Code for Global Ethics: Ten Humanist Principles

by Rodrigue Tremblay

Humanists have long contended that morality is a strictly human concern and should be independent of religious creeds and dogma. This principle was clearly articulated in the two Humanist Manifestos issued in the mid-twentieth century and in Humanist Manifesto 2000, which appeared at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Now distinguished economist Rodrigue Tremblay has published this code for global ethics, which further elaborates ten humanist principles designed for a world community that is growing ever closer together. In the face of the obvious challenges to international stability -- from nuclear proliferation, environmental degradation, economic turmoil, and reactionary and sometimes violent religious movements -- a code based on the "natural dignity and inherent worth of all human beings" is needed more than ever.

In separate chapters Tremblay delves into the issues surrounding these ten humanist principles: preserving individual dignity and equality, respecting life and property, tolerance, sharing, preventing domination of others, eliminating superstition, conserving the natural environment, resolving differences cooperatively without resort to violence or war, political and economic democracy, and providing for universal education.

This forward-looking, optimistic, and eminently reasonable discussion of humanist ideals makes an important contribution to laying the foundations for a just and peaceable global community.

300 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 6, 2010

About the author

Dr. Rodrigue Tremblay is a Canadian-born economist, humanist and political figure who teaches at the University of Montreal.

Professor Tremblay has a B.A. from Laval University (1961), a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Montreal (1963), an M.A. in Economics from Stanford University (1965) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University (1968). He is emeritus professor since 2002. Among other organizations, Dr. Tremblay is a former president of the North American Economics and Finance Association.

Dr. Tremblay has also held public office in the Government of Quebec, from 1976 to 1979. His previous book The New American Empire was published in English, in French and in Turkish. His most recent book The Code for Global Ethics, Ten Humanist Principles is published in English by Prometheus Books (April 2010. ISBN: 978-1616141721) and in French by Les ditions Liber (February 2009, ISBN: 978-2895781738).

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