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Call for Publications Theme: Globalisation and Global Justice Publication: De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics Date: Vol. 3, No. 1 (2016) Deadline: 15.11.2015 __________________________________________________ De Ethica seeks to publish scholarly works at the intersections of philosophical, theological and applied ethics. It is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access publication hosted by Linköping University Electronic Press. We are committed to making papers of high academic quality accessible to a wide audience. De Ethica is published in cooperation with Societas Ethica, the European Society for Research in Ethics. The first issue of the 2016 volume will be devoted to the theme of this year’s Societas Ethica Annual Conference: “Globalisation and Global Justice.” (http://www.societasethica.info/annual-conference-2015?l=en) We live in an age of globalisation, meaning that we are in various ways linked to distant people. Globalisation poses new challenges for ethics. The impact of our collective actions, in the form of consumption, production, banking, travelling, etc. transcends national borders and this means that the scope of our moral responsibility is becoming broader. The climate crisis, the financial crisis, the food crisis and the Ebola crisis are evidences of our global interdependence and of the vulnerability of and within the present world order. Business, politics and health care services are increasingly globalised, but does that also apply to ethics? Is there a need for a global ethics? What are the roles of churches and world religions in a globalised world, and what are the implications for ecumenism? One aspect of globalisation is that national sovereignty is hollowing and the states are losing control. Important economic and political decisions shaping the future of societies are taken less and less at a domestic level and more and more at a global level within global institutions and corporations. Since economic globalisation affects how wealth and power is globally distributed, it has become indispensable to discuss social ethics in a global context and to develop principles of global justice. Cosmopolitanism is challenging nationalism but what does that entail? A non-exhaustive list of possible topics and perspectives includes: - Global ethics, global values, natural law and universalism - Global justice; distributive and historical - International aid and humanitarian intervention - The ethics of the global economy; financial market, fair trade and corporate responsibility - Ethical challenges of the globalisation of social media and of information and communication technology - Environmental challenges and global responsibilities - Migration and ethics - Nationalism, cosmopolitanism and global governance - The role of churches, world religions, ecumenism/ inter-religious dialogues and secularism The deadline for the thematic issue is November 15, 2015. All submissions will be subjected to rigorous double-blind review. Submissions should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. All submissions must be appropriately anonymized and should be accompanied by a separate file containing an abstract of 150 to 200 words and all relevant author information. For more information about layout, style, and the submission and review process, please see the Instructions for Authors: http://www.de-ethica.com/instructions_for_authors/default.asp De Ethica is committed to a speedy and author-friendly review process; in most cases, the editors will notify the authors of their decision within three months. Please send submissions only to our assistant editor, Heidi Jokinen ([email protected]). General comments and enquiries about the journal should be directed to Marcus Agnafors ([email protected]) or Maren Behrensen ([email protected]). Editor in Chief Brenda Almond (University of Hull, United Kingdom) Executive Editor Marcus Agnafors (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and University of Borås, Sweden) Associate Editor Maren Behrensen (Linköping University, Sweden) Assistant Editor Heidi Jokinen (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) Journal website: http://www.de-ethica.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
