Don Browning is Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 List of ContributorsChapter 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Foundationalism v. AntifoundationalismChapter 5 Can We Justify Moral Norms?Chapter 6 Self-Evident Truth (Beyond Relativism)Chapter 7 The Origin of Moral NormsPart 8 Part II: Approaches from Human NatureChapter 9 Moral Ideals and Human NatureChapter 10 Can We Justify Universal Moral Norms? Yes, with QualificationsPart 11 Part III: Common Ground through Historical UnderstandingChapter 12 Searching for Common Ground: Ethical Tradition at the Interface with International LawChapter 13 Christians, Muslims, and the Conduct of WarPart 14 Part IV: Multidimensional ApproachesChapter 15 Universalism and Relativism: Some Lessons from GandhiChapter 16 Concrete Levels of Being and Their Political ImplicationsChapter 17 ResponseChapter 18 Response

These fine essays offer a rich and diverse set of answers to one of the most pressing questions in moral and political thought today: How can we get beyond the critiques of moral universalism of the past two or three decades without returning to the kinds of universalism against which those critiques were directed? Thanks to the high quality of the essays and the wide range of perspectives, this collection will influence discussions of universalism and relativism in moral philosophy, social and political theory, and religious studies.