Kontakt 2009, 11(1):266-268 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2009.044

Ethics in the globalization processEticko - filozofické aspekty v péči o zdraví

Jan Vitoň

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra filozofie a etiky v pomáhajících profesích

Globalization is currently particularly understood as a negative process, which is inter alia manifested in banking, trade activities, information technologies, traffic in drugs, mafia practices and terrorism. These and further problems are addressed by one of leading moral authorities in late 20th and early 21st centuries, sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman. He considers that positive globalization, or the globalization of the social control, judiciary and legislation but mainly of all the ethical principles, which could establish an order and elucidate targets of these attempts, has not yet been appropriately developed.

Keywords: globalization; Zygmunt Bauman; liquid modernity; individual; freedom

Received: October 6, 2008; Accepted: January 26, 2009; Published: May 27, 2009  Show citation