Responsibility and Cultures of the World

Contents: Michel Sauquet: Preface - Edith Sizoo: General Introduction - Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal/Betsan Martin: Indigenous Ethics of Responsibility in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Harmony with the Earth and Relational Ethics - Clifford G. Christians: The Challenge of Responsibility in the United States. Individualism in the Face of Collective Obligation - Makarand Paranjape: Indian Notions of Responsibility. Self, Society and the World - Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem: Duty and Responsibility on the Shores of the Congo. Community Tradition Put to the Test in a Changing World - Christoph Eberhard: Responsibility in France. A Juridical Approach in the Face of the Complexity of the World - Tarek Al-Noman: Responsibility in Arab-Islamic Culture - Jin Siyan: Responsibility in Confucian Thinking. Being Worthy of Trust - Sylvia H. Guerrero: Filipino Notions of Responsibility. The Shared Identity of the Self and the Other - Tina Bochorishvili: The Idea of Responsibility in the Georgian Context - Ina Ranson: «Verantwortung» in Germany. Encountering the Sense of Responsibility - Rachel Trajber: Responsibility in Brazil. Imagination and Experience.

Edith Sizoo was born in the Netherlands (1939), has a masters degree from the Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is a sociolinguist. She is international coordinator of the initiative pertaining to an International Charter of Human Responsibilities. She coordinated several intercultural research projects and edited the ensuing publication of books related to the research concerned.