcnunciation of the full use of sexuality Voluntary renunciation also can be an expressivit of identity and meaningful fulfillment. 4. Commitment to a Culture of Equal Rights and Partnership Between Men and Women ::: Nunberless men and vomen of all regions and religions striive to live their lives in a spirit of partnership, and responsible action in the areas of love, sexuality, and family. Nevertheless, all over the world there are condemnable forms of patriarclay clomination of one scx over the other, exploitation of women, sexual misuse of children, and forced prostitution. Too frequently, social inequities force women and even children into prostitution as a means of survival-particularly in less cleveloped countries. c) The social institution of marriage, despite all its cultural and religious variety, is characterized by love, loyalty, and perinanence. It aims at and should guarantee security and mutual support to husband, wise, and child. It should secure the rights on l ily members. All lands and cultures should develop economie and social relationships which will enable manage and family life worthy of human beings, especially for older people. Children have a right of access to education. Parents should not exploit chicken, nor children parents. Their relationships should rilleci mutual respect, appreciation, and concern. a) In the great ancient religious and ethical traditions of humankind we find the directive: You shall not commit scxial immorality! Or in positive : terms: Itespect and love one another! Let is rellect