ABSTRACT
Global ethics as a field of study is a relatively new subject of discussion. When searching for it on the internet, the references to global ethics more often than not refer to a group of people who stand for a particular ethic which they would like to see globalized. Even sites that purport to study global ethics rather than impose them often have a religious motivation. There are, however, increasing numbers of people who engage with global ethics from a secular or a multi-faith perspective. These can either be based in philosophical argument and political thought or in the actions aimed at bringing about social transformation. Running through these two dividing lines 1) of comprehensive versus procedural engagement with Global ethics and 2) theoretical and practical forms of developing a position on global ethics, is a third one, namely 3) the central debate over the right balance between universalism and contextualism within global ethics.
