ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I attempt to explicate the project of a global ethics, in some of its core aspects. I will begin with a consideration of what global ethics is not, that is, some common misinterpretations of what a global ethics is supposed to do. Then I will analyze the three aspects or faces referred to in the title. This reflection is intended to serve as what philosophers have called a propadeutic, in that it is explicitly preparatory and oriented to helping guide future research in this field. I will then turn in the final section to two core concepts within global ethics, namely human rights and solidarity, which in many ways run through the three faces and which I regard as crucial for the further development of the field. I will also consider the relation of these two concepts to each other. Throughout this chapter my concern is to highlight some of the difficult philosophical questions that arise in global ethics and to begin addressing some of them.
