SDG Detail

Ethics in Action

MOOC

Project description

The challenges of sustainable development are more than technical or political--they are also moral, calling on us to examine who we are as human beings, and who we want to be going forward. This course features Ethics in Action meeting participants, as well as other leading voices, and discusses the perspectives of some of the world's great traditions and their role in addressing our world's most pressing challenges, including poverty, corruption, and climate change. It presents multi-faith cooperation as essential for achieving sustainable development, and calls for the development of a new shared virtue ethics to bring us all into a sustainable and peaceful future.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

This examination of what makes a "good person"--called virtue ethics--has long been the purview of philosophers and theologians.

Project outcome

Learn about - The meaning of virtue ethics and its expression in several major religious and philosophical traditions - The importance of establishing multi-faith consensus to advance sustainable development - The importance of involving faith communities in peace and development work - How ethics motivates the actions of religious and secular leaders, politicians, scientists, civil society, and business - What shared virtue ethics are needed to create a more peaceful and prosperous world for everyone