ABSTRACT
In the 1990s, a movement of Towards a Global Ethic and promoting Declaration toward a Global Ethic gained momentum. To put it simple, the view on the Asian value may be used as a reference point of the value of Confucian ethics. So far, movement “Towards a Global Ethic” has been committed to pursuing and searching for “the existing minimal common ground in ethics of religions in the world”. In 1995, led by Brandt, a “global civic ethic” was advocated so that it could be taken as the “basis to settle global issues through cooperation between different countries and cultures”. Therefore, in Declaration toward a Global Ethic or Declaration on Responsibilities, there is no need to focus on the codes of ethics of the acts of states. However, this does not mean that the Declaration toward a Global Ethic just provides support to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
